Jazz Articles about Three Sounds

The Three Sounds: Live at the Lighthouse

by C. Andrew Hovan
May 1, 2000

On a purely non-musical basis, Blue Note's continued mining of releases from the catalog of The Three Sounds comes at a befitting moment, taking into account the recent and premature deaths of bassist Andy Simpkins and pianist Gene Harris. Of course, the music is what matters most in the end, and a great deal of the music this group released over the years is of a popular and benevolent nature. Somehow though, critics took issue with the group's commercial successes, ...