Blue Note session · in the studio
May 20, 1959
The Three Sounds
In the room
- Gene Harris – piano
- Andrew Simpkins – bass
- Bill Dowdy – drums
The takes
2 of these 10 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
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 | Tracy's Blue | 45 · 45-1756, BLP 4020 |
| tk. 5 | It's Only A Paper Moon | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) TOCJ-5941/44 |
| tk. 6 | That's All | 45 · 45-1758, BLP 4020 |
| tk. 7 | There Is No Greater Love | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) TOCJ-5941/44 |
| tk. 8 | Satin Doll | BLP 4020 |
| tk. 10 | Soft Winds | BLP 4020 |
| tk. 12 | St. Thomas | 45 · 45-1758, BLP 4020 |
| tk. 13 | Robbins' Nest | 45 · 45-1757, BLP 4020 |
| tk. 14 | Don't Blame Me | 45 · 45-1756, BLP 4020 |
| tk. 15 | Down The Track | 45 · 45-1757, BLP 4020 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 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 |