Blue Note session · in the studio
June 16, 1959
Jimmy Smith Quartet
In the room
Jimmy Smith – organ- Percy France – tenor sax
Kenny Burrell – guitar- Donald Bailey – 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. 4 | Messin' Around | BLP 4050 |
| tk. 8 | Sugar Hill | BLP 4050 |
| tk. 10 | Gracie | BLP 4050 |
| tk. 14 | Come On Baby | 45 · 45-1768, BLP 4050 |
| tk. 15 | One O'Clock Jump | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 18 | Apostrophe | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note LT-1092 |
| tk. 19 | See See Rider | 45 · 45-1768, BLP 4050 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 9 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1551 | At the Organ Volume 1 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 1552 | At the Organ Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 4002 | House Party | Jimmy Smith | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 1556 | The Sounds of Jimmy Smith | Jimmy Smith | 1959 | Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 4011 | The Sermon! | Jimmy Smith | 1959 | 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 |
 | BLP 4200 | Softly As A Summer Breeze | The Incredible Jimmy Smith | 1965 | 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 |
