The 3 Sounds – Feelin’ Good | Blue Note BST 84072

The 3 Sounds Feelin’ Good | Blue Note BST 84072

updated 10/03/2026

Blue Note Records 1960 ‎– BST 84072

Description:

The 3 Sounds – Feelin' Good is a classic Blue Note jazz album featuring
 the soulful piano trio of Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, and Bill Dowdy.
 Originally released in 1961 as Blue Note BLP 4072 and BST 84072, 
the album was recorded on June 28, 1960, at the Van Gelder Studio
 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

With Gene Harris on piano and celeste, Andrew Simpkins on bass,
 and Bill Dowdy on drums, the trio combines hard bop, blues, swing,
 and soul-jazz with a warm, highly rhythmic sound. The program includes
 standards such as “When I Fall in Love,” “I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart,”
 “It Could Happen to You,” and Thelonious Monk's “Straight, No Chaser,” 
alongside Gene Harris's “Parker's Pad” and the trio's interpretations
 of “Blues After Dark,” “I Got It Bad,” and “Two Bass Hit.”

Line-up:

Gene Harris – piano, celeste
Andrew “Andy” Simpkins – bass
Bill Dowdy – drums

Recorded    : June 28, 1960
Studio    Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Engineer    Rudy Van Gelder
Producer    Alfred Lion

tracklist:

A1        When I Fall In Love
Written By [Miscredited] – Seldon Albert
Written-By [Uncredited] – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
A2        Parker's Pad
Written-By – Gene Harris
A3        Blues After Dark
Written-By – Benny Golson
A4        I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
Written-By – Ellington*, Webster*
B1        Straight No Chaser
Written-By – Monk*
B2        I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
Written-By – Ellington*, Nemo*, Mills*, Redmond*
B3        It Could Happen To You
Written-By – Burke-Van Heusen*
B4        Two Bass Hit
Written-By – Gillespie*, Lewis*

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The Three Sounds – Coldwater Flat Blue Note BST 84285

The Three Sounds – Coldwater Flat | Blue Note 1968

BLUE NOTE RECORDS  1968           BST 84285 

notes:

The Three Sounds – Coldwater Flat is a 1968 Blue Note Records album
 featuring the classic trio of Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins and Donald Bailey 
with arrangements and orchestral direction by Oliver Nelson. Released as 
Blue Note BST 84285, the album combines the Three Sounds’ piano-trio 
approach with a large Los Angeles studio orchestra.

Recorded at Liberty Studios in West Hollywood, California, during April 1968, 
the sessions brought together Harris on piano, Simpkins on bass and Bailey on drums 
with an extensive ensemble of Los Angeles studio musicians. 
Oliver Nelson arranged and conducted the orchestral parts.

The repertoire moves between jazz standards, contemporary pop material and 
original compositions. Highlights include “The Look of Love,” “Georgia,” “My Romance,”
 “Last Train to Clarksville,” “Do Do Do (What Now Is Next)” and Gene Harris’s “Star Trek.”

The album is particularly interesting to collectors because it documents a
 distinctive late-1960s Blue Note direction: the intimate Three Sounds trio expanded
 into a much larger orchestral setting. Blue Note itself describes the 1968 project as 
an ambitious collaboration with Oliver Nelson, recorded over three days at Liberty Studios.

credits:

Line-up – The Three Sounds
Gene Harris – piano
Andy Simpkins – bass
Donald Bailey – drums
Oliver Nelson Orchestra

Arranger & conductor: Oliver Nelson

Trumpets:
Bobby Bryant
Buddy Childers
Freddy Hill
Melvin Moore
Conte Candoli (on “Star Trek”)

Trombones:
Louis (Lou) Blackburn
Billy Byers
Pete Myers
Milt Bernhart (on “Star Trek”)

Bass trombone:
Ernie Tack

Alto saxophones:
Anthony Ortega
Frank Strozier

Tenor saxophones:
Plas Johnson
Jay Migliori (on the April 11 session)
Tom Scott (on “Star Trek”)

Baritone saxophone:
Bill Green

Percussion:
Ken Watson
Lou Singer – percussion/timpani

The album was recorded at Liberty Studios, Los Angeles, California,
during three sessions:

April 10, 1968 – “The Look of Love,” “Georgia,” “The Grass Is Greener,” 
“I Remember Bird”
April 11, 1968 – “My Romance,” “Lonely Bottles,” “Do Do Do (What Now Is Next),”
 “Coldwater Flat,” “Last Train to Clarksville”
April 12, 1968 – “Star Trek”

tracklist:

A1 Lonely Bottles
    Written-By Quincy Jones     
A2 The Look Of Love
    Written-By  Burt Bacharach, Hal David         
A3 Georgia
    Written-By  Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Garrell*         
A4 Grass Is Greener
    Written-By  Howlett Smith, Spence Maxwell         
A5 Coldwater Flat
    Written-By  Phil Moore (2)         
B1 Last Train To Clarksville
    Written-By  Bobby Hart, Tommy Boyce         
B2 My Romance
    Written-By  Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers        
B3 I Remember Bird
    Written-By  Leonard Feather         

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