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These nine ballads were recorded by Stanley Turrentine between 1962 and 1969. Apart from being a genuinely wonderful set of romantic tunes, Music for Lovers showcases a soft side of the great tenor's playing. Turrentine is one of the quintessential soul-jazz saxophonists. His Blue Note recordings from the 1960s with Shirley Scott are generally the works cited, but there is so much other material on offer that a small collection like this is welcome. A pair of ballads with Scott on organ are here, representing that darker groove aspect, but so are tunes with pianists like Sonny Clark, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Horace Parlan, and Cedar Walton. There are two cuts with guitarist Kenny Burrell in a front-line role, and there are the trumpeters who Turrentine loved to work with like brother Tommy and Blue Mitchell, as well as rhythm sections that feature drummers like Mickey Roker, Al Harewood, and even Candy Finch. Bassists like Buster Williams, Bob Cranshaw, Sam Jones, Earl May, and George Tucker also appear here. These are gorgeous tunes, beautifully selected and sequenced -- not a bad thing on a budget compilation amassed for Valentine's Day. The finest moments here are the opening read of Rodgers & Hart's "Little Girl Blue," where Turrentine works around the melody until it's been set by Burrell and Clark and then takes his solo directly from it. Then there is the deeply intimate read of Burt Bacharach's "What the World Needs Now Is Love," where Tyner and Turrentine achieve a near symbiotic interplay -- and hearing the great pianist work his sleight of hand with blues phrasing on a pop tune like this one, as the saxophonist blows in the groove, is something to behold. This is a worthy pop for your buck even if you already have everything by Stanley Turrentine.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Composer - Al Harewood, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Sonny Clark, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Warren, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Stanley Turrentine, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Turrentine, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2004 Capitol Catalog (C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 1962 Blue Note Records
Livingston, Composer - Stanley Turrentine, MainArtist - P. Faith, Composer - RAYMOND B. EVANS, Composer
(C) 2004 Capitol Catalog (C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 1962 Blue Note Records
Joe Scott, Composer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Rudy Van Gelder, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Stanley Turrentine, MainArtist
(C) 2004 Capitol Catalog (C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 2004 Blue Note Records
Burt Bacharach, Composer - Hal David, Author - Bob Cranshaw, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Stanley Turrentine, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - McCoy Tyner, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2004 Capitol Catalog (C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 1966 Blue Note Records
Jule Styne, ComposerLyricist - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Stanley Turrentine, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adolph Green, ComposerLyricist - Betty Comden, ComposerLyricist - Blue Mitchell, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Curtis Fuller, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Otis Finch, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2004 Capitol Catalog (C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 1964 Blue Note Records
Stanley Turrentine, MainArtist - Robert Farnon, Composer
(C) 2004 Capitol Catalog (C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 2005 Blue Note Records
Al Harewood, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Fran Landesman, Composer - Tommy Wolf, Composer - Stanley Turrentine, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shirley Scott, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Blue Mitchell, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Earl May, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2004 Capitol Catalog (C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 1963 Blue Note Records
Thad Jones, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Ned Washington, ComposerLyricist - CEDAR WALTON, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Victor P. Young, ComposerLyricist - Duke Pearson, Producer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Stanley Turrentine, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Buster Williams, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2004 Capitol Catalog (C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 1969 Blue Note Records
Kurt Weill, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Al Harewood, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Sonny Clark, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Warren, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Stanley Turrentine, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Turrentine, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2004 Capitol Catalog (C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 2005 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
These nine ballads were recorded by Stanley Turrentine between 1962 and 1969. Apart from being a genuinely wonderful set of romantic tunes, Music for Lovers showcases a soft side of the great tenor's playing. Turrentine is one of the quintessential soul-jazz saxophonists. His Blue Note recordings from the 1960s with Shirley Scott are generally the works cited, but there is so much other material on offer that a small collection like this is welcome. A pair of ballads with Scott on organ are here, representing that darker groove aspect, but so are tunes with pianists like Sonny Clark, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Horace Parlan, and Cedar Walton. There are two cuts with guitarist Kenny Burrell in a front-line role, and there are the trumpeters who Turrentine loved to work with like brother Tommy and Blue Mitchell, as well as rhythm sections that feature drummers like Mickey Roker, Al Harewood, and even Candy Finch. Bassists like Buster Williams, Bob Cranshaw, Sam Jones, Earl May, and George Tucker also appear here. These are gorgeous tunes, beautifully selected and sequenced -- not a bad thing on a budget compilation amassed for Valentine's Day. The finest moments here are the opening read of Rodgers & Hart's "Little Girl Blue," where Turrentine works around the melody until it's been set by Burrell and Clark and then takes his solo directly from it. Then there is the deeply intimate read of Burt Bacharach's "What the World Needs Now Is Love," where Tyner and Turrentine achieve a near symbiotic interplay -- and hearing the great pianist work his sleight of hand with blues phrasing on a pop tune like this one, as the saxophonist blows in the groove, is something to behold. This is a worthy pop for your buck even if you already have everything by Stanley Turrentine.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:57
- Main artists: Stanley Turrentine
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 2004 Blue Note Records
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