Common Touch

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Common Touch
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1969 [1]
RecordedAugust 30, 1968
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length39:30original LP
Label Blue Note
BST 84315
Producer Francis Wolff
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Common Touch is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine featuring Shirley Scott recorded for the Blue Note label in 1968 and performed by Turrentine with Shirley Scott, Jimmy Ponder, Bob Cranshaw and Leo Morris. [2] The CD reissue added one bonus track recorded in a different session and originally released on Ain't No Way (LT 1095, 1980). The other four tracks may be found on the CD reissue of Easy Walker .

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Reception

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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow, awarded the album 3 stars and states "Although not essential (no one seems to sweat much and none of the tempos are above a slow-medium pace), this lazy date has its pleasurable moments". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Stanley Turrentine except as noted

  1. "Buster Brown" - 5:25
  2. "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) - 5:55
  3. "Lonely Avenue" (Doc Pomus) - 8:07
  4. "Boogaloo" (Shirley Scott) - 6:25
  5. "Common Touch" - 6:21
  6. "Living Through It All" - 7:17
  7. "Ain't No Way" (Carolyn Franklin) - 11:03 Bonus track on CD

Recorded on May 10, 1968 (7) and August 30, 1968 (1-6).

Personnel

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References

  1. Billboard Sep 6, 1969
  2. Stanley Turrentine discography accessed January 8, 2010.
  3. Allmusic Review accessed January 10, 2010.
  4. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 7, 2010.