Blue Note session · in the studio
April 17, 1956
Johnny Griffin Quartet
In the room
- Johnny Griffin – tenor sax
- Wynton Kelly – piano
- Curly Russell – bass
- Max Roach – drums
The takes
2 of these 9 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 | Chicago Calling | 45 · 45-1639, BLP 1533 |
| tk. 3 | Mil Dew | 45 · 45-1639, BLP 1533 |
| tk. 6 | The Boy Next Door | 45 · 45-1640, BLP 1533 |
| tk. 8 | It's All Right With Me | BLP 1533 |
| tk. 10 | Nice And Easy | 45 · 45-1640, BLP 1533 |
| tk. 12 | The Way You Look Tonight | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) BNJ-61008/10 |
| tk. 13 | Lover Man | BLP 1533 |
| tk. 14 | These Foolish Things | BLP 1533 |
| tk. 16 | Cherokee | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) BNJ-61008/10 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 5003 | The Amazing Bud Powell · not on the site yet | The Bud Powell Trio | 1952 | Curly Russell, Max Roach |
 | BLP 1503 | The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 1 | Bud Powell | 1955 | Curly Russell, Max Roach |
 | BLP 1504 | The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 2 | Bud Powell | 1956 | Curly Russell, Max Roach |
 | BLP 1542 | Sonny Rollins Volume 1 | Sonny Rollins | 1957 | Wynton Kelly, Max Roach |
 | BLP 1559 | A Blowing Session | Johnny Griffin | 1957 | Johnny Griffin, Wynton Kelly |