GENE HARRIS & HIS THREE SOUNDS - ELEGANT SOUL MONK HIGGINS 1968 BLUE NOTE VG+
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A key meeting between the Three Sounds trio and the amazing Monk Higgins – done at a time when Higgins was taking his Chicago-crafted grooves to work on the west coast – and doing some really wonderful productions with Dee Ervin! The set features full Higgins backings throughout – a mix of jazz and strings that takes the usual Gene Harris sound into territory that you’d be much more likely to hear on Cadet Records back in Chi-town – a very hip, very soulful style that’s totally great throughout, and a much-needed break from the straighter piano trio sound of other 60s albums the group did on Blue Note. Some tracks are laidback, but others are hard and funky – the kind of sock-solid cuts that have made the album a favorite with sample heads and soul dancers over the years – much heavier keyboard work than we’d ever heard before from Gene Harris, and a great precursor to funky favorites to come.
GENE HARRIS & HIS THREE SOUNDS - ELEGANT SOUL PROMO / AUDITION COPY
GENE HARRIS - PIANO / ANDY SIMPKINS - BASS / CARL BURNETT- DRUMS ORCHESTRA ARRANGED & CONDUCTED BY MONK HIGGINS
PROMO ALBUM RELEASED IN 1968 ON BLUE NOTE BST-84301. EARLIER PRESSING WITH "A DIVISION OF LIBERTY RECORDS,INC." ON LABEL. "AUDITION COPY" IS STAMPED ON THE BACK SIDE.
ALBUM IS VG+/++ WITH SOME MAINLY VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS WITH A FEW THAT ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE NOTICEABLE AND SOME VERY LIGHT BLEMISHES. ALBUM IS CLEAN WITH A GREAT GLOSS. ALBUM ALSO PLAYS GREAT. COVER IS VG- WITH SOME EDGE & CORNER WEAR, A FEW SMALL MINOR CREASES ALONG THE EDGE, SOME AGE BLEMISHING, A NAME WRITTEN ON BACK SIDE AND A FEW STAINS ON THE BACKSIDE. OVERALL ITS STILL IN FAIRLY DESCENT SHAPE WITH MAINLY JUST MINOR DEFECTS.
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