Three Little Words
Every version of “Three Little Words” on a record reviewed at Vinyl Standard: 11 recordings, 1950 to 2016, by 7 leaders, including Benny Golson, Gene Ammons, Lester Young. Every version links to its review.
Who recorded it
The leaders of the reviewed records that include Three Little Words. The number is reviewed records.
Every reviewed version
By the year of the record’s first session. Red is the site’s rating of the whole record, out of five.
- 1950Lester Young CollatesLester Young★★★★☆
- 1953Premiered by EllingtonDuke Ellington and His Orchestra★★★★☆
- 1959Bags & TraneMilt Jackson & John Coltrane★★★★☆
- 1959LD + 3Lou Donaldson with The Three Sounds★★★★★
- 1959Lester Young in ParisLester Young★★★★★
- 1961The Gene Ammons Story: Gentle JugGene Ammons★★★★☆
- 1962The Soulful Moods of Gene AmmonsGene Ammons★★★☆☆
- 1962Turning PointBenny Golson★★★★☆
- 1965Three Little WordsBenny Golson★★★★☆
- 1977PiccoloRon Carter Quartet★★★★☆
- 2016Horizon AheadBenny Golson★★★★☆
This page is built from the track listings of the records reviewed here, so it lists only versions on those records, not every recording of the tune. The site does not record composers, so it gathers tracks by title and says nothing about who wrote the tune. The year is the first session of the whole record, which on an album cut over several dates may not be the date of this track. It updates automatically when a new review goes up.