Blue Note session · in the studio
March 30, 1958
Louis Smith Quintet
In the room
- Louis Smith – trumpet
- Charlie Rouse – tenor sax
- Sonny Clark – piano
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
The takes
2 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. 1 | Bakin' (aka Tunesmith) | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) BNJ-61008/10 |
| tk. 8 | There Will Never Be Another You | BLP 1594 |
| tk. 11 | Au Privave | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) BNJ-61008/10 |
| tk. 13 | Smithville | 45 · 45-1715, BLP 1594 |
| tk. 16 | Embraceable You | BLP 1594 |
| tk. 17 | Later | BLP 1594 |
| tk. 18 | Wetu | BLP 1594 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 3 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1572 | Bone & Bari | Curtis Fuller | 1957 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 1568 | Hank Mobley | Hank Mobley | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 1576 | Sonny's Crib | Sonny Clark | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor |
2 of them 13 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 1565 | Cliff Jordan | Cliff Jordan | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 1567 | The Opener | Curtis Fuller | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 1569 | Bass on Top | Paul Chambers | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 1571 | The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 3: Bud! | Bud Powell | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 1573 | John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell | John Jenkins | 1957 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers |
| BLP 4430 | Bud Powell Quartet · not on the site yet | Bud Powell Quartet | 1957 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | |
 | BLP 1575 | City Lights | Lee Morgan | 1958 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 1579 | Sonny Clark Trio | Sonny Clark | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1580 | The Congregation | Johnny Griffin | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1588 | Cool Struttin' | Sonny Clark | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers |
 | BLP 1590 | Candy | Lee Morgan | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 1591 | Lou Takes Off | Lou Donaldson | 1958 | Sonny Clark, Art Taylor |
 | BLP 4009 | The Scene Changes · not on the site yet | The Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 5 | 1959 | Paul Chambers, Art Taylor |