Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The 3 Sounds
| Recorded | Sep 16-28, 1958 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BLP 1600 |
| Released | 1958 |
| Personnel | 3 credited players |
| Discogs | master 437160 |
The record
Blues-soaked piano voicings ride Dowdy's brushwork and Simpkins' steady walk on this Blue Note debut, cut over two September sessions in 1958. Crowd-pleasing and unpretentious, it set the template the trio would work for years.
Session personnel
- Andrew Simpkins — bass
- Bill Dowdy — drums
- Gene Harris — piano, celesta
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 28 pressings on file.
| 1958 | Blue Note · BLP 1600 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep Groove, No Inc. earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
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| 2010 | Analogue Productions · AP-81600 — Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Stereo Kevin Gray remaster |
| 1960 | Blue Note · 1600 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Repress · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 1600 — Vinyl, LP, Mono, NY USA Pressing · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 1600 — Vinyl, LP, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 1600 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, Deep Groove, W 63rd, Inc. · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1966 | Blue Note · 1600 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Repress, NY USA Labels · Plastylite ear |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST 81600 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Liberty Pressing · RVG stamp |
| 1958 | Blue Note · BST 81600 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1966 | Blue Note · 1600 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Repress, NY USA Labels |
| 1973 | Blue Note · BST 81600 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1976 | Blue Note · BST 81600 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1979 | Blue Note — STEREO |
| 1984 | Blue Note · BLP 1600 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
Follow the players
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