Good Deal
1960 studio album by the 3 Sounds
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Studio album by the 3 Sounds | ||||
Released | March 1960 | |||
Recorded | May 20, 1959 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 41:52 | |||
Label | Blue Note BLP 4020 | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
The Three Sounds chronology | ||||
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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.[1]
Release history
Like the majority of the band's albums, it has been released on CD only in Japan, as a limited edition.
Reception
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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".[2]
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
- ^ Blue Note discography accessed October 11, 2010
- ^ a b Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed October 11, 2010
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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)