Blue Note session · in the studio
February 2, 1957
Thad Jones Sextet
In the room
- Thad Jones – trumpet
- Benny Powell – trombone
- Gigi Gryce – alto sax
- Tommy Flanagan – piano
- George Duvivier – bass
- Elvin Jones – drums
The takes
1 of these 5 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. 5 | Slipped Again | BLP 1546 |
| tk. 6 | Going Off Stage | Not issued at the time · later on Mosaic MQ5-172 |
| tk. 9 | Let's | BLP 1546 |
| tk. 10 | Ill Wind | BLP 1546 |
| tk. 14 | Thadrack | BLP 1546 |
Where it ended up
Together 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, Tommy Flanagan |
 | BLP 1564 | Paul Chambers Quintet | Paul Chambers | 1958 | Tommy Flanagan, Elvin Jones |