Impulse! session · in the studio

July 16, 1963

Art Blakey Quartet

In the room

Art Blakey – drums
Sonny Stitt – tenor, alto sax
McCoy Tyner – piano
Art Davis – bass

The takes

2 of these 8 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

Impulse! numbered the tunes it recorded in one running series; the take kept is the one that was issued.

Matrix · take	Title	First out on
11625	Just Knock On My Door	A-45
11626	Sunday	A-45
11627	Cafe	A-45
11628	Blues Back	A-45
11629	The Song Is You	A-45
11630	Art's Sunday Best	Not issued at the time
11631	Summertime	A-45
11632/34	not used	Not issued at the time

8 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Art Blakey Quartet – A Jazz Message (Impulse! A-45)

A-45 · 1964A Jazz MessageArt Blakey Quartet

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

2 of them 26 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PR 7823	Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt Septet · not on the site yet	Gene Ammons - Sonny Stitt Septet	1950	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
PRLP 107	Battle Of The Saxes	Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt	1951	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
PRLP 111	Mr. Saxophone	Sonny Stitt	1951	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
PRLP 112	Gene Ammons Favorites Volume One	Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt	1951	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
PRLP 126	Sonny Stitt Favorites Volume One	Sonny Stitt Quartet	1952	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
PRLP 127	Gene Ammons Tenor Sax Favorites (Volume Two)	Gene Ammons And His Band	1952	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
PRLP 148	Sonny Stitt Favorites Volume Two	Sonny Stitt Septet	1953	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
MG-26025	Blues For Sale	Billy Eckstine	1954	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
MG-26027	The Love Songs Of Mr. "B"	Billy Eckstine	1954	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
MG-36010	I Surrender, Dear	Billy Eckstine	1955	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
MG-36016	The Advance Guard Of The '40s	Various Artists	1955	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
MG-36029	Blues For Sale	Billy Eckstine	1955	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
MG-36030	The Love Songs Of Mr. "B"	Billy Eckstine	1955	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
MG-36038	Boning Up The 'Bones	Various Artists	1955	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
PRLP 7050	Gene Ammons All Star Sessions	Gene Ammons vs. Sonny Stitt	1956	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
PRLP 7077	Kaleidoscope	Sonny Stitt	1957	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
PRLP 7133	Stitt's Bits	Sonny Stitt	1958	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
A-6	Africa/Brass	The John Coltrane Quartet	1961	McCoy Tyner, Art Davis
LP 1373	Ole Coltrane	John Coltrane	1961	McCoy Tyner, Art Davis
A-9273	John Coltrane Orchestra · not on the site yet	John Coltrane Orchestra	1961	McCoy Tyner, Art Davis
A-18	Inception	McCoy Tyner Trio	1962	McCoy Tyner, Art Davis
BLP 4085	Ready For Freddie	Freddie Hubbard	1962	McCoy Tyner, Art Davis
A-85	The John Coltrane Quartet Plays	John Coltrane Quintet	1965	McCoy Tyner, Art Davis
A-95	Ascension, Edition I	John Coltrane	1965	McCoy Tyner, Art Davis
PR 7585	Stitt's Bits Vol. 1	Sonny Stitt	1968	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt
PR 7612	Stitt's Bits Vol. 2	Sonny Stitt	1968	Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt