Blue Note session · in the studio
August 11, 1957
John Jenkins Quintet
In the room
- John Jenkins – alto sax
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Sonny Clark – piano
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Dannie Richmond – drums
The takes
2 of these 8 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
What the numbers mean
BN308-2 is a matrix number: Blue Note gave every tune it recorded the next number in one running series (BN308 is "Humph"), and the figure after the dash is which take of that tune was kept. Early on the series starts each tune's takes at 0, so -0 is usually the first try.
tk. 5 is the take as counted through the whole day, from the first tune to the last: the way the studio's log and, from the mid-1950s, Rudy Van Gelder's tapes number them. Later dates have only these.
On the earliest records (1939–40) the numbers in the matrix place, like 486A-1 or GM535-6, are the masters' numbers from the studios and pressing plants Blue Note used before it had its own series.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 2 | Chalumeau (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 52437 2 1 |
| tk. 2/1 | Chalumeau | BLP 1573 |
| tk. 3 | From This Moment On | BLP 1573 |
| tk. 4 | Motif | BLP 1573 |
| tk. 5 | Everything I Have Is Yours | BLP 1573 |
| tk. 7 | Sharon (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 52437 2 1 |
| tk. 7/6 | Sharon | BLP 1573 |
| tk. 9 | Blues For Two | BLP 1573 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 12 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1523 | Introducing Kenny Burrell | Kenny Burrell | 1956 | Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1534 | Whims of Chambers | Paul Chambers | 1956 | Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1543 | Kenny Burrell Volume 2 | Kenny Burrell | 1957 | Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1565 | Cliff Jordan | Cliff Jordan | 1957 | John Jenkins, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1569 | Bass on Top | Paul Chambers | 1957 | Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1572 | Bone & Bari | Curtis Fuller | 1957 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1568 | Hank Mobley | Hank Mobley | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1576 | Sonny's Crib | Sonny Clark | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1579 | Sonny Clark Trio | Sonny Clark | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1580 | The Congregation | Johnny Griffin | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1588 | Cool Struttin' | Sonny Clark | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1594 | Smithville | Louis Smith | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers |