Blue Note session · in the studio
October 23, 1957
Johnny Griffin Quartet
In the room
Johnny Griffin – tenor sax- Sonny Clark – piano
Paul Chambers – bass- Kenny Dennis – drums
The takes
1 of these 6 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. 4 | It's You Or No One | BLP 1580 |
| tk. 6 | I'm Glad There Is You | BLP 1580 |
| tk. 10 | Latin Quarter | BLP 1580 |
| tk. 11 | Main Spring | BLP 1580 |
| tk. 12 | I Remember You | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) BNJ-61008/10 |
| tk. 14 | The Congregation | BLP 1580 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 8 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1559 | A Blowing Session | Johnny Griffin | 1957 | Johnny Griffin, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1572 | Bone & Bari | Curtis Fuller | 1957 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1573 | John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell | John Jenkins | 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 1588 | Cool Struttin' | Sonny Clark | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1594 | Smithville | Louis Smith | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers |