The 3 Sounds – Black Orchid (Blue Note BLP 4155)

Blue Note BLP 4155 · 12-inch LP · 1964

BLP 4155

Black Orchid

The 3 Sounds

Released: April 1964
Tracks: 8

5 more tracks from these dates went to Out Of This World

Who's on it

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

Credits

Producer: Alfred Lion

The tracks

Side one

1Black OrchidMarch 7, 1962 · take 7
2A Foggy DayMarch 7, 1962 · take 8
3For All We KnowMarch 7, 1962 · take 10
4Oh Well Oh WellMarch 7, 1962 · take 6

Side two

1At LastMarch 8, 1962 · take 21
2Secret LoveMarch 7, 1962 · take 4
3Don't Go Don't GoMarch 8, 1962 · take 19
4Saucer EyesMarch 8, 1962 · take 18

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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 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
	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 – Out Of This World (Blue Note BLP 4197)

BLP 4197 · 1966+Out Of This WorldThe 3 Sounds

Sources

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

In the 4000 series

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