Sold Date: July 30, 2022
Start Date: April 15, 2022
Final Price: $55.00 (USD)
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                                                                         THE THREE SOUNDS "INTRODUCING THE THREE SOUNDS"
2010 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "THE BLUE NOTE REISSUES", 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, CATALOG NUMBER AP-81600, #558 OF A SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY AND STEVE HOFFMAN AT ACOUSTECH USING THE ORIGINAL ANALOG BLUE NOTE MASTER TAPES, PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"GENE HARRIS WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED, UNIQUE STYLIST WHOSE VERY EASE OF PLAYING DISGUISED HIS TECHNICAL SKILL. SIMILARLY, HIS COLLEAGUES, BASSIST ANDREW SIMPKINS AND DRUMMER BILL DOWDY, WERE A DEFT, CAPABLE RHYTHM SECTION THAT KEPT THE GROUP IN AN APPEALING, BLUESY GROOVE. THAT GROOVE WAS SO APPEALING THAT "THE THREE SOUNDS" MAINTAINED A LARGE FAN FOLLOWING INTO THE LATE '60'S."
"GENE HARRIS WAS AT THE CENTER OF "THE THREE SOUNDS" THROUGHOUT ITS ENTIRE EXISTENCE. A NATIVE OF BENTON HARBOR, MI, HE BEGAN PLAYING PIANO AS A CHILD, PERFORMING IN PUBLIC AT THE AGE OF SIX. HE SOON BECAME DISTRACTED BY BOXING AND SPORTS, BUT HE CONTINUED TO PERFORM MUSIC, OCCASIONALLY IN A TRIO WITH DRUMMER BILL DOWDY, AFTER THEY GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1951, BOTH HARRIS AND DOWDY JOINED THE ARMY AND WERE ASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT UNITS. HOWEVER, BOTH MEN WERE DISCHARGED IN 1954, AND AFTER THEY LEFT THE ARMY, THEY BEGAN PURSUING DIFFERENT MUSICAL CAREERS. HARRIS PLAYED WITH A VARIETY OF BANDS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH AND MIDWEST, WHILE DOWDY MOVED TO CHICAGO AND PLAYED WITH A NUMBER OF BLUES AND JAZZ BANDS. HARRIS AND DOWDY EVENTUALLY MOVED TO SOUTH BEND, IN AND ADDED BASSIST ANDREW SIMPKINS-BECOMING "THE THREE SOUNDS". FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THE GROUP PLAYED REGULARLY AT MIDWEST VENUES, PARTICULARLY IN OHIO. THEY PLAYED AS A TRIO, AND THEY ALSO SUPPORTED SUCH SOLOISTS AS LESTER YOUNG AND SONNY STITT. DURING THIS TIME, HORACE SILVER BECAME A FAN OF THE GROUP AND RECOMMENDED THEM TO ALFRED LION, THE HEAD OF BLUE NOTE. THEY TOURED WITH STITT AND RELOCATED TO WASHINGTON, D.C., WHERE THEY WORKED AS A TRIO AND AS A RHYTHM SECTION FOR TOURING SOLOISTS; DURING THIS TIME, THEY PLAYED WITH SUCH MUSICIANS AS MILES DAVIS AND KENNY BURRELL/ IN THE FALL OF 1958, THEY MOVED TO NEW YORK TO WORK WITH STITT. SHORTLY AFTER THE MOVE, THEY SIGNED TO BLUE NOTE, IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING NAT ADDERLEY ON A RIVERSIDE SESSION." "THE THREE SOUNDS CUT THEIR FIRST ALBUM FOR BLUE NOTE IN SEPTEMBER OF 1958. THAT RECORD, "INTRODUCING THE THREE SOUNDS", BECAME AN UNEXPECTED SUCCESS AMONG RECORD BUYERS, AND THE GROUP'S LIVE PERFORMANCES EARNED FANS LIKE HORACE SILVER, SONNY STITT, MILES DAVIS, AND CANNONBALL ADDERLEY. THE ALBUM WENT ON TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR JAZZ RECORDINGS OF THE YEAR." "HARRIS BEGAN A SOLO CAREER IN 1971, RECODING FOR BLUE NOTE OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS. AT THAT POINT, HARRIS RETIRED AND MOVED TO BOISE, ID. EVENTUALLY, HE RETURNED TO MUSIC AFTER BASSIST RAY BROWN CONVINCED THE PIANIST TO PLAY ON AN ALBUM FOR PABLO RECORDS. HARRIS RESUMED HIS SOLO CAREER IN 1985, SIGNING WITH CONCORD JAZZ. HE MAINTAINED HIS STRONG REPUTATION INTO THE LATE 90'S."
      "GENE HARRIS IS A TRUE NATIONAL JAZZ TREASURE. AS THE YEARS GO ON, HIS MUSIC IS STILL PLAYED ON JAZZ RADIO STATIONS ACROSS AMERICA."
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