Joe Sample in a Piano Trio Session:
"The Three"
A
well known Fusion keyboard player Joe Sample, one of the original
members of "The Crusaders", once recorded a real jazz piano trio
session 30 years ago (on November 28, 1975). This is an album
named "The Three" that
was planned by a Japanese recording producer, Yasohachi "88" Itoh,
who produced "East Wind" series for jazz music albums. "The Three"
was a trio of Joe Sample (piano), Ray Brown (bass) and Shelly Manne
(drums). Very rare combination. They used direct-to-disc or direct
cutting recording technique for the project. It means they recorded
real jazz trio live session at a studio. I bought the original
release of LP back in 1979 and played it again and again. A CD
version equally sounds 100% natural: "no preservative added".
Almost feel like listening to the trio at a small jazz club. If you
love jazz and have a pair of those JBL kind of speakers, "The
Three" is for you.
