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Black Orchid (album)

Black Orchid
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Studio album by The Three Sounds
Released April 1964
Recorded February 4, 1962 (#10, 12-13, 15)
March 7, 1962 (#1-4 & 6)
March 8, 1962 (#5, 7-8)
June 27, 1962 (#9, 11)
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length 42:37 original LP
74:02 1998 CD reissue
69:53 2015 CD reissue
Label Blue Note
BST 84155
Producer Alfred Lion
The Three Sounds chronology
Out of This World
(1962)Out of This World1962
Black Orchid
(1962)
Blue Genes
(1962)Blue Genes1962
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars

Black Orchid is an album by jazz group The Three Sounds featuring performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label. The 1998 limited CD reissue features other seven unissued tracks recorded at different sessions. It was also issued in Japan in 2015, on SHM-CD, featuring different bonus tracks recorded on the same sessions.

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars stating "It displays their knack for deftly swinging uptempo numbers, light blues and sensitive standards. If anything, it swings a little harder and is a little more soulful than some of its predecessors".

Bonus tracks on 1998 CD reissue:

Bonus tracks


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