Savoy session · in the studio
August 23, 1946
Sonny Stitt Quintet / Kenny Dorham Quintet / The Be Bop Boys
- This day's music is on 2 records: New Trends Of Jazz Volume 1, Opus De Bop
In the room
Kenny Dorham – trumpet- Sonny Stitt – alto sax
Bud Powell – piano
Al Hall – bass- Wally Bishop – drums
The takes
3 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
Savoy numbered its masters by the tune, and kept the takes: the figure after the dash is which take of that master it is.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| S3338 | Bebop In Pastel | MG 9014, MG 12114 |
| S3338-2 | - | Not issued at the time · later on Savoy Jazz SVY 17028 |
| S3338-3 | - | Not issued at the time · later on Savoy Jazz SVY 17028 |
| S3338-4 | Bebop In Pastel (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Savoy SJL 2247 |
| S3339 | Fool's Fancy | MG 9014, MG 12114 |
| S3340 | Bombay | MG 9014, MG 12114 |
| S3341A | Ray's Idea | MG 9014, MG 12114 |
7 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.
3 of them 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | MG 9005 | Fats Navarro | Fats Navarro / Gil Fuller's Modernists / The Be Bop Boys | 1952 | Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, Al Hall |
 | MG 9006 | Sonny Stitt | Sonny Stitt Quintet / The Be Bop Boys | 1952 | Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, Al Hall |
 | MG 9012 | New Sounds In Modern Music | Various Artists | 1952 | Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, Al Hall |
 | MG 9034 | Bird - Diz - Bud - Max | Various Artists | 1954 | Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, Al Hall |
 | MG 12011 | Fats Bud-Klook-Sonny-Kinney | Sonny Stitt Quintet / The Be Bop Boys | 1955 | Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, Al Hall |
2 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | MG 12020 | Groovin' High With Dizzy Gillespie | Dizzy Gillespie Sextet | 1955 | Kenny Dorham, Sonny Stitt |
 | PRLP 7024 | Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, J.J. Johnson | Jay Jay Johnson's Boppers | 1956 | Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell |