Moods (The Three Sounds album)

1961 studio album by The Three Sounds

Moods

Studio album by

The Three Sounds

Released| February 1961[1]
Recorded| June 28, 1960
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre| Jazz blues
Length| 42:13
Label| Blue Note
BST 84044
Producer| Alfred Lion
The Three Sounds chronology
| Good Deal
(1959)  | Moods
(1961)  | Feelin' Good
(1960)

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Moods is an album by jazz group The Three Sounds released in 1961 on the Blue Note label.[2] It was recorded the same day Feelin' Good was recorded.

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [3]

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars stating "The Three Sounds open their signature sound a bit on the romantic Moods. They retain the same light touch that made their early albums so enjoyable, but they add more textures to the mix... on the whole, Moods is an endearing collection of appealing mainstream jazz".[3]

## Track listing

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1. "Love for Sale" (Porter) - 6:37
2. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) - 8:54
3. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 5:37
4. "Loose Walk" (Sonny Stitt) - 4:55
5. "Li'l Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) - 4:52
6. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, George, Hodges, James) - 2:29
7. "Tammy's Breeze" (Gene Harris) - 4:28
8. "Sandu" (Clifford Brown) - 4:21

## Personnel

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* Gene Harris \- piano
* Andrew Simpkins \- bass
* Bill Dowdy \- drums

## References

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1. ^ Rateyourmusic entry
2. ^ Blue Note discography accessed October 11, 2010
3. ^ a b Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed October 11, 2010

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The Three Sounds

Gene Harris, Andy Simpkins, Bill Dowdy
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

Group
albums|

* Branching Out (and Nat Adderley, 1958)
* Introducing the 3 Sounds (1958)
* Bottoms Up! (1958–59)
* LD + 3 (and Lou Donaldson, 1959)
* Good Deal (1959)
* Blue Hour (and Stanley Turrentine, 1960)
* Feelin' Good (1960)
* Here We Come (1960)
* It Just Got to Be (1960)
* Moods (1960)
* Hey There (1961)
* Babe's Blues (1961–62)
* Anita O'Day & the Three Sounds (1962)
* Black Orchid (1962)
* Standards (1959/62)
* Blue Genes (1962)
* Out of This World (1962)
* The Three Sounds Play Jazz on Broadway (1962)
* Some Like It Modern (1963)
* Live at the Living Room (1964)
* Beautiful Friendship (1965)
* Three Moods (1965)
* Today's Sounds (1966)
* Vibrations (1966)
* Live at the Lighthouse (1967)
* Coldwater Flat (and Oliver Nelson, 1968)
* Elegant Soul (1968)
* Soul Symphony (1969)
* Live at the 'It Club' (Gene Harris & The Three Sounds, 1970)
* The 3 Sounds (Gene Harris, 1971)
* Gene Harris of the Three Sounds (Gene Harris, 1972)

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