Blue Note session · in the studio
May 19, 1957
Paul Chambers Quintet
In the room
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Donald Byrd – trumpet
- Clifford Jordan – tenor sax
- Tommy Flanagan – piano
- Elvin Jones – drums
The takes
1 of these 7 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. 3 | Four Strings | BLP 1564 |
| tk. 4 | Four Strings (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 52441 2 4 |
| tk. 8 | Minor Run-Down | BLP 1564 |
| tk. 9 | Beauteous | BLP 1564 |
| tk. 12 | What's New | BLP 1564 |
| tk. 15 | The Hand Of Love | BLP 1564 |
| tk. 16 | Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise | BLP 1564 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 7 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1523 | Introducing Kenny Burrell | Kenny Burrell | 1956 | Paul Chambers, Tommy Flanagan |
 | BLP 1534 | Whims of Chambers | Paul Chambers | 1956 | Paul Chambers, Donald Byrd |
 | BLP 1540 | Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan | Hank Mobley | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Donald Byrd |
 | BLP 1543 | Kenny Burrell Volume 2 | Kenny Burrell | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Tommy Flanagan |
 | BLP 1546 | The Magnificent Thad Jones Volume 3 | Thad Jones | 1957 | Tommy Flanagan, Elvin Jones |
 | BLP 1565 | Cliff Jordan | Cliff Jordan | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Clifford Jordan |
 | BLP 1576 | Sonny's Crib | Sonny Clark | 1958 | Paul Chambers, Donald Byrd |