Elegant Soul

Elegant Soul is an album by jazz group The Three Sounds featuring performances with an orchestra arranged by Monk Higgins recorded in 1968 and released on the Blue Note label.^[2]

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Elegant Soul was -- and could even be currently -- dismissed with a casual listen as lightweight pop with a compelling rhythmic sense. But that would be selling it way short. This album warrants close listening to discern all that's happening in its production and arrangements. Whether it's on the dancefloor, for sampling, for feel-good or deep listening, or for finger-popping, it satisfies on all levels".^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

Track listing

"Elegant Soul" (Virginia P. Bland) - 3:15
"Do It Right Now" (Bland) - 6:20
"Sittin' Duck" (Monk Higgins) - 9:18
"(Sock It to Me) Harper Valley P.T.A." (Tom T. Hall) - 2:48
"Sugar Hill" (Dee Ervin, Miles Grayson) - 2:48
"African Sweets" (Ervin) - 4:30
"Black Gold" (Grayson) - 3:29
"Book of Slim" (Higgins) - 3:26
"Walls of Respect" (Gene Harris, Higgins) - 3:13

Recorded at RPM Studios, Los Angeles, California on September 19 (tracks 3, 4 & 8) and September 20 (tracks 1, 2, 5-7 & 9), 1968

Personnel

Gene Harris - piano, organ
Andrew Simpkins - bass
Carl Burnett, Paul Humphrey - drums
Monk Higgins - arranger, conductor
Jim Horn - flute
Bob Jung - reeds
Dave Burk, Jesse Erlich, Henry Felber, Ron Fulsom, Louis Kievman, William Kurash, Leonard Malarsky, Ralph Schaeffer, Albert Steinberg, Tibor Zelig - violin
Phil Goldberg, Leonard Selic - viola
Jerry Kessler - cello
Alan Estes - vibes
Al Vescovo - guitar
Dee Ervin, Miles Grayson - percussion

References

^ Gorton, TJ (July 30, 2018). "BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs". BeatCaffeine. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
^ Blue Note discography accessed November 30, 2010
^ ^a ^b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 30, 2010

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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