It Just Got to Be | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | The Three Sounds |
Cover: | It Just Got to Be.jpg |
Released: | June 1963[1] |
Recorded: | December 13–14, 1960 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs |
Genre: | Jazz |
Length: | 38:27 original LP 47:28 CD reissue |
Label: | Blue Note BST 84120 |
Producer: | Alfred Lion |
Chronology: | The Three Sounds |
Prev Title: | Here We Come |
Prev Year: | 1960 |
Next Title: | Blue Hour |
Next Year: | 1960 |
It Just Got to Be is an album by the jazz group The Three Sounds with performances recorded in 1960. It was released on the Blue Note label in 1963.[2] It was reissued on CD only in Japan, with two bonus tracks.
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".[3]
All compositions by Gene Harris except as indicated
Bonus tracks on CD reissue:
Recorded on December 13 (3-4, 8) and December 14 (1-2, 5-7), 1960.