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Andy Simpkins
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
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Bob Cranshaw
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Stanley Turrentine
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George Duvivier
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Donald Byrd
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Phil Woods
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
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Gene Harris
Gene Harris
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
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Sonny Clark
Sonny Clark
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Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo
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Idris Muhammad
Idris Muhammad
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Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith
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Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott
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Don Butterfield
Don Butterfield
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Seldon Powell
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
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Mickey Roker
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Cedar Walton
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Ray Barretto
Ray Barretto
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Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Vinnegar
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Tommy Turrentine
Tommy Turrentine
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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
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Joe Sample
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Clark Terry
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Milt Jackson
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Willie Dennis
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Jerry Dodgion
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Milt Bernhart
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Jimmy Cobb
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Zoot Sims
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Eddie Bert
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Bob Brookmeyer
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Mel Lewis
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Herbie Lewis
Herbie Lewis
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Al Harewood
Al Harewood
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
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Barney Kessel
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Barry Harris
Barry Harris
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Les Spann
Les Spann
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Richard Williams
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Dave Bailey
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Terry Gibbs
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Ed Thigpen
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Max Roach
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David "Fathead" Newman
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Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath
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Julian Priester
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Joe Mondragon
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Gene Ammons
Gene Ammons
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
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Kai Winding
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Abbey Lincoln
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Larry Bunker
Larry Bunker
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Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
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Art Davis
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Pete Candoli
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Ernie Andrews
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Red Mitchell
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Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
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Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
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Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
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James Buffington
James Buffington
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Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan
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The Three Sounds (also known as The 3 Sounds) were an American jazz piano trio that formed in 1956 and disbanded in 1973.

The band formed in Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States, as the Four Sounds. The original line-up consisted of Gene Harris on piano, Andrew Simpkins on double bass and Bill Dowdy on drums, along with saxophonist Lonnie "The Sound" Walker, who dropped out the following year. The group moved to Washington and then New York, where, as the Three Sounds, they cut a record for Riverside Records, before signing an exclusive contract with Blue Note.

Between 1958 and 1962, the group released nine albums for Blue Note. They toured nationally during this period, building a large following in jazz clubs across the country. The trio played and recorded with the likes of saxophonists Lester Young, Lou Donaldson, Stanley Turrentine and Sonny Stitt, cornet player Nat Adderley, singer Anita O'Day, and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, among others.