Blue Note session · recorded live
August 25, 1959
Kenny Burrell Quartet
In the room
Kenny Burrell – guitar
Roland Hanna – piano- Ben Tucker – bass
Art Blakey – drums
The takes
3 of these 4 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. 13 | If You Could See Me Now | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 14 | Beef Stew Blues | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) GXF-3070 |
| tk. 15 | Hallelujah | BLP 4021 |
| tk. 16 | The Take Off | Not issued at the time |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 10 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1551 | At the Organ Volume 1 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Kenny Burrell, Art Blakey |
 | BLP 1552 | At the Organ Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1958 | Kenny Burrell, Art Blakey |
 | BLP 1596 | Blue Lights Volume 1 | Kenny Burrell | 1958 | Kenny Burrell, Art Blakey |
 | BLP 4002 | House Party | Jimmy Smith | 1958 | Kenny Burrell, Art Blakey |
 | BLP 1556 | The Sounds of Jimmy Smith | Jimmy Smith | 1959 | Kenny Burrell, Art Blakey |
 | BLP 4011 | The Sermon! | Jimmy Smith | 1959 | Kenny Burrell, Art Blakey |
 | BLP 1597 | Blue Lights Volume 2 | Kenny Burrell | 1961 | Kenny Burrell, Art Blakey |
 | LP-722 | The Message | Illinois Jacquet | 1963 | Kenny Burrell, Ben Tucker |
 | V-8641 | Got My Mojo Workin' | The Incredible Jimmy Smith | 1966 | Kenny Burrell, Ben Tucker |
 | V-8721 | The Best Of Jimmy Smith | Jimmy Smith With Oliver Nelson Big Band / Jimmy Smith Trio | 1967 | Kenny Burrell, Ben Tucker |