The Three Sounds – It Just Got To Be (Blue Note BLP 4120)

Blue Note BLP 4120 · 12-inch LP · 1963

BLP 4120

It Just Got To Be

The Three Sounds

Released: June 1963
Tracks: 8

8 more tracks from these dates went to Here We Come

Who's on it

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

Credits

Producer: Alfred Lion

The tracks

Side one

1One For ReneeDecember 14, 1960 · take 303:10
2Stella By StarlightDecember 14, 1960 · take 315:30
3It Just Got To BeDecember 13, 1960 · take 75:15
4If I Were A BellDecember 13, 1960 · take 15:30

Side two

1Blue 'N BoogieDecember 14, 1960 · take 195:15
2The Nearness Of YouDecember 14, 1960 · take 205:45
3Real GeneDecember 14, 1960 · take 323:30
4South Of The BorderDecember 13, 1960 · take 154:15

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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 4014	Bottoms Up!	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 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 3 Sounds – Here We Come (Blue Note BLP 4088)

BLP 4088 · 1962Here We ComeThe 3 Sounds

Sources

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

In the 4000 series

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