Blue Note session · in the studio
August 25, 1957
Jimmy Smith
- This day's music is on 2 records: The Sermon!, House Party
In the room
Jimmy Smith – organ
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Curtis Fuller – trombone
George Coleman – alto sax- Eddie McFadden – guitar
Kenny Burrell – guitar- Donald Bailey – drums
The takes
5 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 | J.O.S. | BLP 4011 |
| tk. 3 | What Is This Thing Called Love | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note LT-992 |
| tk. 4 | Just Friends | BLP 4002 |
| tk. 5 | Cherokee | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note LT-992 |
| tk. 6 | Little Girl Blue | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note LT-1092 |
| tk. 8 | 'S Wonderful | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) BNJ-50101 |
| tk. 9 | Blue Room | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) BNJ-50101 |
| tk. 11 | Blues After All | BLP 4002 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1551 | At the Organ Volume 1 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 1552 | At the Organ Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 1556 | The Sounds of Jimmy Smith | Jimmy Smith | 1959 | Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 4200 | Softly As A Summer Breeze | The Incredible Jimmy Smith | 1965 | Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey |
3 of them 9 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1547 | A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 1 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 1563 | Plays Pretty Just for You | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 1575 | City Lights | Lee Morgan | 1958 | Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, George Coleman |
 | BLP 1585 | Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise Volume 1 | Jimmy Smith | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 1586 | Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 4050 | Home Cookin' | The Incredible Jimmy Smith | 1961 | Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 4078 | Midnight Special | The Incredible Jimmy Smith | 1961 | Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 4117 | Back At The Chicken Shack | The Incredible Jimmy Smith | 1963 | Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey |
 | V-8721 | The Best Of Jimmy Smith | Jimmy Smith With Oliver Nelson Big Band / Jimmy Smith Trio | 1967 | Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey |
