Blue Note session · in the studio
August 13, 1961
The Three Sounds
In the room
- Gene Harris – piano
- Andrew Simpkins – bass
- Bill Dowdy – drums
The takes
3 of these 21 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 | Shiny Stockings | BLP 4434 |
| tk. 4 | Sermonette | 45 · 45-1856, BLP 4102 |
| tk. 9 | Work Song | BLP 4434 |
| tk. 14 | Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea | BLP 4434 |
| tk. 15 | You Are My Sunshine | 45 · 45-1855, BLP 4102 |
| tk. 16 | Nothin' But The Blues | 45 · 45-1855, BLP 4102 |
| tk. 17 | Dap's Groove | 45 · 45-1856, BLP 4102 |
| tk. 18 | The Masquerade Is Over | BLP 4102 |
| tk. 19 | Hey There | BLP 4102 |
| tk. 21 | Walking The Floor Over You | BLP 4434 |
| tk. 22 | Sweet And Lovely | BLP 4434 |
| tk. 23 | Stompin' At The Savoy | BLP 4102 |
| tk. 24 | Little Girl Blue | BLP 4102 |
| – | In A Mellow Tone | Rejected at the session |
| tk. 26 | Blue Daniel | BLP 4434 |
| tk. 27 | Street Of Dreams | BLP 4102 |
| tk. 29 | Wait A Minute | BLP 4434 |
| tk. 30 | Stairway To The Stars | BLP 4434 |
| tk. 32 | Billy Boy | Not issued at the time · later on Blue Note (J) UCCQ-5096 |
| tk. 33 | Lazy Cat | BLP 4434 |
| – | Here We Come | Rejected at the session |
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 |