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.

Reception

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]

Track listing

All compositions by Gene Harris except as indicated

1. "One for Renee" - 3:04
2. "Stella by Starlight" (Washington, Young) - 5:32
3. "It Just Got to Be" - 5:15
4. "If I Were a Bell" (Loesser) - 5:36
5. "Blue 'n' Boogie" (Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 5:20
6. "The Nearness of You" (Carmichael, Washington) - 5:49
7. "Real Gene" - 3:35
8. "South of the Border" (Kennedy, Carr) - 4:16

9. "Girl Next Door" - 4:35
10. "This Is the Way 'Tis" - 4:26

Personnel

• Gene Harris - piano
• Andrew Simpkins - double bass
• Bill Dowdy - drums

References