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1969 studio album by The Three Sounds

Soul Symphony

Studio album by The Three Sounds

Released

1969

Recorded

August 26 & 28, 1969

Studio

Liberty Studios, West Hollywood, California

Genre

Jazz

Length

43:54

Label

Blue Note

Producer

Monk Higgins, Dee Ervin

The Three Sounds chronology

Elegant Soul
(1968)

Soul Symphony
(1969)

Live at the 'It Club'
(1970)

Soul Symphony is the final album by jazz group The Three Sounds featuring performances with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Monk Higgins recorded in 1969 and released on the Blue Note label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3 stars stating "Soul Symphony is far from a throwaway; it's a deeply grooved-out tough record with all of the Three Sounds magic on full view, and is highly recommended to any fan of soul-jazz or beat hunting".

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Track listing

All compositions by Monk Higgins except as indicated

"Soul Symphony" - 25:55
"Repeat After Me" - 6:43
"Upper Four Hundred" (Dee Ervin, Higgins) - 4:04
"Popsicle Pimp" (Ervin, Higgins) 2:57
"Black Sugar" (Ervin, Higgins) - 4:15

Recorded at Liberty Studios in West Hollywood, California on August 26 (tracks 2-6) and August 27 (track 1), 1969

Personnel

Gene Harris - piano
Henry Franklin - bass
Carl Burnett - drums
Monk Higgins - arranger, conductor
David Duke, Art Maebe - french horn
Buddy Collette - flute, alto flute
Fred Robinson - guitar
Alan Estes - percussion
Unidentified string section led by Jim Getzof (track 1) and Sid Sharp (tracks 2-6)
Alex Brown, Mamie Galore, Clydie King - backing vocals

References

Blue Note discography accessed November 30, 2010
^ Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 30, 2010

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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)

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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