Per Amazon's Editorial One Of The Most Accessible Of All Jazz Pianists Gene Harris' Soulful Style Influenced By Oscar Peterson And Containing The Blues-Iness Of A Junior Mance Was Immediately Likable And Predictably Excellent. After Playing In An Army Band 1951-1954 He Formed A Trio With Bassist Andy Simpkins And Drummer Bill Dowdy Which Was By 1956 Known As The Three Sounds. The Group Was Quite Popular And Recorded Regularly During 1956-1970 For Blue Note And Verve. Actually According To Gene Harris His Style Of Playing Was Most Heavily Influenced By Erroll Garner.