Blue Note session · in the studio
April 25, 1960
Jimmy Smith Quartet
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- This day's music is on 2 records: Midnight Special, Back At The Chicken Shack
In the room
Jimmy Smith – organ
Stanley Turrentine – tenor sax
Kenny Burrell – guitar- Donald Bailey – drums
The takes
1 of these 10 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. 2 | A Subtle One | BLP 4078 |
| tk. 3 | When I Grow Too Old To Dream | BLP 4117 |
| tk. 5 | Why Was I Born | BLP 4078 |
| tk. 5A | Minor Chant | 45 · 45-1878, BLP 4117 |
| tk. 7 | Messy Bassie | BLP 4117 |
| tk. 10 | On The Sunny Side Of The Street | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note LT-1092 |
| tk. 12 | Midnight Special | 45 · 45-1819, BLP 4078 |
| tk. 16 | Back At The Chicken Shack | 45 · 45-1877, BLP 4117 |
| tk. 17 | One O'Clock Jump | 45 · 45-1820, BLP 4078 |
| tk. 19 | Jumpin' The Blues | 45 · 45-1820, BLP 4078 |
Where it ended up
BLP 4078 · 1961Midnight SpecialThe Incredible Jimmy Smith
BLP 4117 · 1963Back At The Chicken ShackThe Incredible Jimmy SmithTogether 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 4050 | Home Cookin' | The Incredible Jimmy Smith | 1961 | Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey |
 | BLP 4164 | Prayer Meetin' | Jimmy Smith | 1964 | Jimmy Smith, Stanley Turrentine, 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 |
