Blue Note session · in the studio
May 24, 1958
Bud Powell Trio
In the room
- Bud Powell – piano
- Sam Jones – bass
- Philly Joe Jones – drums
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 · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| tk. 4 | John's Abbey (alternate take) | BLP 4430 |
| tk. 5 | Sub City (alternate take) | BLP 1598 |
| tk. 8 | Sub City | BLP 1598 |
| tk. 9 | John's Abbey | BLP 1598 |
| tk. 10 | Buster Rides Again | 45 · 45-1712, BLP 1598 |
| tk. 11 | Dry Soul | 45 · 45-1712, BLP 1598 |
| tk. 12 | Marmalade | BLP 1598 |
| tk. 14 | Monopoly | BLP 1598 |
| tk. 16 | Time Waits | BLP 1598 |
9 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
