Blue Note session · in the studio
February 18, 1956
Jimmy Smith Trio
In the room
- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Thornel Schwartz – guitar
- Bay Perry – drums
The takes
1 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
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 | You Get 'Cha | 45 · 45-1635, BLP 1512 |
| – | The Champ | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 6 | Lady Be Good | BLP 1512 |
| tk. 7 | The Preacher | 45 · 45-1636, BLP 1512 |
| tk. 8 | But Not For Me | BLP 1512 |
| tk. 12 | The Way You Look Tonight | BLP 1512 |
| tk. 13 | High And Mighty | 45 · 45-1635, BLP 1512 |
| tk. 15 | Tenderly | 45 · 45-1637, BLP 1512 |
| tk. 16 | Joy | 45 · 45-1637, BLP 1512 |
| tk. 18 | Midnight Sun | 45 · 45-1636, BLP 1512 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1514 | A New Sound, A New Star Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1956 | Jimmy Smith, Thornel Schwartz |
 | BLP 1525 | At the Organ Volume 3 | Jimmy Smith | 1956 | Jimmy Smith, Thornel Schwartz |
 | BLP 1528 | At Club Baby Grand Volume 1 | Jimmy Smith | 1956 | Jimmy Smith, Thornel Schwartz |
 | BLP 1529 | At Club Baby Grand Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Jimmy Smith, Thornel Schwartz |