In the Pocket (Stanley Turrentine album)

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In the Pocket
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Studio album by
Stanley Turrentine
Released1975
RecordedJanuary 1975
Genre Jazz
Label Fantasy [1]
Producer Billy Page, Gene Page, Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine chronology
Pieces of Dreams
(1974)		In the Pocket
(1975)		 Have You Ever Seen the Rain
(1975)

In the Pocket is an album by the jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, his second recorded for the Fantasy label after associations with Blue Note Records and CTI. The album has performances by Turrentine with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Gene Page. [2] It was released in 1975 and has yet to be rereleased on CD.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Christgau's Record Guide D+ [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau satirically wrote, "This is the sound track for a romantic comedy featuring Henry 'Hank' Aaron as a bank vice-president whose hobby is private investigation. While 'digging' into billiard-licensing payoffs, he falls for a lady eight-ball hustler (Leslie Uggams) who happens to be the daughter of Mr. Big, played by Barry White. Aaron decides to go crooked, but you know he'll never achieve the power or vulgarity of his father-in-law. Neither will Gene Page, who arranged this claptrap for Turrentine, a saxophonist whose fat, self-indulgent tone is apparently demanding the worst these days." [4]

Track listing

  1. "Have It Your Way, Sandy" – 5:00
  2. "You Are The Melody Of My Life" – 3:42
  3. "Over To Where You Are" – 4:32
  4. "Naked As The Day I Was Born" – 4:14
  5. "In The Pocket" – 3:34
  6. "Spaced" – 5:30
  7. "You're My Baby" – 4:52
  8. "Black Lassie" – 5:24
  9. "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" – 4:16
  • Recorded in Los Angeles, CA, January, 1975.

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Thompson, Dave (December 11, 2018). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN   9781440248917 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Stanley Turrentine discography. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  3. ↑ Erlewine, M. Allmusic review. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  4. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 17, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  5. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 299.
  6. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. New York: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 194. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
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