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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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

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."

Track listing

Side 1
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

Side 2
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

Personnel

The 3 Sounds

Gene Harris – piano, celeste ("Jinne Lou")
Andrew Simpkins – bass
Bill Dowdy – drums

Technical personnel

Alfred Lion – producer
Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes

References

Billboard Aug 31, 1959
Blue Note discography accessed October 11, 2010
^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 11, 2010

v t e The Three Sounds
Gene Harris, Andy Simpkins, Bill Dowdy Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
Group albums	Branching Out (and Nat Adderley, 1958) Introducing the 3 Sounds (1958) Bottoms Up! (1958–59) LD + 3 (and Lou Donaldson, 1959) Good Deal (1959) Blue Hour (and Stanley Turrentine, 1960) Feelin' Good (1960) Here We Come (1960) It Just Got to Be (1960) Moods (1960) Hey There (1961) Babe's Blues (1961–62) Anita O'Day & the Three Sounds (1962) Black Orchid (1962) Standards (1959/62) Blue Genes (1962) Out of This World (1962) The Three Sounds Play Jazz on Broadway (1962) Some Like It Modern (1963) Live at the Living Room (1964) Beautiful Friendship (1965) Three Moods (1965) Today's Sounds (1966) Vibrations (1966) Live at the Lighthouse (1967) Coldwater Flat (and Oliver Nelson, 1968) Elegant Soul (1968) Soul Symphony (1969) Live at the 'It Club' (Gene Harris & The Three Sounds, 1970) The 3 Sounds (Gene Harris, 1971) Gene Harris of the Three Sounds (Gene Harris, 1972)

The Three Sounds

Gene Harris, Andy Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

Group
albums

Branching Out (and Nat Adderley, 1958)
Introducing the 3 Sounds (1958)
Bottoms Up! (1958–59)
LD + 3 (and Lou Donaldson, 1959)
Good Deal (1959)
Blue Hour (and Stanley Turrentine, 1960)
Feelin' Good (1960)
Here We Come (1960)
It Just Got to Be (1960)
Moods (1960)
Hey There (1961)
Babe's Blues (1961–62)
Anita O'Day & the Three Sounds (1962)
Black Orchid (1962)
Standards (1959/62)
Blue Genes (1962)
Out of This World (1962)
The Three Sounds Play Jazz on Broadway (1962)
Some Like It Modern (1963)
Live at the Living Room (1964)
Beautiful Friendship (1965)
Three Moods (1965)
Today's Sounds (1966)
Vibrations (1966)
Live at the Lighthouse (1967)
Coldwater Flat (and Oliver Nelson, 1968)
Elegant Soul (1968)
Soul Symphony (1969)
Live at the 'It Club' (Gene Harris & The Three Sounds, 1970)
The 3 Sounds (Gene Harris, 1971)
Gene Harris of the Three Sounds (Gene Harris, 1972)

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