Blue Note session · in the studio
February 25, 1958
Jimmy Smith
- This day's music is on 2 records: House Party, The Sermon!
In the room
Jimmy Smith – organ
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Lou Donaldson – alto sax- Tina Brooks – tenor sax
- Eddie McFadden – guitar
Kenny Burrell – guitar- Donald Bailey – drums
Art Blakey – drums
The takes
4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| – | No Way Out | Rejected at the session |
| – | unknown title | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 5 | Lover Man | BLP 4002 |
| – | Strike Up The Band | Rejected at the session |
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 12 | Confirmation | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note LT-992 |
| tk. 13 | Au Private | BLP 4002 |
| tk. 14 | Flamingo | BLP 4011 |
| tk. 15 | The Sermon | 45 · 45-1879, BLP 4011 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
6 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1551 | At the Organ Volume 1 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Eddie McFadden, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey, Art Blakey |
 | BLP 1552 | At the Organ Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Eddie McFadden, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey, Art Blakey |
 | BLP 1556 | The Sounds of Jimmy Smith | Jimmy Smith | 1959 | Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Eddie McFadden, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey, Art Blakey |
5 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1547 | A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 1 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Eddie McFadden, Donald Bailey, Art Blakey |
4 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1548 | A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Eddie McFadden, Art Blakey |
 | BLP 4200 | Softly As A Summer Breeze | The Incredible Jimmy Smith | 1965 | Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey |
