Blue Note session · in the studio
May 30, 1956
Kenny Burrell Quintet
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
- This day's music is on 2 records: Introducing Kenny Burrell, Kenny Burrell Volume 2
In the room
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Tommy Flanagan – piano
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Kenny Clarke – drums
- Candido – conga
The takes
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. 11 | Blues For Skeeter | BLP 1523 |
| tk. 13 | This Time The Dream's On Me | 45 · 45-1653, BLP 1523 |
| tk. 16 | Weaver Of Dreams | BLP 1523 |
| tk. 17 | Rhythmorama | BLP 1523 |
| tk. 18 | But Not For Me | BLP 1543 |
Where it ended up
BLP 1523 · 1956Introducing Kenny BurrellKenny Burrell
BLP 1543 · 1957Kenny Burrell Volume 2Kenny BurrellTogether elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
