It Just Got to Be

It Just Got to Be is an album by jazz group The Three Sounds featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Blue Note label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 3 stars stating "The performances throughout the record are predictably swinging and enjoyable, even if they find the trio taking no stylistic chances. That lack of adventure doesn't matter, though — the Three Sounds excel at making unpretentious, unabashedly enjoyable mainstream jazz, and there's something endearing about their ability to produce a body of work of consistently high quality".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Gene Harris except as indicated

1. "One for Renee" - 3:10
2. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 5:30
3. "Stella by Starlight" (Washington, Victor Young) - 5:15
4. "It Just Got to Be" - 5:30
5. "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) - 5:15
6. "Blue 'n' Boogie" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 5:45
7. "Real Gone" - 3:30
8. "South of the Border" (Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr) - 4:15

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 13 (tracks 4, 5 & 8) and December 14 (tracks 1-3, 6 & 7), 1960

Personnel

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

References