Prestige session · in the studio
April 25, 1950
Wardell Gray Quartet
In the room
- Wardell Gray – tenor sax
- Phil Hill – piano
- Johnny Richardson – bass
- Art Mardigan – drums
The takes
6 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
918 is a matrix number: Prestige gave every tune it recorded the next number in one running series. Most dates kept only the take that was issued, so there's seldom a take number beside it.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| JRC79A | A Sinner Kissed An Angel | PRLP 7008 |
| JRC80A | Blue Gray | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1983 |
| JRC80B | Blue Gray (as Blue Moon) | PRLP 7008 |
| JRC80C | Blue Gray | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1983 |
| JRC81A | Grayhound | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1983 |
| JRC81B | - | PRLP 7008 |
| JRC81C | - | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1983 |
| JRC82A | Treadin' | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1983 |
| JRC82A/B | - | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1983 |
| JRC82C | - | PRLP 7008 |
10 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
