Wikipedia / The 3 Sounds
Wikipedia / The 3 Sounds
The 3 Sounds (also known as The Three Sounds) was an American jazz piano trio that formed in 1956 and disbanded in 1973.
The band formed in Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States, as the Four Sounds. The original lineup consisted of Gene Harris on piano, Andrew Simpkins on double bass and Bill Dowdy on drums, along with saxophonist Lonnie "The Sound" Walker, who dropped out the following year. The group moved to Washington and then New York, where, as the Three Sounds, they cut a record for Riverside Records, before signing an exclusive contract with Blue Note.
Between 1958 and 1962, the group released nine albums for Blue Note. They toured nationally during this period, building a large following in jazz clubs across the country. The trio played and recorded with the likes of saxophonists Lester Young, Lou Donaldson, Stanley Turrentine and Sonny Stitt, cornet player Nat Adderley, singer Anita O'Day, and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, among others.
Samples in hip hop
Part of the Three Sounds song "Put On Train", from the 1971 Gene Harris album The 3 Sounds, was the prominent background sample in the hip hop group Beastie Boys' song "What Comes Around" on their 1989 album Paul's Boutique.
Discography
1958 – 1962: Blue Note years
Year | Catalog number | Title | Date recorded | Notes |
1959 | BLP 1600 | 1958-09-16, -18 | ||
1959 | BLP 4012 | 1959-02-18 | with Lou Donaldson | |
1959 | BLP 4014 | 1958-09-16, -28, 1959-02-11 | ||
1960 | BLP 4020 | 1959-05-20 | ||
1961 | BLP 4044 | 1960 | ||
1961 | BLP 4057 | 1960 | with Stanley Turrentine | |
1961 | BLP 4072 | 1960 | ||
1962 | BLP 4088 | 1960 | ||
1962 | BLP 4102 | 1961 | ||
1963 | BLP 4120 | 1960 | ||
1964 | BLP 4155 | 1962 | ||
1966 | BLP 4197 | 1962 | ||
1986 | BST 84434 | 1961, 1962 | ||
1998 | N/A | 1959, 1962 |
1962: Verve year
Year | Catalog number | Title | Date recorded | Notes |
1963 | V-8513 | 1962 | ||
1963 | V-8514 | 1962 | with Anita O'Day |
1962 – 1964: Mercury years
Year | Catalog number | Title | Date recorded | Notes |
1963 | MG 20776 | 1962 | ||
1963 | MG 20839 | 1963 | ||
1964 | MG 20921 | 1964 | live |
1965 – 1966: Limelight years
Year | Catalog number | Title | Date recorded | Notes |
1965 | LM 82014 | 1965 | with arrangements by Julian Lee | |
1965 | LM 82026 | 1965 | with arrangements by Julian Lee | |
1966 | LM 82037 | 1966-02 | live; with Kalil Madi replacing Bill Dowdy on drums |
1967 – 1970: Return to Blue Note
Year | Catalog number | Title | Date recorded | Personnel/Notes |
1967 | BLP 4248 | 1966 | Andy Simpkins (bass), Kalil Madi (drums) | |
1967 | BLP 4265 | 1967 | Andy Simpkins (bass), Donald Bailey (drums); live | |
1968 | BST 84285 | 1968 | Andy Simpkins (bass), Donald Bailey (drums); plus Oliver Nelson Orchestra | |
1968 | BST 84301 | 1968 | Andy Simpkins (bass), Carl Burnett (drums); plus orchestra | |
1969 | BST 84341 | 1969 | Henry Franklin (bass), Carl Burnett (drums); plus orchestra | |
1996 | N/A | 1970 | Henry Franklin (bass), Carl Burnett (drums); live | |
2000 | N/A | 1970 | Henry Franklin (bass), Carl Burnett (drums); live (Source:) |
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