Blue Note session · in the studio
October 13, 1957
Sonny Clark Trio
In the room
- Sonny Clark – piano
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Philly Joe Jones – drums
The takes
3 of these 9 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. 2 | I Didn't Know What Time It Was (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) GXF-3069 |
| tk. 3 | I Didn't Know What Time It Was | BLP 1579 |
| tk. 5 | Two Bass Hit (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) GXF-3069 |
| tk. 7 | Two Bass Hit | BLP 1579 |
| tk. 8 | Be-Bop | BLP 1579 |
| tk. 9 | Tadd's Delight (alternate take) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) GXF-3069 |
| tk. 10 | Tadd's Delight | BLP 1579 |
| tk. 11 | Softly As In A Morning Sunrise | 45 · 45-1719, BLP 1579 |
| tk. 12 | I'll Remember April | BLP 1579 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1588 | Cool Struttin' | Sonny Clark | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones |
