Blue Note session · in the studio
February 12, 1957
Jimmy Smith Duo
- This day's music is on 2 records: A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 2, At the Organ Volume 1
In the room
- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Lou Donaldson – alto sax
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. 1 | I'm Getting Sentimental Over You | 45 · 45-1668, BLP 1548 |
| tk. 2 | Summertime | 45 · 45-1667, BLP 1551 |
Where it ended up
BLP 1548 · 1957A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 2Jimmy Smith
BLP 1551 · 1957At the Organ Volume 1Jimmy SmithTogether elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 1547 | A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 1 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson | |
| BLP 1552 | At the Organ Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson | |
| BLP 4002 | House Party · not on the site yet | Jimmy Smith | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson | |
| BLP 1556 | The Sounds of Jimmy Smith | Jimmy Smith | 1959 | Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson | |
| BLP 4011 | The Sermon! · not on the site yet | Jimmy Smith | 1959 | Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson |