''Mr. Natural'' is the twelfth album by
jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, recorded for the
Blue Note label in 1964 but not released until 1980 as LT 1075, and performed by Turrentine with
Lee Morgan,
McCoy Tyner,
Bob Cranshaw
Melbourne Robert Cranshaw (December 3, 1932 – November 2, 2016) was an American jazz bassist. His career spanned the heyday of Blue Note Records to his recent involvement with the Musicians Union. He is perhaps best known for his long associa ...
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Elvin Jones and
Ray Barretto
Raymundo "Ray" Barretto Pagán (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent. Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well as Lati ...
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Reception
The
AllMusic review by Ken Dryden stated: "Although long out of print and an unlikely candidate to be reissued on CD, this rewarding session is well worth seeking, even if Blue Note founder Alfred Lion had second thoughts about it and set it aside".
[Dryden, K. AllMusic Reviewaccessed January 6, 2010.]
Track listing
# "Wahoo"
ka "Stanley's Blues"(
Duke Pearson
Columbus Calvin "Duke" Pearson Jr. (August 17, 1932 – August 4, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer. ''Allmusic'' describes him as having a "big part in shaping the Blue Note label's hard bop direction in the 1960s as a record produ ...
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# "Shirley" (Stanley Turrentine) - 10:46
# "Tacos" (Lee Morgan) - 6:32
# "My Girl Is Just Enough Woman For Me" (
Dorothy Fields,
Albert Hague) - 6:33
# "
Can't Buy Me Love" (
John Lennon,
Paul McCartney) - 6:48
Personnel
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Stanley Turrentine -
tenor saxophone
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Lee Morgan -
trumpet (1-3 & 5)
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McCoy Tyner - piano
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Bob Cranshaw
Melbourne Robert Cranshaw (December 3, 1932 – November 2, 2016) was an American jazz bassist. His career spanned the heyday of Blue Note Records to his recent involvement with the Musicians Union. He is perhaps best known for his long associa ...
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bass
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Elvin Jones -
drums
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Ray Barretto
Raymundo "Ray" Barretto Pagán (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent. Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well as Lati ...
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conga
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(1-3)
Production
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Alfred Lion
Alfred Lion (born Alfred Löw; April 21, 1908 – February 2, 1987), was an American record executive who co-founded the jazz record label Blue Note in 1939. Lion retired in 1967, having sold the company, after producing recordings by leading music ...
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producer
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Rudy Van Gelder -
engineer
Charts
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mister Natural (Stanley Turrentine album)
1980 albums
Stanley Turrentine albums
Blue Note Records albums
Albums produced by Alfred Lion
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio