Blue Note session · in the studio
February 18, 1961
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
In the room
Art Blakey – drums
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Wayne Shorter – tenor sax- Bobby Timmons – piano
- Walter Davis Jr. – piano
Jymie Merritt – bass
The takes
1 of these 7 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 | Look At The Birdie | BLP 4347 |
| tk. 4 | Mastermind | BLP 4347 |
| tk. 10 | Ping Pong | BLP 4347 |
| tk. 12 | Petty Larceny | BLP 4156 |
| – | Roots And Herbs | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 18 | - | BLP 4347 |
| tk. 26 | United | BLP 4347 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
5 of them 8 albums
4 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4003 | Moanin' | Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers | 1958 | Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt | |
| BLP 4015 | At The Jazz Corner Of The World Vol. 1 | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1959 | Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt | |
| BLP 4016 | At The Jazz Corner Of The World Vol. 2 | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1960 | Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt |
3 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4034 | Leeway | Lee Morgan | 1961 | Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons | |
| BLP 4090 | Mosaic | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1961 | Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Jymie Merritt | |
| BLP 4104 | Buhaina's Delight | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1963 | Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Jymie Merritt | |
| BLP 4193 | Indestructible | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1966 | Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter |
