The 3 Sounds – Bottoms Up! (Blue Note BLP 4014)

Blue Note BLP 4014 · 12-inch LP · 1959

BLP 4014

Bottoms Up!

The 3 Sounds

Released: July/August 1959
Tracks: 8

8 more tracks from these dates went to Introducing the 3 Sounds

Who's on it

Gene Harris – piano
Andrew Simpkins – bass
Bill Dowdy – drums

Credits

Producer: Alfred Lion
recording engineer, mastering: Rudy Van Gelder
design: Reid Miles
photography: Francis Wolff
liner notes: Leonard Feather

The tracks

Side one

1Besame MuchoConsuelo VelázquezFebruary 11, 1959 · take 124:02
2Angel EyesMatt DennisSeptember 16, 1958 · take 105:10
3Time After TimeSammy Cahn, Jule StyneSeptember 28, 1958 · take 114:51
4Love Walked InGeorge Gershwin, Ira GershwinFebruary 11, 1959 · take 216:05

Side two

1I Could Write A BookLorenz Hart, Richard RodgersFebruary 11, 1959 · take 174:52
2Jinne LouGene HarrisFebruary 11, 1959 · take 134:54
3Nothing Ever Changes My Love For YouMarvin Fisher, Jack SegalFebruary 11, 1959 · take 53:06
4Falling In Love With LoveHart, RodgersSeptember 16, 1958 · take 186:43

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Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

The whole band 18 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	RLP 12-285	Branching Out	Nat Adderley	1958	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
	BLP 1600	Introducing the 3 Sounds	The Three Sounds	1958	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
	RLP 12-294	New Blue Horns	Various Artists	1959	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
	BLP 4012	LD + 3	Lou Donaldson With The 3 Sounds	1959	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
	BLP 4020	Good Deal	The 3 Sounds	1960	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
	BLP 4044	Moods	The 3 Sounds	1960	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
	BLP 4057	Blue Hour	Stanley Turrentine With The 3 Sounds	1961	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
	BLP 4072	Feelin' Good	The 3 Sounds	1961	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
	BLP 4434	The Three Sounds · not on the site yet	The Three Sounds	1961	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
	BLP 4088	Here We Come	The 3 Sounds	1962	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
	BLP 4102	Hey There	The 3 Sounds	1962	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
	BLP 4120	It Just Got To Be	The Three Sounds	1963	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
	BLP 4197	Out Of This World	The 3 Sounds	1966+	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
	V-8513	Blue Genes	The Three Sounds	1963	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
	V-8514	Anita O'Day & The Three Sounds	Anita O'Day & The Three Sounds	1963	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
	BLP 4155	Black Orchid	The 3 Sounds	1964	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
	LM-82014	Three Moods	The Three Sounds	1965	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
	LM-82026	Beautiful Friendship	The Three Sounds	1965	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy

2 of them 4 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	JLP 16	Organ-izing	Mel Rhyne	1960	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins
	LM-82037	Today's Sounds	The Three Sounds	1966	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins
	BLP 4248	Vibrations	The 3 Sounds	1967	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins
	BLP 4265	Live At The Lighthouse	The 3 Sounds	1967	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins

Also from these sessions

The Three Sounds – Introducing the 3 Sounds (Blue Note BLP 1600)

BLP 1600 · 1958Introducing the 3 SoundsThe Three Sounds

Sources

Jazz Discography Project (sessions, takes, personnel) · Wikipedia (release, running order, credits) · MusicBrainz · Wikidata

In the 4000 series

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