Blue Note session · in the studio
May 9, 1952
The Miles Davis Sextet
- This day's music is on 2 records: Miles Davis Volume 1, Miles Davis Volume 2
In the room
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- J.J. Johnson – trombone · as Jay Jay Johnson
- Jackie McLean – alto sax
- Gil Coggins – piano
- Oscar Pettiford – bass
- Kenny Clarke – drums
The takes
3 of these 11 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 · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| BN428-1 · tk. 2 | Dear Old Stockholm | 78 · 1595, BLP 5013, BLP 1501 |
| BN429-2 · tk. 5 | Chance It (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7 81501 2 |
| BN429-3 · tk. 6 | Chance It | 78 · 1596, BLP 5013, BLP 1501 |
| BN430-0 · tk. 7 | Donna (alternate master) | BLP 1501 |
| BN430-1 · tk. 8 | Donna | 78 · 1597, 45 · 45-1633, BLP 5013, BLP 1502 |
| BN431-2 · tk. 12 | Would'n You (alternate master) | BLP 1501 |
| BN431-3 · tk. 13 | Would'n You | 78 · 1595, BLP 5013, BLP 1502 |
| BN432-0 · tk. 14 | Yesterdays | 78 · 1596, BLP 5013, BLP 1501 |
| BN433-0 · tk. 15 | How Deep Is The Ocean | BLP 5013, BLP 1501 |
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| – | Chance It (alternate take 3) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note BN 5071 |
| – | Chance It (alternate take 4) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note BN 5071 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 5022 | Miles Davis Vol. 2 · not on the site yet | The Miles Davis Sextet | 1953 | Miles Davis, J.J. Johnson, Gil Coggins |
2 of them 9 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 5028 | Jay Jay Johnson With Clifford Brown · not on the site yet | Jay Jay Johnson Sextet | 1953 | J.J. Johnson, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 5045 | George Wallington And His Band · not on the site yet | George Wallington And His Band | 1954 | Oscar Pettiford, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 5053 | New Faces-New Sounds · not on the site yet | Julius Watkins | 1954 | Oscar Pettiford, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 5057 | The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Vol. 2 · not on the site yet | Jay Jay Johnson Quintet | 1955 | J.J. Johnson, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 5065 | Afro-Cuban · not on the site yet | Kenny Dorham | 1955 | J.J. Johnson, Oscar Pettiford |
 | BLP 5070 | The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Vol. 3 · not on the site yet | Jay Jay Johnson Quintet | 1955 | J.J. Johnson, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 1505 | The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1 | J.J. Johnson | 1956 | J.J. Johnson, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 1506 | The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 | J.J. Johnson | 1956 | J.J. Johnson, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 1535 | Afro-Cuban | Kenny Dorham | 1957 | J.J. Johnson, Oscar Pettiford |