Blue Note

Elegant Soul

Gene Harris

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Recorded	1968
Label	Blue Note
Catalog	BST 84301
Released	1968
Personnel	11 credited players
Discogs	master 200756

The record

Monk Higgins arranged, conducted and produced this one, which puts Gene Harris's piano inside a setting somebody else designed. Andrew Simpkins and Carl Burnett are the rhythm section, with The Three Sounds also carried in the credits. The titles run from 'African Sweets' and 'Walls Of Respect' to '(Sock It To Me) Harper Valley P.T.A.'. Blue Note BST 84301, 1968, with notes by Herb Wong.

Tracks

Elegant Soul
Do It Right Now
Sittin' Duck
(Sock It To Me) Harper Valley P.T.A.
Sugar Hill
African Sweets
Black Gold
Book Of Slim
Walls Of Respect

Session personnel

Monk Higgins — Arranged By, Conductor, Producer
Fred Seligo — Art Direction, Photography By
Andrew Simpkins — Bass
Carl Burnett — Drums
F. Byron Clark — Engineer
Andrew C. Rodriguez — Graphic Design
Bert Agudelo — Lacquer Cut By
Herb Wong — Liner Notes
Gene Harris — Piano
Dee Ervin — Producer
The Three Sounds

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1968	Blue Note · BST 84301 — Vinyl LP Album earliest on file
1968	Blue Note · BNTJ(M) 4/ 84301 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1968	Blue Note · BST 84301 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1968	Blue Note · BST-84301 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1968	Blue Note · BST 84301 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1968	Blue Note · BST 84301 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1970	Blue Note · BST 84301 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1971	Blue Note · BST 84301 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1973	Blue Note · BST-84301 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
2008	Blue Note · 50999 5 22386 2 8 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2009	Blue Note · TOCJ-6757 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2019	Blue Note · UCCQ-9563 — CD, Album, Reissue
—	Blue Note · L4 BNTJ (EO) 84301 — Cassette, Album, Reissue
—	Blue Note · BST-84301 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo