Good Deal
{{Infobox album
| name = Good Deal
| type = Album
| artist = the 3 Sounds
| cover = Good Deal.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 1960
| recorded = May 20, 1959
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length = 41:52
| label = Blue Note
BLP 4020
| producer = Alfred Lion
| chronology = The Three Sounds
| prev_title = Bottoms Up!
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = Moods
| next_year = 1960
}}
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.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4000-series/#blp-4020 Blue Note discography] accessed October 11, 2010
Release history
Like the majority of the band's albums, it has been released on CD only in Japan, as a limited edition.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
}}
The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated: "Good Deal is a typically fine record from the Three Sounds, who were beginning to hit their stride when this session was recorded in May 1959. Like most of their records, it's laidback — even when the group works a swinging tempo, there's a sense of ease that keeps the mood friendly, relaxed and mellow".Erlewine, S. T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r156706|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed October 11, 2010
Track listing
:All compositions by Gene Harris, except as indicated
= Side 1 =
- "Robbins Nest" – 6:15 (Illinois Jacquet, Charles Thompson)
- "Don't Blame Me" (Fields, McHugh) – 5:16
- "St. Thomas" (Sonny Rollins) – 4:23
- "Down the Track" – 5:27
= Side 2 =
- "Tracy's Blues" – 3:38
- "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Haymes) – 6:00
- "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Mercer, Strayhorn) – 5:55
- "Soft Winds" (Henderson, Frank Royal) – 4:58
Personnel
= The 3 Sounds =
- Gene Harris – piano
- Andrew Simpkins – bass
- Bill Dowdy – drums
= Technical personnel =
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Ira Gitler – liner notes
References
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Category:Blue Note Records albums
Category:The Three Sounds albums