Blue Note session · in the studio
January 5, 1958
Sonny Clark Quintet
In the room
- Sonny Clark – piano
- Art Farmer – trumpet
- Jackie McLean – alto sax
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Philly Joe Jones – drums
The takes
2 of these 6 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. 1 | Blue Minor | BLP 1588 |
| tk. 2 | Cool Struttin' | 45 · 45-1714, BLP 1588 |
| tk. 4 | Royal Flush | Meant for BLP 1592, which never came out · later on Blue Note CDP 7 46513 2 |
| tk. 5 | Sippin' At Bells | BLP 1588 |
| tk. 6 | Deep Night | BLP 1588 |
| tk. 7 | Lover | Meant for BLP 1592, which never came out · later on Blue Note CDP 7 46513 2 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRLP 7068 | Jackie's Pal | Jackie McLean Quintet Introducing Bill Hardman | 1956 | Jackie McLean, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones | |
 | BLP 1579 | Sonny Clark Trio | Sonny Clark | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones |
