The Three Sounds
The Three Sounds
Genres: jazz, piano, jazz piano, swing, piano jazz
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About The Three Sounds
The Three Sounds (also known as The 3 Sounds) were a jazz trio that formed in 1956. The trio played and recorded with Lester Young, Lou Donaldson, Nat Adderley, Johnny Griffin, Anita O'Day, Stanley Turrentine and Sonny Stitt among others. They disbanded in 1973. The band formed in Benton Harbor, Michigan as the Four Sounds. The original line-up consisted of Gene Harris (September 1, 1933 – January 16, 2000) on piano, Andrew Simpkins (April 29, 1932 – June 2, 1999) on double bass and Bill Dowdy (August 15, 1932 - May 12, 2017) 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 LPs for Blue Note. They toured nationally during this period, building a large following in jazz clubs across the country. Later Three Sounds recordings were also released by Limelight and Verve Records. The Three Sounds song "Put On Train", from the 1971 Gene Harris album The 3 Sounds was featured as the prominent background sample in the hip-hop group Beastie Boys song "What Comes Around" on their 1989 album Paul's Boutique. It previously stated here that this sample came from the Three Sounds album Live at the It Club, recorded in 1970, however this was not released (on Live at the It Club Vol. 2) until 2000.
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The Three Sounds — Top 30 songs of 50
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Three Sounds | Tammy's Breeze | ||
| The Three Sounds | Tenderly | ||
| The Three Sounds | Yeh Yeh | ||
| The Three Sounds | Blue Bells | ||
| The Three Sounds | Repeat After Me | ||
| The Three Sounds | Love For Sale | ||
| The Three Sounds | Book Of Slim | ||
| The Three Sounds | 03 | ||
| The Three Sounds | Out of This World | ||
| The Three Sounds | Willow Weep for Me | ||
| The Three Sounds | Star Trek | ||
| The Three Sounds | The LOok Of Love | ||
| The Three Sounds | Charade | ||
| The Three Sounds | Besame Mucho | ||
| The Three Sounds | Love Somebody | ||
| The Three Sounds | Girl Talk (Live) | ||
| The Three Sounds | It's Nice | ||
| The Three Sounds | Little Biscuit | ||
| The Three Sounds | Pity De Sunset | ||
| The Three Sounds | Savanna | ||
| The Three Sounds | You Don't Tell Me | ||
| The Three Sounds | On Green Dolphin Street | ||
| The Three Sounds | Black Gold | ||
| The Three Sounds | I'm Getting Sentimental over You | ||
| The Three Sounds | Soft Winds | ||
| The Three Sounds | Again (Remastered 1997) | ||
| The Three Sounds | It Was A Very Good Year | ||
| The Three Sounds | Rat Down Front | ||
| The Three Sounds | Don't blame Me | ||
| The Three Sounds | Black Orchid |