Stanley Turrentine
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Stanley William Turrentine, also known as "Mr. T" or "The Sugar Man", (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Turrentine was born in Pittsburgh's Hill District into a musical family: his father Thomas Turrentine, Sr was a saxophonist with Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans, his mother played stride piano, and his older brother Tommy played trumpet[1]. He began his prolific career with blues and rhythm and blues bands, and was at first greatly influenced by Illinois Jacquet. In the 1950s he went on to play with the groups of Lowell Fulson, Earl Bostic, and at the turn of the decade, Max Roach.
He married the organist Shirley Scott in 1960 and played then frequently with her. In the 1960s he started working with organist Jimmy Smith, and made many soul jazz recordings both with Smith and as a leader. In the 1970s, after his professional split and divorce from Scott, Turrentine turned to jazz fusion. He worked with Milt Jackson, Bob James, Richard Tee, Idris Muhammad, Ron Carter, and Eric Gale, to name a few. He returned to soul jazz in the 1980s and into the 1990s. Turrentine lived in Ft. Washington, Maryland from the early 90's until his death.
Turrentine died of a stroke in New York City September 12, 2000. He is buried in Pittsburgh's Allegheny Cemetery. [2]
Turrentine's track 'Sister Sanctified' was sampled as the basis of 'My Philosophy' by Boogie Down Productions.
[edit] Discography
- 1960 Stan "The Man" Turrentine - Bainbridge
- 1960 Look Out - Blue Note
- 1960 Blue Hour - Blue Note
- 1961 Comin' Your Way - Blue Note
- 1961 Up at Minton's, Vol. 1 - Blue Note
- 1961 Up at Minton's, Vol. 2 - Blue Note
- 1961 Up at Minton's - Blue Note
- 1961 Dearly Beloved - Blue Note
- 1961 Z.T.'s Blues - Blue Note
- 1961 Ballads - Blue Note
- 1962 That's Where It's At - Blue Note
- 1962 Jubilee Shout - Blue Note
- 1963 Never Let Me Go - Blue Note
- 1963 A Chip off the Old Block - Blue Note
- 1964 Hustlin' - Blue Note
- 1964 Stanley Turrentine - Blue Note
- 1964 In Memory Of - Blue Note
- 1964 Let It Go - Impulse!
- 1965 Joyride - Blue Note
- 1965 Tiger Tail - Mainstream
- 1966 Rough 'n' Tumble - Blue Note
- 1966 Easy Walker - Blue Note
- 1966 The Spoiler - Blue Note
- 1967 New Time Shuffle - Blue Note
- 1968 Ain't No Way - Blue Note
- 1968 Common Touch - Blue Note
- 1968 Look of Love - Blue Note
- 1968 Always Something There - Blue Note
- 1969 Another Story - Blue Note
- 1971 Sugar (with Ron Carter, George Benson, Butch Cornell, and Freddie Hubbard) - CTI
- 1971 The Sugar Man - CTI
- 1971 Salt Song - CTI
- 1972 Cherry (with Milt Jackson) - Columbia
- 1973 Don't Mess with Mister T. - Columbia
- 1974 Pieces of Dreams - Original Jazz Classics
- 1975 In the Pocket - Fantasy
- 1975 Have You Ever Seen the Rain? - Fantasy
- 1976 Everybody Come on Out - Fantasy
- 1976 Man with the Sad Face - Bainbridge
- 1977 Nightwings - Fantasy
- 1977 West Side Highway - Fantasy
- 1977 Love's Finally Found Me - Classic World
- 1978 What About You! - Fantasy
- 1979 Soothsayer - Elektra
- 1979 Betcha - Elektra
- 1980 Inflation - Elektra
- 1980 Use the Stairs - Fantasy
- 1981 Tender Togetherness - Elektra
- 1981 Mr. Natural - Blue Note
- 1983 Home Again - Elektra
- 1984 Straight Ahead - Blue Note
- 1986 Wonderland (with Stevie Wonder) - Blue Note
- 1987 The Baddest Turrentine - CTI
- 1989 La Place - Blue Note
- 1990 Introducing the 3 Sounds - Blue Note
- 1991 The Look Love - Huub
- 1992 More than a Mood - Music Masters
- 1993 If I Could - Music Masters
- 1995 Three of a Kind Meet Mr. T - Minor Music
- 1995 Live at Minton's - Blue Note
- 1995 T Time - Music Masters
- 1995 Time - Music Masters
- 1999 Do You Have Any Sugar? - Concord Jazz
- 2002 Deuces Wild - Prestige Elite
- 2002 The Blue Note Stanley Turrentine Quintet/Sextet Sessions - Mosaic
- 2003 Look Out - Toshiba
- 2004 Blue Hour, Vol. 2
- 2004 Story of Jazz - EMI
- I'm in Love - Fantasy
- Love Hangover - Fantasy
- Stan the Man - Time
- 2007 A Bluish Bag, Tracks 1,2,4 & 5 issued on New Time Shuffle in 1979 Tracks3,6 & & originally issued on Stanley Turrentine 1975
[edit] References
- ^ NPR's Jazz Profiles: Stanley Turrentine. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
- ^ Nowlin, Rick (2000-09-13). Obituary: Hill District-born jazz great Turrentine dies. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
