Stanley Turrentine recommendations?
Tony Mountifield
I have three Stanley Turrentine CDs. My favourite is "More Than A Mood",
with Cedar Walton, Ron Carter and Billy Higgins (and Freddie Hubbard on
two tracks). I also like "La Place", which is quite different, and I
guess would be called fusion or electric jazz. I got both these from the US.
The third, which I got from a used record shop in the UK, I am not so
keen on. It is "The Look of Love", and seems to be more "Easy Listening"
than jazz.
With that as a starting point, what other Turrentine albums would people
recommend? Particularly along similar lines to "More Than A Mood".
Thanks in advance,
Tony
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Bukkyoo
I haven't heard any of the albums you listed, but my favorites/recommends
would have to be:
"Blue Hour" with the Three Sounds
Kenny Burrell's "Midnight Blue" (one of my all-time favorites)
Jimmy Smith's "Back at the Chicken Shack"
-Mike.
Kevin Bresnahan
Tony Mountifield <ton...@dmv.co.uk> wrote in article <E67M4...@dmv.co.uk>...
> I have three Stanley Turrentine CDs. My favourite is "More Than A Mood",
> with Cedar Walton, Ron Carter and Billy Higgins (and Freddie Hubbard on
> two tracks). I also like "La Place", which is quite different, and I
> guess would be called fusion or electric jazz. I got both these from the US.
>
> The third, which I got from a used record shop in the UK, I am not so
> keen on. It is "The Look of Love", and seems to be more "Easy Listening"
> than jazz.
>
> With that as a starting point, what other Turrentine albums would people
> recommend? Particularly along similar lines to "More Than A Mood".
>
> Thanks in advance,
First off, what I'd recommend as a favorite may differ a little from what
I recommend as a "first buy". The reason is that Stanley's Blue Note
recordings were pretty decimated by the deletions axe back in the
late 80's and quite a few are available in the limited edition
"Collector's Choice" series. Since these are limited, I would
recommend that you definitely pick up:
1. "Blue Hour"
2. "Comin' Your Way"
3. "Look Out"
4. Kenny Burrell's "Midnight Blue"
I don't think you'll be disappointed by any of these CDs.
As for the rest of Stanley's catalog that's in print, I would
strongly recommend "Up at Minton's". Strong playing by
all involved. Some of Grant Green's best solos in my
book. Another good, but not great CD is "ZTs Blues". Worth
picking up.
A suprising pick, especially since you asked for a title similar
to "More Than a Mood" would be the Time CD, "The Man".
It is a bit more laid back than most of the Blue Notes. Lastly,
check out Stanley on Jimmy Smith's "Back at the Chicken
Shack" or "Midnight Special". Both are excellent examples of
Stanley in a soul mood. Good stuff.
Later,
Kevin
Daniel D. Marsalone
>I have three Stanley Turrentine CDs. My favourite is "More Than A Mood",
>The third, which I got from a used record shop in the UK, I am not so
>keen on. It is "The Look of Love", and seems to be more "Easy Listening"
>than jazz.
>
>With that as a starting point, what other Turrentine albums would people
>recommend? Particularly along similar lines to "More Than A Mood".
Well, an awesome Stanley Turrntine record is the double CD called "Up at
Minton's" this is a live set with Stanley (ts), Grant Green (gtr), Horace
Parlan (piano), George Tucker (bass) and Al Harewood (drums).
This is my favorite ST record. It was recorded in the mid 60's.
Later,
Daniel
P.S. the Tommy Turrentine record on Time records w/Stanley T. and Max Roach
and Parlan is incredible as well.
CLAY MOORE
Tony Mountifield wrote:
>
> I have three Stanley Turrentine CDs. My favourite is "More Than A Mood",
> two tracks). I also like "La Place", which is quite different, and I
> guess would be called fusion or electric jazz. I got both these from the US.
>
> keen on. It is "The Look of Love", and seems to be more "Easy Listening"
> than jazz.
>
> With that as a starting point, what other Turrentine albums would people
> recommend? Particularly along similar lines to "More Than A Mood".
>
I may get slammed for this one but I love Turrentine's album "Sugar",
which features a blend of straight-ahead and funky stuff, and great
playing by Mr. T and company- George Benson, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter
and the rest. I've listened to and played along with that record for
many years, and I just finished transcribing Stanley's solo on it to
"Impressions". In case you don't get the significance of the first
sentence, "Sugar" is one of the most overworked jam session tunes that I
can think of.
Clay
Derek Erb
> > With that as a starting point, what other Turrentine albums would
people
> > recommend? Particularly along similar lines to "More Than A Mood".
I haven't heard the three albums you mentioned however I am a BIG
Turrentine fan.
Some of my favorites include:
Sugar and Cherry (two different albums <g> one of which is with Milt
Jackson)
His latest Ballads album I found beautiful. There's even a Greatest Hits
album which I like alot.
I'm at the office at the moment. I'll add some more entries when I get
home and can check out my collection...
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Paris - FRANCE WWW: http://www.erb.com
JFR
In <01bc24b4$1a23d380$975f...@bluenote.ATN> "Kevin Bresnahan"
<ke...@bresnahan.mv.com> writes:
>
>Tony Mountifield <ton...@dmv.co.uk> wrote in article
<E67M4...@dmv.co.uk>...
Mood",
>> with Cedar Walton, Ron Carter and Billy Higgins (and Freddie Hubbard
on
>> two tracks). I also like "La Place", which is quite different, and I
>> guess would be called fusion or electric jazz. I got both these from
the US.
>>
>> The third, which I got from a used record shop in the UK, I am not
so
>> keen on. It is "The Look of Love", and seems to be more "Easy
Listening"
>> than jazz.
>>
people
>> recommend? Particularly along similar lines to "More Than A Mood".
>>
He did some nice recordings with his wife at the time - Shirley Scott -
on organ. Those were really soulful, bluesy organ/sax stuff (from the
60s - early 70s?),that of course, I can't remember the titles of any.
Kevin Bresnahan
> He did some nice recordings with his wife at the time - Shirley Scott -
> on organ. Those were really soulful, bluesy organ/sax stuff (from the
> 60s - early 70s?),that of course, I can't remember the titles of any.
>
I didn't include those since the original poster asked for Stanley
recommendations similar to "More Than a Mood" and I don't think
the stuff he did with Scott is similar to that at all. Those
recordings were mostly in a funky, soul style.
I do agree that these recordings are worth investigating. My
favorite (so far) is the Prestige "twofer" out on CD called
"Soul Shoutin'". Of the others I have with those 2 together,
I like the Blue Note, "Dearly Beloved" (with Shirley Scott
listed in the personnl as Little Miss Cott). "Hustlin'" is OK,
more middle of the road with only a couple of smokin'
tracks... For some reason, I don't particularly like "Never Let
Me Go", which, suprisingly, is the only one of those BNs
available on CD right now. Try them all and decide for
yourself.
As an aside to JFR, if you dig the Stanley/Shirley combo,
make sure you give a listen to one of Eddie "Lockjaw"
Davis' "Cookbook" titles on Prestige. I like most of them
with Volume 2 being my favorite, mostly because of
the track "The Rev". I love the way Davis "preaches" with
his horn. Sounds like a sermon to me....
Later,
Kevin
Margie & Steve Crawford
Kevin Bresnahan wrote:
>
> > He did some nice recordings with his wife at the time - Shirley Scott -
> > on organ. Those were really soulful, bluesy organ/sax stuff (from the
> > 60s - early 70s?),that of course, I can't remember the titles of any.
> >
>
> I didn't include those since the original poster asked for Stanley
> recommendations similar to "More Than a Mood" and I don't think
> the stuff he did with Scott is similar to that at all. Those
> recordings were mostly in a funky, soul style.
>
I like Shirley Scott and Turrentine's "Blue Flames" a good bit. I also
agree wholeheartedly with the recommendations for Burrell's "Midnight
Blue" and Turrentine's "Lookout!". And if you like the organ combo
stuff, definitely check out John Patton's "Blue John" (my favorite in
this style) with Grant Green and Tommy Turrentine.
Steve
cra...@bellsouth.net
Brad Craig
On Wed, 26 Feb 1997 12:17:19 GMT, ton...@dmv.co.uk (Tony Mountifield)
wrote:
>I have three Stanley Turrentine CDs. My favourite is "More Than A Mood",
>with Cedar Walton, Ron Carter and Billy Higgins (and Freddie Hubbard on
>two tracks). I also like "La Place", which is quite different, and I
>guess would be called fusion or electric jazz. I got both these from the US.
>
>The third, which I got from a used record shop in the UK, I am not so
>keen on. It is "The Look of Love", and seems to be more "Easy Listening"
>than jazz.
>
>With that as a starting point, what other Turrentine albums would people
>recommend? Particularly along similar lines to "More Than A Mood".
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Tony
>
The album "Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine In Concert" (1974, with
Herbie Hancock, Jack DeJohnette, Ron Carter & Eric Gale) is worth
checking out.
Brad Craig << youn...@ix.netcom.com >>
Tony Mountifield
> On Wed, 26 Feb 1997 12:17:19 GMT, ton...@dmv.co.uk (Tony Mountifield)
> wrote:
>
> >With that as a starting point, what other Turrentine albums would people
> >recommend? Particularly along similar lines to "More Than A Mood".
A belated thanks to all who made suggestions. I'll keep a lookout for
the albums mentioned.
Tony.
alger
You should check ballads by blue note is just great!
Guillermo Alger