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Black Orchid (album)

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Released
  
April 1964

Artist
  
The Three Sounds

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

Black Orchid (1962)
  
Blue Genes (1962)

Release date
  
1962

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
February 4, 1962 (#10, 12-13, 15) March 7, 1962 (#1-4 & 6) March 8, 1962 (#5, 7-8) June 27, 1962 (#9, 11) Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Length
  
42:37 original LP 74:02 1998 CD reissue 69:53 2015 CD reissue

Similar
  
The Three Sounds albums, Jazz albums

Black Orchid is an album by jazz group The Three Sounds featuring performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label. The 1998 limited CD reissue features other seven unissued tracks recorded at different sessions. It was also issued in Japan in 2015, on SHM-CD, featuring different bonus tracks recorded on the same sessions.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars stating "It displays their knack for deftly swinging uptempo numbers, light blues and sensitive standards. If anything, it swings a little harder and is a little more soulful than some of its predecessors".

Track listing

All compositions by Gene Harris except as indicated
  1. "Black Orchid" (Neal Hefti) - 5:25
  2. "A Foggy Day" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 6:46
  3. "For All We Know" (Coots, Lewis) - 5:31
  4. "Oh Well, Oh Well" - 3:45
  5. "At Last" (Gordon, Warren) - 5:37
  6. "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:44
  7. "Don't Go, Don't Go" - 5:08
  8. "Saucer Eyes" (Weston) - 4:41

Bonus tracks on 1998 CD reissue:

  1. "You Dig It" - 5:41
  2. "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) - 4:11
  3. "Theme From M Squad" (Carter) - 4:15
  4. "Azule Serape" (Feldman) - 4:22
  5. "For Dancers Only" (Oliver, Raye, Schoen) - 3:52
  6. "Back Home" - 3:27
  7. "Tadd's Delight" (Dameron) - 5:37

2015 SHM-CD reissue

  1. "Black Orchid" (Neil Hefti) - 5:24
  2. "A Foggy Day" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 6:44
  3. "For All We Know" (Coots, Lewis) - 5:29
  4. "Oh Well, Oh Well" - 3:43
  5. "At Last" (Gordon, Warren) - 5:34
  6. "Secret Love" (Fain) - 5:42
  7. "Don't Go, Don't Go" - 5:05
  8. "Saucer Eyes" (Weston) - 4:40

Bonus tracks

  1. "Babe's Blues" (Randy Weston) - 4:37
  2. "Over the Rainbow" (Harburg, Arlen) - 4:55
  3. "Tadd's Delight" (Dameron) - 5:40
  4. "Azule Serape" (Feldman) - 4:20
  5. "For Dancers Only" (Oliver, Raye, Schoen) - 3:51
  6. "Nature Boy" (Ahbez) - 4:09

Personnel

  • Gene Harris - piano
  • Andrew Simpkins - bass
  • Bill Dowdy - drums

    • Songs

    1Black Orchid5:23
    2A Foggy Day6:44
    3For All We Know5:29

    References

    Black Orchid (album) Wikipedia
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