Stanley Turrentine

 

Artist:  Stanley Turrentine
Born:  April 5, 1934.  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died:  September 12, 2000 (Aged 66).  
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Blues, Soul Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Jazz Fusion
Occupation:  Bandleader, Composer, Saxophonist
Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone

Stanley Turrentine was an American Jazz Tenor Saxophonist.  He began his career playing Soul Jazz and Hard Bop on a series of classic albums for Blue Note Records, and touched on Jazz Fusion, and Blues.  He played with Ray Charles, Max Roach's band and met Shirley Scott (Organ), whom he married in 1960.  He also played with Jimmy Smith, Freddie Hubbard, Mitt Jackson, George Benson, Bob James, Richard Tee, Ron Carter, Grant Green and Eric Gale.

Artist:  Stanley Turrentine with The Three Sounds 

Title:  Blue Hour (2024)

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Blues, Soul Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Jazz Fusion

Label:  Blue Note Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  I Want A Little Girl (7:03)

 2.  Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You (5:20)

 3.  Blue Riff (6:26)

Side B:

 1.  Since I Fell For You (8:46)

 2.  Willow Weep For Me (9:55)

Personnel:

Stanley Turrentine:  Tenor Saxophone

Gene Harris:  Piano

Andrew Simpkins:  Bass

Bill Dowby:  Drums

Blue Hour is a collaboration album by Stanley Turrentine with The Three Sounds, originally released on March 1961 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on May 17, 2024 by Blue Note Records.  Audiophile 180 Gram Vinyl.