Blue Note session · in the studio
March 12, 1956
Kenny Burrell Quintet
In the room
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Frank Foster – tenor sax
- Tommy Flanagan – piano
- Oscar Pettiford – bass
- Shadow Wilson – drums
The takes
2 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
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. 10 | Phinupi | BLP 1543 |
| tk. 13 | Now See How You Are | BLP 1543 |
| tk. 27 | How About You | BLP 1543 |
| tk. 42 | My Heart Stood Still | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) GXF-3070 |
| tk. 43 | Cheeta | BLP 1543 |
| tk. 64 | Moten Swing | BLP 1543 |
| – | All The Things You Are | Rejected at the session |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1513 | Detroit-New York Junction | Thad Jones | 1956 | Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Oscar Pettiford, Shadow Wilson |
3 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | PRLP 7081 | All Day Long | Frank Foster, Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | 1957 | Kenny Burrell, Frank Foster, Tommy Flanagan |
2 of them 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 5045 | George Wallington And His Band · not on the site yet | George Wallington And His Band | 1954 | Frank Foster, Oscar Pettiford |
 | BLP 5053 | New Faces-New Sounds · not on the site yet | Julius Watkins | 1954 | Frank Foster, Oscar Pettiford |
 | BLP 1523 | Introducing Kenny Burrell | Kenny Burrell | 1956 | Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan |
 | PRLP 7045 | Earl Coleman Returns | Earl Coleman | 1956 | Oscar Pettiford, Shadow Wilson |
 | PRLP 7088 | Kenny Burrell | Kenny Burrell Quintet | 1957 | Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan |