Blue Note session · in the studio
March 30, 1958
Louis Smith Quintet
In the room
- Louis Smith – trumpet
- Charlie Rouse – tenor sax
- Sonny Clark – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Art Taylor – drums
The takes
2 of these 7 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. 1 | Bakin' (aka Tunesmith) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) BNJ-61008/10 |
| tk. 8 | There Will Never Be Another You | BLP 1594 |
| tk. 11 | Au Privave | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) BNJ-61008/10 |
| tk. 13 | Smithville | 45 · 45-1715, BLP 1594 |
| tk. 16 | Embraceable You | BLP 1594 |
| tk. 17 | Later | BLP 1594 |
| tk. 18 | Wetu | BLP 1594 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1572 | Bone & Bari | Curtis Fuller | 1957 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor |
 | PRLP 7117 | Taylor's Wailers | Art Taylor's All Stars | 1957 | Charlie Rouse, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 1568 | Hank Mobley | Hank Mobley | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 1576 | Sonny's Crib | Sonny Clark | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor |
