Blue Note session · in the studio
October 30, 1958
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
In the room
Art Blakey – drums
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Benny Golson – tenor sax- Bobby Timmons – piano
Jymie Merritt – bass
The takes
1 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 | Are You Real | BLP 4003 |
| tk. 2 | Moanin' (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 46516 2 |
| tk. 4 | Moanin' | 45 · 45-1735, BLP 4003 |
| tk. 7/9/12/14 | The Drum Thunder Suite | BLP 4003 |
| tk. 16 | Along Came Betty | 45 · 45-1736, BLP 4003 |
| tk. 19 | Blues March | 45 · 45-1736, BLP 4003 |
| tk. 21 | Come Rain Or Come Shine | BLP 4003 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 11 albums
3 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4034 | Leeway | Lee Morgan | 1961 | Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons |
 | LM-82002 | I/We Had A Ball | Various Artists | 1965 | Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Benny Golson |
