The Three Sounds – Black Orchid LP Blue Note BLP 4155 M 1st Press ear RVG

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The Three Sounds – Black Orchid LP Blue Note BLP 4155 M 1st Press ear RVG Gene Harris
Get this original Mono 1st pressing for a good price because of some scratches and marks it still plays real good. Gene Harris and the trio are fantastic.
First mono pressing with the Plastilyte "Ear" and "VAN GELDER" stamped in the dead wax, non-deep groove label variation.
Labels say Blue Note Records INC with ® on NY, USA  Recorded on March 7 (A1 to A4, B2) and 8 (B1, B3, B4), 1962.

Black Orchid is an album by jazz group The Three Sounds featuring performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label in 1964.

The 3 Sounds (also known as The Three Sounds) was an American jazz piano trio that formed in 1956 and disbanded in 1973.

The band formed in Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States, as the Four Sounds. The original lineup consisted of Gene Harris on piano, Andrew Simpkins on double bass and Bill Dowdy on drums, along with saxophonist Lonnie "The Sound" Walker, who dropped out the following year. The group moved to Washington and then New York, where, as the Three Sounds, they cut a record for Riverside Records, before signing an exclusive contract with Blue Note.

Between 1958 and 1962, the group released nine albums for Blue Note. They toured nationally during this period, building a large following in jazz clubs across the country. The trio played and recorded with the likes of saxophonists Lester Young, Lou Donaldson, Stanley Turrentine and Sonny Stitt, cornet player Nat Adderley, singer Anita O'Day, and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, among others.

Gene Harris (born Eugene Haire, September 1, 1933 – January 16, 2000) was an American jazz pianist known for his warm sound and bluesand gospel infused style that is known as soul jazz.

From 1956 to 1970, he played in The Three Sounds trio with bassist Andy Simpkins and drummer Bill Dowdy. During this time, The Three Sounds recorded regularly for Blue Note and Verve. Harris also played on many recording Milt Jackson Benny Carter BB King Jack McDuff Mary Stallings Gene Ammons George Benson etc.