Up at "Minton's"

Up at "Minton's" is an live album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the Blue Note label and performed by Turrentine with Grant Green, Horace Parlan, George Tucker, and Al Harewood.^[2] The album was originally released as two separate volumes on LP and later as a double CD set.^[3]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Standards and a couple of blues make up the repertoire, giving listeners a definitive look at the soulful Mr. T. near the beginning of his productive musical life".^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Stanley Turrentine except as indicated

1. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 11:29
2. "Stanley's Time" - 11:03
3. "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) - 10:38
4. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 11:39
5. "Later at Minton's" - 13:55
6. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 8:34
7. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 15:11
8. "Summertime" (Gershwin, Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 7:14

• Recorded at Minton's Playhouse, NYC, on February 23, 1961.

Personnel

• Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
• Grant Green - guitar
• Horace Parlan - piano
• George Tucker - bass
• Al Harewood - drums

Production

• Alfred Lion - producer
• Reid Miles - design
• Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
• Francis Wolff - photography

References