Blue Note session · in the studio
September 21, 1956
Paul Chambers Sextet
In the room
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Donald Byrd – trumpet
- John Coltrane – tenor sax
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Horace Silver – piano
- Philly Joe Jones – 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. 3 | We Six | BLP 1534 |
| tk. 5 | Omicron | BLP 1534 |
| tk. 6 | Tale Of The Fingers | BLP 1534 |
| tk. 8 | Whims Of Chambers | BLP 1534 |
| tk. 9 | Nita | BLP 1534 |
| tk. 11 | Just For The Love | BLP 1534 |
| tk. 13 | Dear Ann | BLP 1534 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1540 | Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan | Hank Mobley | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Donald Byrd, Horace Silver |
 | BLP 1577 | Blue Train | John Coltrane | 1957 | Paul Chambers, John Coltrane, Philly Joe Jones |
 | BLP 1576 | Sonny's Crib | Sonny Clark | 1958 | Paul Chambers, Donald Byrd, John Coltrane |
