| Bottoms Up! | ||||
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| Released | July/August 1959 [1] | |||
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| Studio | Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:43 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BLP 4014 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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Bottoms Up! is the second album by American jazz trio The 3 Sounds, recorded on September 16 & 28, 1958 and February 11, 1959 and released on Blue Note in 1959. [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "Pianist Gene Harris, bassist Andy Simpkins and drummer Bill Dowdy are in top form performing their brand of funky jazz, which left plenty of room for inventive solos along with the percolating grooves... Well worth searching for." [3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bésame Mucho" | Consuelo Velázquez | February 11, 1959 | 4:02 |
| 2. | "Angel Eyes" | Matt Dennis | September 16, 1958 | 5:10 |
| 3. | "Time After Time" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | September 28, 1958 | 4:51 |
| 4. | "Love Walked In" | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | February 11, 1959 | 6:05 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Could Write a Book" | Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers | February 11, 1959 | 4:52 |
| 2. | "Jinne Lou" | Gene Harris | February 11, 1959 | 4:54 |
| 3. | "Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You" | Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal | February 11, 1959 | 3:06 |
| 4. | "Falling in Love with Love" | Hart, Rodgers | September 16, 1958 | 6:43 |
Gene Harris was an American jazz pianist known for his warm sound and blues and gospel infused style that is known as soul jazz.
The Three Sounds was an American jazz piano trio that formed in 1956 and disbanded in 1973.
LD+3 is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson with the Three Sounds—consisting of rhythm section Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins, and Bill Dowdy—recorded on February 18, 1959 and released on Blue Note later that year.
Blue Hour is a collaboration album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine and The Three Sounds recorded for the Blue Note label and performed by Turrentine with Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins and Bill Dowdy. The album was reissued in 2000 with an additional disc of unreleased recordings, as Blue Hour: The Complete Sessions.
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Good Deal is the third album by American jazz trio The 3 Sounds recorded on May 20, 1959 and released on Blue Note the following year.
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Feelin' Good is an album by jazz group The Three Sounds featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Blue Note label. It was released on CD only in Japan.
Here We Come is an album by jazz group The Three Sounds, featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Blue Note label.
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Blue Genes is an album by The Three Sounds recorded for the Verve label in late 1962.
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Beautiful Friendship is an album by The Three Sounds which was recorded in California in 1965 and released on the Limelight label.
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