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Blue Note session · in the studio

January 23, 1962

Jimmy Smith Trio

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

In the room

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 · takeTitleFirst out on
tk. 1Everybody Loves My Baby45 · 45-1851, BLP 4100
tk. 2Ain't She Sweet45 · 45-1851, BLP 4100
tk. 4Ain't Misbehavin'BLP 4100
tk. 7'Tain't Nobody's Business If I DoRejected at the session
tk. 8I've Found A New BabyBLP 4100
tk. 11Honeysuckle Rose45 · 45-1852, BLP 4100
tk. 12Bess, You Is My Woman NowRejected at the session
tk. 14Squeeze MeBLP 4100
tk. 16Lulu's Back In Town45 · 45-1852, BLP 4100
9 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.

The whole band 9 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4030Crazy! BabyThe Incredible Jimmy Smith1960Jimmy 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
BLP 4269Open HouseThe Incredible Jimmy Smith1968Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey
BLP 4296Plain TalkJimmy Smith1968Jimmy Smith, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey

2 of them 19 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 4050Home Cookin'The Incredible Jimmy Smith1961Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
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