Stanley Turrentine
A legend of the tenor saxophone, Stanley Turrentine was renowned for his distinctively thick, rippling tone, an earthy grounding in the blues, and his ability to work a groove with soul and imagination. Turrentine recorded in a wide variety of settings, but was best-known for his Blue Note soul-jazz jams of the '60s, and also underwent a popular fusion makeover in the early '70s. Born in Pittsburgh on April 5, 1934, Turrentine began his career playing with various blues and R&B bands, with a strong influence from Illinois Jacquet. He played in Lowell Fulson's band with Ray Charles from 1950-1951, and in 1953, he replaced John Coltrane in Earl Bostic's early R&B/jazz band. After a mid-'50s stint in the military, Turrentine joined Max Roach's band and subsequently met organist Shirley Scott, whom he married in 1960 and would record with frequently.
Upon moving to Philadelphia, Turrentine struck up a chemistry with another organist, Jimmy Smith, appearing on Smith's 1960 classics Back at the Chicken Shack and Midnight Special, among others. Also in 1960, Turrentine began recording as a leader for Blue Note, concentrating chiefly on small-group soul-jazz on classics like That's Where It's At, but also working with the Three Sounds (on 1961's Blue Hour) and experimenting with larger ensemble settings in the mid-'60s. As the '70s dawned, Turrentine and Scott divorced and Turrentine became a popular linchpin of Creed Taylor's new, fusion-oriented CTI label; he recorded five albums, highlighted by Sugar, Salt Song, and Don't Mess With Mister T. While those commercially accessible efforts were artistically rewarding as well, critical opinion wasn't as kind to his late-'70s work for Fantasy; still, Turrentine continued to record prolifically, and returned to his trademark soul-jazz in the '80s and '90s. Turrentine passed away on September 12, 2000, following a massive stroke.
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Discography
221 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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That’s Where It’s At (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 1 Sep 1962
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That’s Where It’s At (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 1 Sep 1962
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Blue Hour
Stanley Turrentine, The Three Sounds
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Music Manager on 16 Dec 1960
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That's Where It's At
Bebop - Released by Music Manager on 1 Sep 1962
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Sugar ((CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition - Original recording remastered))
Jazz - Released by Masterworks Jazz on 4 Mar 2002
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In Concert Volume Two - Live
Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine
Jazz - Released by CTI on 1 Jan 1973
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Blue Hour: The Complete Sessions - Master Takes (with the Three Sounds)
Jazz - Released by Jazz Musts on 10 Jan 2007
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Blue Hour
Stanley Turrentine, The Three Sounds
Jazz - Released by SPECIAL MARKETS (SPM) on 16 Dec 1960
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Blue Hour
Jazz - Released by President Jazz Records on 16 Dec 1960
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Up At Minton's (Live)
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 19 Apr 1961
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The Classic Blue Note Collection
Jazz - Released by ENLIGHTENMENT on 8 Nov 2019
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Hustlin' (Remastered / Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 24 Jan 1964
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Comin' Your Way
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 20 Jan 1961
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Don't Mess With Mister T
Jazz - Released by Epic - Legacy on 1 Sep 1973
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Look Out! (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by EMI on 18 Jun 1960
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz StereoBooklet available