Blue Note session · in the studio
February 7, 1963
Jimmy Smith Quintet
In the room
Jimmy Smith – organ
Lou Donaldson – alto sax- Quentin Warren – guitar
- John Patton – tambourine
- 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 | Matilda, Matilda! | 45 · 45-1905, BLP 4141 |
| tk. 6 | Pork Chop | 45 · 45-1906, BLP 4141 |
| tk. 7 | When My Dream Boat Comes Home | 45 · 45-1904, BLP 4141 |
| tk. 8 | Please Send Me Someone To Love | BLP 4141 |
| tk. 11A | Just A Closer Walk With Thee | BLP 4141 |
| tk. 15 | Can Heat | 45 · 45-1905, BLP 4141 |
| tk. 17 | Trust In Me | BLP 4141 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
