| It Just Got to Be | ||||
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| 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 | |||
| The Three Sounds chronology | ||||
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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]
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Bonus tracks on CD reissue:
Recorded on December 13 (3-4, 8) and December 14 (1-2, 5-7), 1960.
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