Search - Artist/Band: Stanley Turrentine

• Name: Stanley Turrentine
• Birthday: 04/05/1934
• Birth Place: Pittsburgh, PA
• Died: 09/12/2000
• Decades Active: 1950,1960,1970,1980,1990
• Genre: Jazz
• Styles: Fusion, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz
• Moods: Energetic, Freewheeling, Rollicking, Gritty, Organic, Passionate, Playful, Stylish, Confident, Earthy, Rousing, Laid-Back/Mellow

Title	Release
Return of the Prodigal Son	05/13/2008
Swamp Dogg Presents: Mr. T and Mr. B WA	01/15/2008
A Bluish Bag	06/05/2007
Flipped Out on Love	06/13/2006
Music for Lovers	01/24/2006
Jazz Moods: Cool	04/19/2005
Blue Hour, Vol. 2	04/27/2004
Deuces Wild	07/12/2002
On a Misty Night: Have You Ever Seen the Rain/Use the Stairs	05/14/2002
Complete Blue Hour Sessions WA	06/27/2000
New Best One	09/22/1999
Do You Have Any Sugar?	06/22/1999
Priceless Jazz	09/22/1998
Jazz Masters	1997
Three of a Kind Meet Mr. T	10/1995
Flipped	1995
Time	1995
Ballads WA	11/16/1993
If I Could	1993
More than a Mood WA	1992
Soulful Saxophone of Stanley Turrentine	1992
The Look Love	07/01/1991
Introducing the 3 Sounds	10/25/1990
The Best of Stanley Turrentine [Columbia] WA	07/05/1990
The Best of Stanley Turrentine [Blue Note]	11/22/1989
LA Place	1989
The Best of Mr. T	1989
Wonderland	12/1986
Straight Ahead	11/24/1984
Home Again	1983
Tender Togetherness	04/1981
Betcha	05/1980
Inflation	1980
Love's Finally Found Me WA	1977
West Side Highway	1977
Everybody Come on Out	03/1976
Pieces of Dreams	1974
Don't Mess with Mister T. WA	06/07/1973
Cherry	05/17/1972
Salt Song WA	1971
Sugar WA	11/1970
Always Something There WA	09/1969
Easy Walker WA	1969
Common Touch	08/30/1968
The Spoiler	09/22/1966
Rough 'n' Tumble WA	07/01/1966
Let It Go WA	1966
Joyride WA	04/14/1965
Hustlin'	01/24/1964
A Chip Off the Old Block WA	10/21/1963
Never Let Me Go	1963
Jubilee Shout WA	10/18/1962
That's Where It's At	01/02/1962
Dearly Beloved	1962
Z.T.'s Blues WA	09/13/1961
Comin' Your Way WA	01/20/1961
Blue Hour WA	12/16/1960
Look Out	06/18/1960
Stan "The Man" Turrentine	01/1960
Stan the Man

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. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide