Blue Note session · in the studio
January 4, 1960
Jimmy Smith Trio
In the room
Jimmy Smith – organ- Quentin Warren – guitar
- Donald Bailey – drums
The takes
2 of these 9 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 | Alfredo | 45 · 45-1767, BLP 4030 |
| tk. 2 | Mack The Knife | 45 · 45-1766, BLP 4030 |
| tk. 4 | Makin' Whoopee | 45 · 45-1765, BLP 4030 |
| tk. 7 | What's New | 45 · 45-1765, BLP 4030 |
| tk. 8 | Sonnymoon For Two | BLP 4030 |
| tk. 9 | If I Should Lose You | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84030 2 |
| tk. 10 | When Johnny Comes Marching Home | 45 · 45-1766, BLP 4030 |
| tk. 11 | When Lights Are Low | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 84030 2 |
| tk. 12 | A Night In Tunisia | BLP 4030 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 9 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 4100 | Jimmy Smith Plays Fats Waller | Jimmy Smith Trio | 1962 | Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey |
 | V-8474 | Bashin' | The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith | 1962 | Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 4141 | Rockin' The Boat | The Incredible Jimmy Smith | 1963 | Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 4164 | Prayer Meetin' | Jimmy Smith | 1964 | Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey |
 | V-8579 | Winners All! Down Beat Jazz Poll | Various Artists | 1964 | Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 4235 | Bucket! | The Incredible Jimmy Smith | 1966 | Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey |
 | V-8721 | The Best Of Jimmy Smith | Jimmy Smith With Oliver Nelson Big Band / Jimmy Smith Trio | 1967 | Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 4269 | Open House | The Incredible Jimmy Smith | 1968 | Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 4296 | Plain Talk | Jimmy Smith | 1968 | Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey |
