Blue Note session · in the studio
February 18, 1959
Lou Donaldson With The Three Sounds
In the room
Lou Donaldson – alto sax- Gene Harris – piano
- Andrew Simpkins – bass
- Bill Dowdy – 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. 3 | Just Friends | BLP 4012 |
| tk. 4 | Don't Take Your Love From Me | BLP 4012 |
| tk. 6 | Confirmation | BLP 4012 |
| tk. 7 | Jump Up | BLP 4012 |
| tk. 8 | Smooth Groove | 45 · 45-1772, BLP 4012 |
| tk. 10 | Three Little Words | BLP 4012 |
| tk. 11 | Blue Moon | 45 · 45-1772, BLP 4012 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 18 albums
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 |