Soul Symphony
1969 studio album by The Three Sounds
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Studio album by The Three Sounds | ||||
Released | 1969 | |||
Recorded | August 26 & 28, 1969 | |||
Studio | Liberty Studios, West Hollywood, California | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 43:54 | |||
Label | Blue Note | |||
Producer | Monk Higgins, Dee Ervin | |||
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Soul Symphony is the final album by jazz group The Three Sounds featuring performances with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Monk Higgins recorded in 1969 and released on the Blue Note label.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3 stars stating "Soul Symphony is far from a throwaway; it's a deeply grooved-out tough record with all of the Three Sounds magic on full view, and is highly recommended to any fan of soul-jazz or beat hunting".[2]
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Track listing
- All compositions by Monk Higgins except as indicated
- "Soul Symphony" - 25:55
- "Repeat After Me" - 6:43
- "Upper Four Hundred" (Dee Ervin, Higgins) - 4:04
- "Popsicle Pimp" (Ervin, Higgins) 2:57
- "Black Sugar" (Ervin, Higgins) - 4:15
- Recorded at Liberty Studios in West Hollywood, California on August 26 (tracks 2-6) and August 27 (track 1), 1969
Personnel
- Gene Harris - piano
- Henry Franklin - bass
- Carl Burnett - drums
- Monk Higgins - arranger, conductor
- David Duke, Art Maebe - french horn
- Buddy Collette - flute, alto flute
- Fred Robinson - guitar
- Alan Estes - percussion
- Unidentified string section led by Jim Getzof (track 1) and Sid Sharp (tracks 2-6)
- Alex Brown, Mamie Galore, Clydie King - backing vocals
References
- ^ Blue Note discography accessed November 30, 2010
- ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 30, 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)