Pour Over Jazz

Blue Note session · in the studio

February 12, 1957

Jimmy Smith Quartet/Trio

Manhattan Towers, NYC

In the room

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 · takeTitleFirst out on
tk. 4Somebody Loves Me BLP 1556
tk. 5Plum NellieBLP 1552
tk. 6Plum Nellie (alternate take)45 · 45-1668
Then · Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Kenny Burrell, Art Blakey
Matrix · takeTitleFirst out on
tk. 8Billie's BounceBLP 1552
tk. 10Yardbird SuiteBLP 1551
tk. 11There's A Small HotelBLP 1551
tk. 12All Day Long45 · 45-1676, BLP 1551
7 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

The whole band 2 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 4002House Party · not on the site yetJimmy Smith1958Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Eddie McFadden, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey, Art Blakey
BLP 4011The Sermon! · not on the site yetJimmy Smith1959Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Eddie McFadden, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey, Art Blakey

5 of them 1 album

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 1547A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 1Jimmy Smith1957Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Eddie McFadden, Donald Bailey, Art Blakey

4 of them 2 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 1548A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume 2Jimmy Smith1957Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Eddie McFadden, Art Blakey
BLP 4200Jimmy Smith Trio · not on the site yetJimmy Smith Trio1958Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey

3 of them 4 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 1563Plays Pretty Just for YouJimmy Smith1957Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden, Donald Bailey
BLP 1585Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise Volume 1Jimmy Smith1958Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden, Donald Bailey
BLP 1586Groovin' at Smalls' Paradise Volume 2Jimmy Smith1958Jimmy Smith, Eddie McFadden, Donald Bailey
BLP 4050Jimmy Smith Trio · not on the site yetJimmy Smith Trio1958Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, Donald Bailey

2 of them 14 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
BLP 5021New Faces-New Sounds · not on the site yetLou Donaldson1953Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey
BLP 5037A Night At Birdland Vol. 1 · not on the site yetArt Blakey Quintet1954Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey
BLP 5038A Night At Birdland Vol. 2 · not on the site yetArt Blakey Quintet1954Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey
BLP 5039A Night At Birdland Vol. 3 · not on the site yetArt Blakey Quintet1954Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey
BLP 5055Lou Donaldson Sextet Vol. 2 · not on the site yetLou Donaldson Sextet1954Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey
BLP 1514A New Sound, A New Star Volume 2Jimmy Smith1956Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 1521A Night at Birdland Volume 1Art Blakey1956Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey
BLP 1522A Night at Birdland Volume 2Art Blakey1956Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey
BLP 1525At the Organ Volume 3Jimmy Smith1956Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 1528At Club Baby Grand Volume 1Jimmy Smith1956Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 1529At Club Baby Grand Volume 2Jimmy Smith1957Jimmy Smith, Donald Bailey
BLP 1537Quartet/Quintet/SextetLou Donaldson1957Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey
BLP 1596Blue Lights Volume 1Kenny Burrell1958Kenny Burrell, Art Blakey
BLP 1597Blue Lights Volume 2Kenny Burrell1961Kenny Burrell, Art Blakey