Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
tenor saxophonist
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...
. He began his career playing R&B for
Earl Bostic
Eugene Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965) was an American alto saxophonist. Bostic's recording career was diverse, his musical output encompassing jazz, swing, jump blues and the post-war American rhythm and blues style, which he ...
and later
soul jazz
Soul jazz or funky jazz is a subgenre of jazz that incorporates strong influences from hard bop, blues, soul, gospel and rhythm and blues. Soul jazz is often characterized by organ trios featuring the Hammond organ and small combos including ten ...
recording for the
Blue Note
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label from 1960, touched on
jazz fusion
Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and jazz improvisation, improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, ...
during a stint on CTI in the 1970s. He was described by critic Steve Huey as "renowned for his distinctively thick, rippling tone ndearthy grounding in the blues." In the 1960s Turrentine was married to organist
Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott (March 14, 1934 – March 10, 2002) was an American jazz organist. Her music was noted for its mixture of bebop, blues and gospel elements. She was known by the nickname "Queen of the Organ".
Life and career
Scott was born in Phi ...
, with whom he frequently recorded, and he was the younger brother of trumpeter
Tommy Turrentine
Thomas Walter Turrentine, Jr. (April 22, 1928 – May 13, 1997) was a swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer who was active between the 1940s and the 1960s. He rarely worked as a bandleader, and was known for his work as a sideman with drum ...
, with whom he also recorded.
Biography
Turrentine was born in
Pittsburgh
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's
Hill District
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, United States, into a musical family. His father, Thomas Turrentine Sr., was a saxophonist with
Al Cooper
Lofton Alfonso Cooper (1911 – October 5, 1981) was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist. He founded the Savoy Sultans and was their leader from 1937 to 1946. He was the half-brother of Grachan Moncur II
Grachan Moncur II (sometimes ...
's
Savoy Sultans The Savoy Sultans was the name of two related 20th-century American jazz ensembles.
Savoy Sultans (1937–1946)
The original Savoy Sultans were formed by saxophonist Al Cooper, and played at the Savoy Ballroom from 1937 to 1946. This small swing ...
, his mother played
stride
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piano, and his older brother
Tommy Turrentine
Thomas Walter Turrentine, Jr. (April 22, 1928 – May 13, 1997) was a swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer who was active between the 1940s and the 1960s. He rarely worked as a bandleader, and was known for his work as a sideman with drum ...
was a
trumpet
The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...
player.
He began his prolific career with
blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...
and
rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African-American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly ...
bands, and was at first greatly influenced by
Illinois Jacquet
Jean-Baptiste "Illinois" Jacquet (October 30, 1922 – July 22, 2004) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home", critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo.
Although he was a pioneer of t ...
. He first toured with
Lowell Fulson
Lowell Fulson (March 31, 1921March 7, 1999) was an American blues guitarist and songwriter, in the West Coast blues tradition. He also recorded for contractual reasons as Lowell Fullsom and Lowell Fulsom. After T-Bone Walker, he was the most imp ...
Earl Bostic
Eugene Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965) was an American alto saxophonist. Bostic's recording career was diverse, his musical output encompassing jazz, swing, jump blues and the post-war American rhythm and blues style, which he ...
asked him to join his band, replacing
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist
The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of br ...
. He also played in groups led by the pianist and composer
Tadd Dameron
Tadley Ewing Peake Dameron (February 21, 1917 – March 8, 1965) was an American jazz composer, arranger, and pianist.
Biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dameron was the most influential arranger of the bebop era, but also wrote charts for swi ...
.
Turrentine received his only formal musical training during his military stint in the mid-1950s. In 1959, he left the military and went straight into the band of the drummer
Max Roach
Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz Jazz drumming, drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in h ...
.
He married the organist
Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott (March 14, 1934 – March 10, 2002) was an American jazz organist. Her music was noted for its mixture of bebop, blues and gospel elements. She was known by the nickname "Queen of the Organ".
Life and career
Scott was born in Phi ...
in 1960 and the two frequently played and recorded together. In the 1960s, he started working with organist Jimmy Smith, and made many
soul jazz
Soul jazz or funky jazz is a subgenre of jazz that incorporates strong influences from hard bop, blues, soul, gospel and rhythm and blues. Soul jazz is often characterized by organ trios featuring the Hammond organ and small combos including ten ...
recordings both with Smith and as a leader.
Scott and Turrentine divorced in 1971. Turrentine turned to
jazz fusion
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Sugar
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'', recorded in 1970, proved one of his biggest successes and a seminal recording for the label, closely followed by ''
Don't Mess with Mister T.
''Don't Mess With Mister T.'' is a Stanley Turrentine album produced by Creed Taylor on his label, CTI. It was arranged by Bob James and recorded at Van Gelder Studio in June 1973.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 ...
'' (1971). He worked with
Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives fo ...
,
Milt Jackson
Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solo ...
,
George Benson
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A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the 1960s, pla ...
Richard Tee
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Ron Carter
Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded nu ...
,
Grant Green
Grant Green (June 6, 1935 – January 31, 1979) was an American jazz guitarist and composer.
Recording prolifically for Blue Note Records as both leader and sideman, Green performed in the hard bop, soul jazz, bebop, and Latin-tinged idioms ...
and
Eric Gale
Eric Gale (September 20, 1938 – May 25, 1994) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist.
''Early life and career''
Born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, Gale grew up in a diverse household. His paternal grandfather was from Yorksh ...
. He returned to soul jazz in the 1980s and into the 1990s.
Turrentine lived in
Fort Washington, Maryland
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, from the early 1990s until his death.
He died of a
stroke
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in
New York City
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on September 12, 2000, aged 66, and was buried in Pittsburgh's
Allegheny Cemetery
Allegheny Cemetery is one of the largest and oldest burial grounds in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is a historic rural cemetery.
The non-sectarian, wooded hillside park is located at 4734 Butler Street in the Lawrenceville neighborhood, and bou ...
.
Discography
As leader
;Blue Note Records
* 1960: '' Look Out!'' (reissued in 1969 as ''The Soul of Stanley Turrentine'' on Sunset Records)
* 1960: ''
Blue Hour
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'' (with
The Three Sounds
The Three Sounds (also known as The 3 Sounds) were an American jazz piano trio that formed in 1956 and disbanded in 1973.
The band formed in Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States, as the Four Sounds. The original line-up consisted of Gene Harri ...
Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott (March 14, 1934 – March 10, 2002) was an American jazz organist. Her music was noted for its mixture of bebop, blues and gospel elements. She was known by the nickname "Queen of the Organ".
Life and career
Scott was born in Phi ...
A Chip Off the Old Block
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'' (with Shirley Scott)
* 1964: ''
Hustlin'
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The song was a breakthrough for Ross, and skyrocketed him to worldwide fame almost overnight. It ...
'' (with Shirley Scott)
* 1964: ''
In Memory Of In Memory Of may refer to:
* In Memory Of (Law & Order), an episode of the TV series ''Law & Order''
* ''In Memory Of...'' (D:Ream album), 2011
* ''In Memory Of'' (Stanley Turrentine album)
* ''In Memory Of ...'' (ballet), a ballet by the New Y ...
Easy Walker
''Easy Walker'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the Blue Note label in 1966 and performed by Turrentine with McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw and Mickey Roker. One additional track from an unreleased session arranged by D ...
A Bluish Bag
''A Bluish Bag'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine consisting of two sessions recorded for the Blue Note label in 1967 and arranged by Duke Pearson, the first featuring Donald Byrd and the second McCoy Tyner, among others.
Recep ...
'' (released 2007)
* 1967: ''
The Return of the Prodigal Son
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'' (released 2008)
* 1968: '' The Look of Love''
* 1968: '' Common Touch'' (with Shirley Scott)
* 1968: '' Always Something There''
* 1969: '' Another Story''
* 1975: ''Stanley Turrentine'' (Blue Note Re-Issue Series) LP* 1978: '' Jubilee Shouts'' (Blue Note Jazz Classic Series) LP* 1979: ''New Time Shuffle'' (recorded 1967)
* 1980: ''Ain't No Way'' (recorded 1968–1969)
* 1984: '' Straight Ahead'' (with Jimmy Smith)
* 1986: '' Wonderland (Stanley Turrentine Plays the Music of Stevie Wonder)''
* 1989: '' La Place''
;CTI Records
* 1970: ''
Sugar
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Astrud Gilberto
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Biography
Astrud Gilbe ...
)
* 1971: ''
Salt Song
''Salt Song'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the CTI Records, CTI Note label featuring performances by Turrentine with an orchestra arranged by Eumir Deodato. The CD rerelease added another track.
Reception
The Al ...
Milt Jackson
Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solo ...
Don't Mess with Mister T.
''Don't Mess With Mister T.'' is a Stanley Turrentine album produced by Creed Taylor on his label, CTI. It was arranged by Bob James and recorded at Van Gelder Studio in June 1973.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 ...
Have You Ever Seen the Rain
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The Man with the Sad Face
''The Man with the Sad Face'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the Fantasy Records, Fantasy label in 1976 and featuring performances by Turrentine with an orchestra arranged and conducted by David Van De Pitte.
''
* 1977: '' Nightwings''
* 1978: ''West Side Highway''
* 1978: ''What About You!''
* 1980: ''Use the Stairs''
;Elektra Records
* 1979: ''Betcha''
* 1980: ''Inflation''
* 1981: '' Tender Togetherness''
* 1982: ''Home Again''
;Other labels
* 1960: '' Stan "The Man" Turrentine'' (Time Records; his first recorded album, released in 1963 and re-released in 1965 as ''Tiger Tail'' on
Mainstream
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Film
* ''Mainstream'' (film), a 2020 American film
Literature
* ''Mainstream'' (fanzine), a science fiction fanzine
* Mainstream Publishing, a Scottish publisher
* ''Mainstream'', a 1943 book by Hamilton Basso
Mu ...
)
* 1966: ''
Let It Go
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'' (
Impulse!
Impulse! Records (occasionally styled as "¡mpulse! Records" and "¡!") is an American jazz record company and label established by Creed Taylor in 1960. John Coltrane was among Impulse!'s earliest signings. Thanks to consistent sales and positiv ...
) (with Shirley Scott)
* 1970: ''Flipped – Flipped Out'' (Canyon Records; also released in 1975 as ''Another Fine Mess'' on DJM Records; reissued in 1985 on Drive Archive)
* 1977: ''Love's Finally Found Me'' (Versatile Records) (with
Gloria Lynne
Gloria Lynne (born Gloria Wilson; November 23, 1929 – October 15, 2013), also known as Gloria Alleyne, was an American jazz vocalist with a recording career spanning from 1958 to 2007.
Career
Lynne was born in Harlem in 1929 to John and Mary W ...
)
* 1992: ''
More Than a Mood
''More Than a Mood'' is an album by saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded in 1992 and released by the MusicMasters label.
Reception
AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "Turrentine is in top form on a variety of standards ... A fine session". ...
Cedar Walton
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,
Ron Carter
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,
Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001) was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop.
Biography
Higgins was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. Higgins played on Ornette Coleman's first records, be ...
Grady Tate
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)
* 1995: ''
T Time
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Dave Stryker
Dave Stryker (born March 30, 1957) is an American jazz guitarist. He has recorded over twenty-five albums as a leader and has been a featured sideman with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, and Kevin Mahogany.
Career
Stryker grew up in Omaha, Nebr ...
)
* 1995: ''Three of a Kind Meets Mr. T'' (Minor Music) (with Peter Madsen, Dwayne Dolphin, Bruce Cox)
* 1999: ''Do You Have Any Sugar?'' (
Concord
Concord may refer to:
Meaning "agreement"
* Pact or treaty, frequently between nations (indicating a condition of harmony)
* Harmony, in music
* Agreement (linguistics), a change in the form of a word depending on grammatical features of other ...
)
As sideman
With
Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott (March 14, 1934 – March 10, 2002) was an American jazz organist. Her music was noted for its mixture of bebop, blues and gospel elements. She was known by the nickname "Queen of the Organ".
Life and career
Scott was born in Phi ...
* 1961: ''
Hip Soul
''Hip Soul'' is a studio album by organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1961 for Prestige and released the same year as PRLP 7205.
Track listing
#"Hip Soul" (Turrentine) - 6:31
#"411 West" ( Golson) - 6:33
#"By Myself" ( Dietz, Schwartz) - 5:5 ...
'' (
Prestige
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Prestige may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Films
* ''Prestige'' (film), a 1932 American film directed by Tay Garnet ...
)
* 1961: ''
Hip Twist
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Reception
The Al ...
Everybody Loves a Lover
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'' (
Impulse!
Impulse! Records (occasionally styled as "¡mpulse! Records" and "¡!") is an American jazz record company and label established by Creed Taylor in 1960. John Coltrane was among Impulse!'s earliest signings. Thanks to consistent sales and positiv ...
)
* 1964: ''
Queen of the Organ
''Queen of the Organ'' is a live album by American jazz organist Shirley Scott, recorded in 1964 for the Impulse! label.
Soul Song
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Background
The song also represented a first for co-writer Norro Wilson: a No. ...
'' (Atlantic)
* 1978: ''The Great Live Sessions'' LP(ABC/Impulse!) recorded 1964
With
Kenny Burrell
Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 ...
*1963: ''
Midnight Blue
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'' (
Blue Note
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)
*1964: ''
Freedom
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'' (Blue Note)
With
Donald Byrd
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Verve
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Music
* The Verve, an English rock band
* ''The Verve E.P.'', a 1992 EP by The Verve
* ''Verve'' (R. Stevie Moore album)
* Verve Records, an American jazz record label
Businesses
* Verve Coffee Roasters, an American coffee ho ...
Gene Harris
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From 1956 to 1970, he played in The Three Sounds tri ...
*1985: ''Gene Harris Trio Plus One'' (
Concord
Concord may refer to:
Meaning "agreement"
* Pact or treaty, frequently between nations (indicating a condition of harmony)
* Harmony, in music
* Agreement (linguistics), a change in the form of a word depending on grammatical features of other ...
)
*1995: ''Gene Harris & the Philip Morris All-Stars: Live'' (Concord) (released in 1998)
With
Abbey Lincoln
Anna Marie Wooldridge (August 6, 1930 – August 14, 2010), known professionally as Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress. She was a civil rights activist beginning in the 1960s. Lincoln made a career out of deli ...
*1959: ''
Abbey Is Blue
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'' (
Riverside
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Places Australia
* Riverside, Tasmania, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania
Canada
* Riverside (electoral district), in the Yukon
* Riverside, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Alberta
* Riverside, Manitoba, a former rural m ...
Max Roach
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Moon Faced and Starry Eyed
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*1960: '' Parisian Sketches'' (Mercury)
With Jimmy Smith
*1960: '' Midnight Special'' (Blue Note)
*1960: ''
Back at the Chicken Shack
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Milestone
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)
*1990: ''Fourmost Return'' ive(Milestone) released 2001
With others
*
Georgie Fame
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, ''The Blues and Me'' (Go Jazz, 1996)
* Roy Hargrove, ''
With the Tenors of Our Time
''With the Tenors of Our Time'' is an album by Roy Hargrove.
Track listing
# "Soppin' the Biscuit" (composer Roy Hargrove, featuring Stanley Turrentine) – 7:59
# "When We Were One" (composer Johnny Griffin, featuring Johnny Griffin) – ...
'' (Verve, 1993)
*
Freddie Hubbard
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Duke Jordan
Irving Sidney "Duke" Jordan (April 1, 1922 – August 8, 2006) was an American jazz pianist.
Biography
Jordan was born in New York and raised in Brooklyn where he attended Boys High School. An imaginative and gifted pianist, Jordan was a regul ...
, ''
Flight to Jordan
''Flight to Jordan'' is an album by American pianist Duke Jordan recorded in 1960 and released on the Blue Note label.
'' (Blue Note, 1960)
*
Diana Krall
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, ''
Only Trust Your Heart
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Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Only Trust Your Heart''.
Musicians
* Diana ...
Les McCann Ltd. in New York
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Mark Allan called the album ...
Jimmy McGriff
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Biography Early years and influences
Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States, McGriff started playing pi ...
, ''
Electric Funk
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'' (Blue Note, 1969)
*
David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman (February 24, 1933 – January 20, 2009) was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist, who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s and ...
Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...
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* New York Funkies, ''Hip Hop Bop!'' (Meldac p 1995) with
Reuben Wilson
Reuben Wilson (born April 9, 1935) is a jazz organist. He performs soul jazz and acid jazz, and is best known for his title track "Got to Get Your Own".
He was born in Mounds, Oklahoma and his family moved to Pasadena when he was 5.
He played in ...
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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 ...
Ike Quebec
Ike Abrams Quebec (August 17, 1918 – January 16, 1963) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career in the big band era of the 1940s, then fell from prominence for a time until launching a comeback in the years before his dea ...
, '' Easy Living'' (Blue Note, 1962) – some material previously released as ''Congo Lament''
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Dizzy Reece
Alphonso Son "Dizzy" Reece (born 5 January 1931) is a Jamaican-born hard bop jazz trumpeter. Reece is among a group of jazz musicians born in Jamaica which includes Bertie King, Joe Harriott, Roland Alphonso, Wilton Gaynair, Sonny Bradshaw, ...
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Comin' On!
''Comin' On!'' is an album by Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece, featuring performances recorded at two sessions in 1960, but not released on the Blue Note label until 1999.
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Mongo Santamaria
Mongo may refer to:
Geography Africa
* Mongo, Chad, a Sahel city
* Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo (Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction)
* Mongo, Sierra Leone, a chiefdom
* Mongo River (Little Scarces River), Guinea and Sierra Leone, a tributa ...
, ''Mongo's Way'' (Atlantic, 1970)
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Marlena Shaw
Marlena Shaw (born Marlina Burgess, September 22, 1942) is an American jazz, blues and soul music, soul singer. Shaw began her singing career in the 1960s and is still singing today. Her music has often been sampled in Hip hop music, hip hop mus ...
, ''Elemental Soul'' (Concord, 1997)
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Horace Silver
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s.
After playing tenor saxophone and piano at sch ...
Tommy Turrentine
Thomas Walter Turrentine, Jr. (April 22, 1928 – May 13, 1997) was a swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer who was active between the 1940s and the 1960s. He rarely worked as a bandleader, and was known for his work as a sideman with drum ...
All About Jazz
''All About Jazz'' is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, ''Jazz Near ...