Some Like It Modern

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Some Like It Modern
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Studio album by
Released1963
RecordedJuly 17–18, 1963
Studio A & R Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length33:53
Label Mercury
MG 20839/SR 60839
Producer Quincy Jones
The Three Sounds chronology
The Three Sounds Play Jazz on Broadway
(1962)
Some Like It Modern
(1963)
Live at the Living Room
(1964)

Some Like It Modern is an album by The Three Sounds which was recorded in New York in 1963 and released on the Mercury label. [1] [2] [3]

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Track listing

All compositions by Gene Harris except where noted

  1. "Caesar and Cleopatra" (Alex North) − 2:48
  2. "After Hours" (Avery Parrish) − 2:45
  3. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) − 2:58
  4. "Mr. Lucky" (Henry Mancini) − 2:47
  5. "I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) − 3:10
  6. "Rat Down Front" − 3:10
  7. "Lazy River" (Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin) − 2:12
  8. "Sentimental Journey" (Les Brown, Ben Homer, Bud Green) − 3:29
  9. "There's Something Nice About the Rain" − 2:35
  10. "Let's Dance" (Gregory Stone, Josef Bonime, Fanny Baldridge) − 2:32
  11. "Elbows and Armpits" − 5:13

Personnel

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References

  1. The Three Sounds Catalog, accessed January 23, 2018
  2. Edwards, D., Eallahan, M., Eyrie, P. and Watts, R. Mercury Album Discography, Part 9: MG 20800/SR 60800 to MG 20999/SR 60999 Main Popular Music Series, accessed January 23, 2018
  3. Encyclopedia del Jazz: Gene Harris discography, accessed January 23, 2018
  4. Some Like It Modern – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 23, 2018.