The Quarantined Jazz Voyager

The Quarantined Jazz Voyager is pulling off the shelf for your listening pleasure comes from Black Orchid. It’s an album by jazz group The Three Sounds featuring performances recorded on March 7, 1962 (1-4, 6) and March 8, 1962 (5, 7-8) at Rudy Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. It was released on the Blue Note label in 1964. The session was produced by Alfred Lion.

A 1998 reissue on compact disc added seven additional songs and as you listen to the below recording you will hear all fifteen compositions.

Track Listing | 42:37

  1. Black Orchid (Cal Tjader) – Erroneously credited to (Neal Hefti) – 5:25
  2. A Foggy Day (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 6:46
  3. For All We Know (Coots, Lewis) – 5:31
  4. Oh Well, Oh Well – 3:45
  5. At Last (Gordon, Warren) – 5:37
  6. Secret Love (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 5:44
  7. Don’t Go, Don’t Go – 5:08
  8. Saucer Eyes (Randy Weston) – 4:41

Personnel

  • Gene Harris – piano
  • Andrew Simpkins – bass
  • Bill Dowdy – drums

Remain diligent my fellow voyagers in staying healthy, continue practicing social distancing, and don’t be so anxious to rush back to the new normal. It has been said that music soothes the savage beast, so listen to great music. I share that music to give you a little insight into the choices this voyager has made over the years during this sabbatical from jet setting investigations of jazz around the globe.

CALIFORNIA JAZZ FOUNDATION

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