Soul Symphony
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Soul Symphony |
| type | Album |
| artist | The Three Sounds |
| cover | Soul Symphony.jpg |
| 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 |
| chronology | The Three Sounds |
| prev_title | Elegant Soul |
| prev_year | 1968 |
| next_title | Live at the 'It Club' |
| next_year | 1970 |
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| name = Soul Symphony | type = Album | artist = The Three Sounds | cover = Soul Symphony.jpg | alt = | released = 1969 | recorded = August 26 & 28, 1969 | venue = | studio = Liberty Studios, West Hollywood, California | genre = Jazz | length = 43:54 | label = Blue Note | producer = Monk Higgins, Dee Ervin | chronology = The Three Sounds | prev_title = Elegant Soul | prev_year = 1968 | next_title = Live at the 'It Club' | next_year = 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". | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score =
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
References
- [http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4300-series/#bst-84341 Blue Note discography] accessed November 30, 2010
- Jurek, T. [{{AllMusic
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