Blue Note session · in the studio
July 14, 1956
Thad Jones Quintet
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
- This day's music is on 2 records: The Magnificent Thad Jones, The Magnificent Thad Jones Volume 3
In the room
- Thad Jones – trumpet
- Billy Mitchell – tenor sax
- Barry Harris – piano
- Percy Heath – bass
- Max Roach – drums
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. 2 | Thedia | BLP 1527 |
| tk. 6 | April In Paris | 45 · 45-1659, BLP 1527 |
| tk. 7 | I've Got A Crush On You | BLP 1546 |
| tk. 10 | Billie-Doo | BLP 1527 |
| tk. 11 | If I Love Again | BLP 1527 |
| tk. 12 | If Someone Had Told Me | 45 · 45-1659, BLP 1527 |
Where it ended up
BLP 1527 · 1956The Magnificent Thad JonesThad Jones
BLP 1546 · 1957The Magnificent Thad Jones Volume 3Thad JonesTogether elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1513 | Detroit-New York Junction | Thad Jones | 1956 | Thad Jones, Billy Mitchell |
 | PRLP 7054 | Blue Haze | Miles Davis | 1956 | Percy Heath, Max Roach |