''Never Let Me Go'' is the eighth album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the Blue Note label and performed by Turrentine with

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, Major Holley,

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and

Al Harewood Al Harewood (June 3, 1923 – March 13, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and teacher, born in Brooklyn. As a musician Harewood worked with many jazz musicians including the J.J. Johnson/ Kai Winding group, the Art Farmer/ Gigi Grice band, Davi ...

, with Sam Jones and

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replacing Holley, Barretto and Harewood on two tracks.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and calls it "massive and bright, saturated in deep soul and blues... It's a stunner".Jurek, T. Allmusic Reviewaccessed January 5, 2010.

Track listing

''All compositions by Stanley Turrentine except where noted.'' # "Trouble" (Harold Logan, Lloyd Price) - 5:58 # " God Bless the Child" (

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, Vincent Youmans) - 5:28 # "Major's Minor" (Shirley Scott, Turrentine) - 6:21 # "Never Let Me Go" (Scott) - 4:55 # "

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) - 6:08 # " They Can't Take That Away from Me" ( George Gershwin,

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) - 6:31 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

* Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone *

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* Major Holley (tracks 1-5 & 7), Sam Jones (tracks 6 & 8) -

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(tracks 1-5 & 7),

(tracks 6 & 8) -

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* Ray Baretto -

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Production

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* Reid Miles - design * Rudy Van Gelder - engineer *

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- photography

References

{{Authority control 1963 albums Stanley Turrentine albums Blue Note Records albums Albums produced by Alfred Lion Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio