Blue Note session · in the studio
March 22, 1960
Jimmy Smith Sextet
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- This day's music is on 2 records: Plain Talk, Open House
In the room
Jimmy Smith – organ- Blue Mitchell – trumpet
Jackie McLean – alto sax- Ike Quebec – tenor sax
- Quentin Warren – guitar
- Donald Bailey – drums
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 · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 2 | Plain Talk | BLP 4296 |
| tk. 3 | Sister Rebecca | BLP 4269 |
| tk. 4 | Embraceable You | BLP 4269 |
| tk. 6 | Old Folks | BLP 4269 |
| tk. 7 | Open House | BLP 4269 |
| tk. 8 | My One And Only Love | BLP 4296 |
| tk. 10 | Big Fat Mama | BLP 4296 |
| tk. 12 | Time After Time | BLP 4296 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 8 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4030 | Crazy! Baby | The Incredible Jimmy Smith | 1960 | Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey | |
| 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 |

