EmArcy session · in the studio

August, 1965

The Three Sounds

In the room

Julian Lee – arranger, conductor
Gene Harris – piano
Andrew Simpkins – bass · as Andy Simpkins
Bill Dowdy – drums

The takes

What the numbers mean

Mercury numbered its masters by the tune; the take kept is the one that was issued.

Matrix · take	Title	First out on
35836	The Following Sea	LM-82026
35837	Beautiful Friendship	LM-82026
35838	She's Too Far Above Me	LM-82026
35839	It's A Blue World	LM-82026
35840	Hot Cha	LM-82026
35841	Cute	LM-82026
35842	Hittin' Another Jug	LM-82026
35843	Shortnin' Bread	LM-82026

8 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

The Three Sounds – Beautiful Friendship (Limelight LM-82026)

LM-82026 · 1965Beautiful FriendshipThe Three Sounds

Together elsewhere

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

3 of them 18 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
RLP 12-285	Branching Out	Nat Adderley	1958	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 1600	Introducing the 3 Sounds	The Three Sounds	1958	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
RLP 12-294	New Blue Horns	Various Artists	1959	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4012	LD + 3	Lou Donaldson With The 3 Sounds	1959	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4014	Bottoms Up!	The 3 Sounds	1959	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4020	Good Deal	The 3 Sounds	1960	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4044	Moods	The 3 Sounds	1960	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4057	Blue Hour	Stanley Turrentine With The 3 Sounds	1961	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4072	Feelin' Good	The 3 Sounds	1961	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4434	The Three Sounds · not on the site yet	The Three Sounds	1961	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4088	Here We Come	The 3 Sounds	1962	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4102	Hey There	The 3 Sounds	1962	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4120	It Just Got To Be	The Three Sounds	1963	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4197	Out Of This World	The 3 Sounds	1966+	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
V-8513	Blue Genes	The Three Sounds	1963	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
V-8514	Anita O'Day & The Three Sounds	Anita O'Day & The Three Sounds	1963	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4155	Black Orchid	The 3 Sounds	1964	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
LM-82014	Three Moods	The Three Sounds	1965	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy

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