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Blue Note session · in the studio

March 22, 1960

Jimmy Smith Sextet

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

In the room

The takes

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 · takeTitleFirst out on
tk. 2Plain TalkBLP 4296
tk. 3Sister RebeccaBLP 4269
tk. 4Embraceable YouBLP 4269
tk. 6Old FolksBLP 4269
tk. 7Open HouseBLP 4269
tk. 8My One And Only LoveBLP 4296
tk. 10Big Fat MamaBLP 4296
tk. 12Time After TimeBLP 4296
8 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

3 of them 8 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4030Crazy! BabyThe Incredible Jimmy Smith1960Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey
BLP 4100Jimmy Smith Plays Fats WallerJimmy Smith Trio1962Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey
V-8474Bashin'The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith1962Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey
BLP 4141Rockin' The BoatThe Incredible Jimmy Smith1963Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey
BLP 4164Prayer Meetin'Jimmy Smith1964Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey
V-8579Winners All! Down Beat Jazz PollVarious Artists1964Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey
BLP 4235Bucket!The Incredible Jimmy Smith1966Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey
V-8721The Best Of Jimmy SmithJimmy Smith With Oliver Nelson Big Band / Jimmy Smith Trio1967Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey

2 of them 22 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 1514A New Sound, A New Star Volume 2Jimmy Smith1956Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 1525At the Organ Volume 3Jimmy Smith1956Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 1528At Club Baby Grand Volume 1Jimmy Smith1956Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 1529At Club Baby Grand Volume 2Jimmy Smith1957Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 1547A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 1Jimmy Smith1957Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 1551At the Organ Volume 1Jimmy Smith1957Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 1563Plays Pretty Just for YouJimmy Smith1957Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 1552At the Organ Volume 2Jimmy Smith1958Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 1585Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise Volume 1Jimmy Smith1958Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 1586Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise Volume 2Jimmy Smith1958Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 4002House PartyJimmy Smith1958Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 1556The Sounds of Jimmy SmithJimmy Smith1959Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 4011The Sermon!Jimmy Smith1959Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 4038Capuchin SwingJackie McLean1960Blue Mitchell, Jackie McLean
BLP 4050Home Cookin'The Incredible Jimmy Smith1961Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 4051Jackie's BagJackie McLean1961Blue Mitchell, Jackie McLean
BLP 4078Midnight SpecialThe Incredible Jimmy Smith1961Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 4117Back At The Chicken ShackThe Incredible Jimmy Smith1963Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
V-8604Christmas '64The Incredible Jimmy Smith1964Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren
BLP 4200Softly As A Summer BreezeThe Incredible Jimmy Smith1965Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 4255I'm Movin' OnThe Incredible Jimmy Smith1967Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 4273Hi VoltageHank Mobley1968Blue Mitchell, Jackie McLean