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Black Orchid (album)

Black Orchid is an album by jazz group The Three Sounds featuring performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label.[2] The 1998 limited CD reissue features another seven unissued tracks recorded at different sessions. It was also issued in Japan in 2015, on SHM-CD, featuring different bonus tracks recorded at the same sessions.

Black Orchid
Studio album by
The Three Sounds
ReleasedApril 1964[1]
RecordedFebruary 4, 1962 (#10, 12–13, 15)
March 7, 1962 (#1–4 & 6)
March 8, 1962 (#5, 7–8)
June 27, 1962 (#9, 11)
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length42:37 original LP
74:02 1998 CD reissue
69:53 2015 CD reissue
LabelBlue Note
BST 84155
ProducerAlfred Lion
The Three Sounds chronology
Out of This World
(1962) 		Black Orchid
(1964) 		Standards
(1959/62)

Reception edit

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".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Gene Harris except as noted

  1. "Black Orchid" (Cal Tjader) - Erroneously credited to (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:

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

2015 SHM-CD reissue edit

  1. "Black Orchid" (Cal Tjader) - Erroneously credited to (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

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

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Billboard Apr 25, 1964
  2. ^ Blue Note discography accessed October 11, 2010
  3. ^ a b Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed October 11, 2010
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1402. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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