Blue Note session · in the studio
February 12, 1957
Jimmy Smith Quartet/Trio
- This day's music is on 3 records: The Sounds of Jimmy Smith, At the Organ Volume 2, At the Organ Volume 1
In the room
- Jimmy Smith – organ
- Lou Donaldson – alto sax
- Eddie McFadden – guitar
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Donald Bailey – drums
- Art Blakey – 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. 4 | Somebody Loves Me | BLP 1556 |
| tk. 5 | Plum Nellie | BLP 1552 |
| tk. 6 | Plum Nellie (alternate take) | 45 · 45-1668 |
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 8 | Billie's Bounce | BLP 1552 |
| tk. 10 | Yardbird Suite | BLP 1551 |
| tk. 11 | There's A Small Hotel | BLP 1551 |
| tk. 12 | All Day Long | 45 · 45-1676, BLP 1551 |
Where it ended up
BLP 1556 · 1959The Sounds of Jimmy SmithJimmy Smith
BLP 1552 · 1958At the Organ 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 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4002 | House Party · not on the site yet | Jimmy Smith | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Eddie McFadden, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 4011 | The Sermon! · not on the site yet | Jimmy Smith | 1959 | Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Eddie McFadden, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey, Art Blakey |
5 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 1547 | A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 1 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Eddie McFadden, Donald Bailey, Art Blakey |
4 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 1548 | A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Eddie McFadden, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 4200 | Jimmy Smith Trio · not on the site yet | Jimmy Smith Trio | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey |
3 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 1563 | Plays Pretty Just for You | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden, Donald Bailey | |
| BLP 1585 | Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise Volume 1 | Jimmy Smith | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden, Donald Bailey | |
| BLP 1586 | Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden, Donald Bailey | |
| BLP 4050 | Jimmy Smith Trio · not on the site yet | Jimmy Smith Trio | 1958 | Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey |
2 of them 14 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 5021 | New Faces-New Sounds · not on the site yet | Lou Donaldson | 1953 | Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 5037 | A Night At Birdland Vol. 1 · not on the site yet | Art Blakey Quintet | 1954 | Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 5038 | A Night At Birdland Vol. 2 · not on the site yet | Art Blakey Quintet | 1954 | Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 5039 | A Night At Birdland Vol. 3 · not on the site yet | Art Blakey Quintet | 1954 | Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 5055 | Lou Donaldson Sextet Vol. 2 · not on the site yet | Lou Donaldson Sextet | 1954 | Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1514 | A New Sound, A New Star Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1956 | Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey | |
| BLP 1521 | A Night at Birdland Volume 1 | Art Blakey | 1956 | Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1522 | A Night at Birdland Volume 2 | Art Blakey | 1956 | Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1525 | At the Organ Volume 3 | Jimmy Smith | 1956 | Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey | |
| BLP 1528 | At Club Baby Grand Volume 1 | Jimmy Smith | 1956 | Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey | |
| BLP 1529 | At Club Baby Grand Volume 2 | Jimmy Smith | 1957 | Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey | |
| BLP 1537 | Quartet/Quintet/Sextet | Lou Donaldson | 1957 | Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1596 | Blue Lights Volume 1 | Kenny Burrell | 1958 | Kenny Burrell, Art Blakey | |
| BLP 1597 | Blue Lights Volume 2 | Kenny Burrell | 1961 | Kenny Burrell, Art Blakey |