Let It Go (Stanley Turrentine album)

Let It Go
Studio album by Stanley Turrentine
Released	1966
Recorded	April 6, 1966 (#1-2, 5, 7) April 15, 1966 (#3-4, 6) September 21, 1964 (#8-11) Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:14 original LP
Label	Impulse! A-9115
Producer	Bob Thiele
Stanley Turrentine chronology
Joyride (1965) Let It Go (1966) Rough 'n' Tumble (1966)

Let It Go is the fourteenth album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the Impuse! label in 1966 and performed by Turrentine with Shirley Scott, Ron Carter and Mack Simpkins.^[1] The CD release added four bonus tracks, three of which originally released on Scott's Everybody Loves a Lover recorded in 1964 and featuring Bob Cranshaw and Otis Finch in place of Carter and Simpkins.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 4 stars and states "For fans ready to graduate from Stanley Turrentine's many fine Blue Note sets, this excellent mid-'60s date on Impulse should be the perfect option".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Stanley Turrentine except as indicated.

1. "Let It Go" - 5:55
2. "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" (Lane, Lerner) - 6:58
3. "Ciao, Ciao" - 5:54
4. "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" (Oliver, Young) - 5:31
5. "Good Lookin' Out" - 5:23
6. "Sure As You're Born" (Bergman, Mandel) - 4:44
7. "Deep Purple" (DeRose, Parish) - 4:49

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

8. "Time After Time" (Cahn, Styne) - 9:20
9. "Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)" (Basie, Durham, Rushing) - 5:42
10. "The Lamp Is Low" (DeRose, Parish, Ravel, Shefter) - 8:07
11. "The Feeling of Jazz" (Ellington, Simon, Troup) - 3:56

Personnel

• Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
• Shirley Scott - organ
• Ron Carter - bass (tracks 1-7)
• Mack Simpkins - drums (tracks 1-7)
• Bob Cranshaw - bass (tracks 8-11)
• Otis Finch - drums (tracks 8-11)

Production

• Bob Thiele - producer
• Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

References