says the two of them took their trip after Cox graduated from Kentucky State, but other evidence suggests it might’ve happened earlier, in summer 1955, after Henderson spent a year at Kentucky State himself .
The uncertainty about Cox’s birth year makes it hard to pin any of this down—if he was really born in 1938, he would’ve been no older than 17 at the time—but 1955 is also when some sources say Cox met organist Ken Prince, a Kentucky native who would later play in the Three Souls.As the story goes, Cox and Henderson stopped in the Windy City on what Cox thought would be a sojourn to California to make it as professional players.
When Cox settled in Chicago—whether it was on his trip with Henderson or later, after finishing college—he took up residence on the south side. He’d been nicknamed “Sonny” because folks thought he sounded like Sonny Stitt, and when the famous tenor saxophonist came to town, the two of them played together. According to Jazz Showcase proprietorCox and Prince started the Three Souls in the early 60s with soon-to-be-famous drummer Robert Shy, also a Kentuckian.
The hard-working unit landed a recording contract with Chess Records subsidiary Argo , whose catalog also included Stitt and fellow jazzers Ahmad Jamal, Art Farmer, Gene Ammons, and Lou Donaldson, as well as R&B goddess Etta James and popular crossover pianist Ramsey Lewis. The Three Souls fit in well with this who’s who of soulful artists.Dangerous Dan Express
, on Argo in 1964 . The LP grooves hard right out of the gate: on the title track, Prince’s passionate keys recall Jimmy Smith at his best, and on “Our Day Will Come,” Cox’s workingman sax moves shine. The album’s version of “Hi-Heel Sneakers” became a minor hit, and Prince’s danceable shuffle endeared the cracking cut to the UK’s mod and Northern Soul crowds in the 70s and beyond.The group’s second LP, released in 1965, was billed to the Three Souls Featuring Sonny Cox and titled.
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