It Just Got to Be
{{Infobox album
| name = It Just Got to Be
| type = studio
| artist = The Three Sounds
| cover = It Just Got to Be.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 1963[https://books.google.com/books?id=XwsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=three+Sounds+Just+Got+to+Be&pg=PA12 Billboard June 22, 1963]
| recorded = December 13–14, 1960
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 38:27 original LP
47:28 CD reissue
| label = Blue Note
BST 84120
| producer = Alfred Lion
| chronology = The Three Sounds
| prev_title = Here We Come
| prev_year = 1960
| next_title = Blue Hour
| next_year = 1960
}}
It Just Got to Be is an album by the jazz group The Three Sounds with performances recorded in 1960. It was released on the Blue Note label in 1963.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4100-series/#blp-4120 Blue Note discography] accessed October 11, 2010 It was reissued on CD only in Japan, with two bonus tracks.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 3 stars stating, "The performances throughout the record are predictably swinging and enjoyable, even if they find the trio taking no stylistic chances. That lack of adventure doesn't matter, though — the Three Sounds excel at making unpretentious, unabashedly enjoyable mainstream jazz, and there's something endearing about their ability to produce a body of work of consistently high quality".Erlewine, S. T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r148878|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed October 11, 2010
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Track listing
:All compositions by Gene Harris except as indicated
- "One for Renee" - 3:04
- "Stella by Starlight" (Washington, Young) - 5:32
- "It Just Got to Be" - 5:15
- "If I Were a Bell" (Loesser) - 5:36
- "Blue 'n' Boogie" (Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 5:20
- "The Nearness of You" (Carmichael, Washington) - 5:49
- "Real Gene" - 3:35
- "South of the Border" (Kennedy, Carr) - 4:16
Bonus tracks on CD reissue:
- "Girl Next Door" - 4:35
- "This Is the Way 'Tis" - 4:26
Recorded on December 13 (3–4, 8) and December 14 (1–2, 5–7), 1960.
Personnel
- Gene Harris - piano
- Andrew Simpkins - double bass
- Bill Dowdy - drums
References
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Category:Blue Note Records albums