Blue Note session · in the studio
December 13, 1960
The Three Sounds
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- This day's music is on 2 records: It Just Got To Be, Here We Come
In the room
- Gene Harris – piano
- Andrew Simpkins – bass
- Bill Dowdy – drums
The takes
3 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. 1 | If I Were A Bell | BLP 4120 |
| tk. 4 | Summertime | 45 · 45-1827, BLP 4088 |
| tk. 5 | Here We Come | 45 · 45-1825, BLP 4088 |
| tk. 7 | It Just Got To Be | BLP 4120 |
| – | Bye Bye Blackbird | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 11 | Poinciana | BLP 4088 |
| tk. 14 | The Girl Next Door | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) TOCJ-9527 |
| tk. 15 | South Of The Border | BLP 4120 |
| tk. 17 | Sonnymoon For Two | BLP 4088 |
| tk. 18 | This Is The Way 'Tis | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) TOCJ-9527 |
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 17 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 |