Released April 1964 Artist The Three Sounds | Black Orchid(1962) Blue Genes(1962) Release date 1962 | |
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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 LP74:02 1998 CD reissue69:53 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.
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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- "Black Orchid" (Neal Hefti) - 5:25
- "A Foggy Day" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 6:46
- "For All We Know" (Coots, Lewis) - 5:31
- "Oh Well, Oh Well" - 3:45
- "At Last" (Gordon, Warren) - 5:37
- "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:44
- "Don't Go, Don't Go" - 5:08
- "Saucer Eyes" (Weston) - 4:41
Bonus tracks on 1998 CD reissue:
- "You Dig It" - 5:41
- "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) - 4:11
- "Theme From M Squad" (Carter) - 4:15
- "Azule Serape" (Feldman) - 4:22
- "For Dancers Only" (Oliver, Raye, Schoen) - 3:52
- "Back Home" - 3:27
- "Tadd's Delight" (Dameron) - 5:37
2015 SHM-CD reissue
- "Black Orchid" (Neil Hefti) - 5:24
- "A Foggy Day" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 6:44
- "For All We Know" (Coots, Lewis) - 5:29
- "Oh Well, Oh Well" - 3:43
- "At Last" (Gordon, Warren) - 5:34
- "Secret Love" (Fain) - 5:42
- "Don't Go, Don't Go" - 5:05
- "Saucer Eyes" (Weston) - 4:40
Bonus tracks
- "Babe's Blues" (Randy Weston) - 4:37
- "Over the Rainbow" (Harburg, Arlen) - 4:55
- "Tadd's Delight" (Dameron) - 5:40
- "Azule Serape" (Feldman) - 4:20
- "For Dancers Only" (Oliver, Raye, Schoen) - 3:51
- "Nature Boy" (Ahbez) - 4:09
Personnel
Songs
1Black Orchid5:23
2A Foggy Day6:44
3For All We Know5:29
References
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