Introducing the 3 Sounds
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{{Infobox album
| name = Introducing the 3 Sounds
| type = Album
| artist = the 3 Sounds
| cover = Introducing the 3 Sounds.jpg
| alt =
| released = December 1958{{Cite web |title=The Three Sounds Discography |url=https://www.jazzdisco.org/the-three-sounds/discography/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=www.jazzdisco.org}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=th4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=3+sounds+1600&pg=PA34 Billboard Mar 2, 1959]
| recorded = September 16 & 18, 1958
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length = 38:05 (LP)
67:29 (CD)
| label = Blue Note
BLP 1600
| producer = Alfred Lion
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = LD+3
| next_year = 1959
}}
Introducing the 3 Sounds is the debut album by American jazz piano trio The 3 Sounds, recorded on September 16 & 18, 1958 and released on Blue Note in December that year. The trio features Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins and Bill Dowdy.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-1500-series/#blp-1600 Blue Note discography] accessed October 11, 2010
Background
The CD reissue includes five bonus tracks and one alternate take originally issued in Japan as Introducing the 3 Sounds Volume 2. It was a continuation of the Blue Note 1500 series being numbered 1600. A few other albums were made intended for release as 1601, 1602, etc., but were not released at the time.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}} Blue Note albums resumed with BLP (8)4001, (8)4002, etc., the 8 designating stereo.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = DownBeat
| rev2score = {{rating|0|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Tynan |first=John A. |date=April 16, 1959 |title=The Three Sounds |magazine=DownBeat |pages=35}}
}}
The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine states:
The Three Sounds never really deviated from the sound they established on Introducing, but that's one of the things that is so remarkable—they were fully formed on their very first album. Even if it was a peak, it wasn't the only peak in their career. They would often match the heights of this album, but this debut remains a shining jewel in their catalog, and the way to become acquainted with their sound.Erlewine, S. T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r148874|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed October 11, 2010
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_writing = Gene Harris, except as noted.
| headline = Side 1
| extra_column = Date recorded
| title1 = Tenderly
| length1 = 4:36
| writer1 = Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence
| extra1 = September 16, 1958
| title2 = Willow Weep for Me
| writer2 = Ann Ronell
| length2 = 4:42
| extra2 = September 16, 1958
| title3 = Both Sides
| length3 = 4:41
| extra3 = September 16, 1958
| title4 = Blue Bells
| length4 = 4:25
| extra4 = September 18, 1958
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side 2
| extra_column = Date recorded
| title1 = It's Nice
| length1 = 4:39
| extra1 = September 16, 1958
| title2 = Goin' Home
| writer2 = Traditional
| length2 = 3:54
| extra2 = September 18, 1958
| title3 = Woody 'n' You
| writer3 = Gillespie
| length3 = 7:12
| extra3 = September 18, 1958
| title4 = 'O Sole Mio
| writer4 = Giovanni Capurro, Eduardo di Capua
| extra4 = September 18, 1958
| length4 = 3:56
}}
{{track listing
| headline = CD reissue bonus tracks
| extra_column = Date recorded
| title9 = Bobby
| length9 = 4:26
| extra9 = September 16, 1958
| title10 = Mo-Ge
| length10 = 4:25
| extra10 = September 16, 1958
| title11 = It Might as Well Be Spring
| writer11 = Hammerstein II, Rodgers
| length11 = 6:33
| extra11 = September 18, 1958
| title12 = Soft Touch
| length12 = 3:43
| extra12 = September 16, 1958
| title13 = Don't Get Around Much Anymore
| writer13 = Ellington
| length13 = 4:39
| extra13 = September 18, 1958
| title14 = Goin' Home
| note14 = alternate take
| length14 = 5:38
| extra14 = September 18, 1958
}}
Personnel
= The 3 Sounds =
- Gene Harris – piano, celeste ("Blue Bells", "Goin' Home")
- 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
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