Comin' Your Way

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Comin' Your Way
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Studio album by Stanley Turrentine
Released 1987
Recorded January 20, 1961
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length52:03
Label Blue Note
BST 84065
Producer Alfred Lion
Stanley Turrentine chronology
Blue Hour
(1960)
Comin' Your Way
(1987)
Up at "Minton's"
(1961)

Comin' Your Way is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the Blue Note label and performed by Turrentine with his brother Tommy Turrentine, Horace Parlan, George Tucker and Al Harewood. [1] Selections from this album had previously been issued, with additional tracks later appeared as Jubilee Shout!!! (1986), as Jubilee Shouts (1978, BN-LA883-J2). [2]

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Jazz is seen by many as "America's classical music". Since the 1920s Jazz Age, jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression. It then emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular musical styles, all linked by the common bonds of African-American and European-American musical parentage with a performance orientation. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression, and in African-American music traditions including blues and ragtime, as well as European military band music. Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as "one of America's original art forms".

Stanley Turrentine American musician

Stanley William Turrentine was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career playing R&B for Earl Bostic and later soul jazz recording for the Blue Note label from 1960, touched on jazz fusion during a stint on CTI in the 1970s. He was described by critic Steve Huey as "renowned for his distinctively thick, rippling tone [and] earthy grounding in the blues." Turrentine was married to organist Shirley Scott in the 1960s, with whom he frequently recorded, and was the younger brother of trumpeter Tommy Turrentine.

Blue Note Records American record label

Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label that is owned by Universal Music Group and operated with Decca Records. Established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derives its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues. Originally dedicated to recording traditional jazz and small group swing, from 1947 the label began to switch its attention to modern jazz. Although the original company did not record many of the pioneers of bebop, significant exceptions are Thelonious Monk, Fats Navarro and Bud Powell.

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The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 stars and calls it "a sumptuous '60s soul-jazz date". [4]

Track listing

  1. "My Girl Is Just Enough Woman for Me" (Fields, Hague) - 6:45
  2. "Then I'll Be Tired of You" (E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Arthur Schwartz) - 6:09
  3. "Fine L'il Lass" (Leon Mitchell) - 6:14
  4. "Fine L'il Lass" [Alternate Take] - 5:52 Bonus track on CD
  5. "Thomasville" (Tommy Turrentine) - 6:36
  6. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 7:45
  7. "Stolen Sweets" (Wild Bill Davis) - 6:12
  8. "Just in Time" (Comden, Green, Styne) - 6:30 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

Tenor saxophone type of saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while the Alto is pitched in the key of E), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F key have a range from A2 to E5 (concert) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone. People who play the tenor saxophone are known as "tenor saxophonists", "tenor sax players", or "saxophonists".

Thomas Walter Turrentine, Jr. was a swing and hard bop trumpeter of the 1940s to 1960s. He rarely worked as a bandleader, and was known for his work as a sideman with drummer Max Roach and his younger brother, the saxophonist Stanley Turrentine.

Trumpet musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music. They are played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape.

Production

Alfred Lion, was a Jewish German-born American record executive who co-founded Blue Note Records in 1939. Blue Note recorded many of the biggest names in jazz throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.

Record producer individual who oversees and manages the recording of an artists music

A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many, varying roles during the recording process. They may gather musical ideas for the project, collaborate with the artists to select cover tunes or original songs by the artist/group, work with artists and help them to improve their songs, lyrics or arrangements.

Reid Miles was an American graphic designer and photographer best known for his iconic work for Blue Note Records in the 1950s and 1960s.

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References

  1. Stanley Turrentine discography accessed January 4, 2010.
  2. Discogs album entry accessed January 4, 2010.
  3. Allmusic Review
  4. Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed January 4, 2010.