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Blue Note session · in the studio

March 8, 1962

The Three Sounds

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

In the room

The takes

2 of these 9 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 · takeTitleFirst out on
–Crazy RhythmRejected at the session
tk. 12My Silent LoveBLP 4197
–It's A Wonderful WorldRejected at the session
tk. 16Babe's BluesBLP 4434
tk. 17Sanctified SueBLP 4197
tk. 18Saucer EyesBLP 4155
tk. 19Don't Go Don't GoBLP 4155
tk. 20Out Of The PastBLP 4197
tk. 21At LastBLP 4155
9 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

The whole band 17 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
RLP 12-285Branching OutNat Adderley1958Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 1600Introducing the 3 SoundsThe Three Sounds1958Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
RLP 12-294New Blue HornsVarious Artists1959Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4012LD + 3Lou Donaldson With The 3 Sounds1959Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4014Bottoms Up!The 3 Sounds1959Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4020Good DealThe 3 Sounds1960Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4044MoodsThe 3 Sounds1960Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4057Blue HourStanley Turrentine With The 3 Sounds1961Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4072Feelin' GoodThe 3 Sounds1961Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4434The Three Sounds · not on the site yetThe Three Sounds1961Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4088Here We ComeThe 3 Sounds1962Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4102Hey ThereThe 3 Sounds1962Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4120It Just Got To BeThe Three Sounds1963Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
V-8513Blue GenesThe Three Sounds1963Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
V-8514Anita O'Day & The Three SoundsAnita O'Day & The Three Sounds1963Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
LM-82014Three MoodsThe Three Sounds1965Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
LM-82026Beautiful FriendshipThe Three Sounds1965Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy

2 of them 4 albums

No.TitleLeaderYearWho
JLP 16Organ-izingMel Rhyne1960Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins
LM-82037Today's SoundsThe Three Sounds1966Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins
BLP 4248VibrationsThe 3 Sounds1967Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins
BLP 4265Live At The LighthouseThe 3 Sounds1967Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins