Riverside session · in the studio

September, 1958

Nat Adderley Quintet

Reeves Sound Studios, NYC

This day's music is on 2 records: Branching Out, New Blue Horns

In the room

Nat Adderley – cornet
Johnny Griffin – tenor sax
Gene Harris – piano
Andrew Simpkins – bass · as Andy Simpkins
Bill Dowdy – drums

The takes

What the numbers mean

Riverside numbered the tunes it recorded in one running series; the take kept is the one that was issued.

Matrix · take	Title	First out on
–	Sister Caroline	RLP 12-285
–	Well, You Needn't	RLP 12-285
–	Don't Get Around Much Any More	RLP 12-285
–	I've Got Plenty Of Nothin'	RLP 12-285
–	Branching Out	RLP 12-285
–	I Never Knew	RLP 12-285
–	Warm Blue Stream	RLP 12-285
–	Mammy Yokum	RLP 12-294

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

Where it ended up

Nat Adderley – Branching Out (Riverside RLP 12-285)

RLP 12-285 · 1958Branching OutNat Adderley

Various Artists – New Blue Horns (Riverside RLP 12-294)

RLP 12-294 · 1959New Blue HornsVarious Artists

Together elsewhere

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

3 of them 18 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
BLP 1600	Introducing the 3 Sounds	The Three Sounds	1958	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
JLP 16	Organ-izing	Mel Rhyne	1960	Johnny Griffin, Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins
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 4155	Black Orchid	The 3 Sounds	1964	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
BLP 4197	Out Of This World	The 3 Sounds	1966+	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
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
LM-82014	Three Moods	The Three Sounds	1965	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
LM-82026	Beautiful Friendship	The Three Sounds	1965	Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, Bill Dowdy

2 of them 6 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
RLP 12-282	Blues For Dracula	Philly Joe Jones Sextet	1958	Nat Adderley, Johnny Griffin
RLP 349	A Double Dose Of Soul	James Clay	1961	Nat Adderley, Gene Harris
RLP 387	White Gardenia: A Tribute To Billie Holiday	Johnny Griffin With Strings And Brass	1961	Nat Adderley, Johnny Griffin
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