| Turning Point | ||||
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| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | October 30 & 31 and November 1, 1962 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 34:07 | |||
| Label | Mercury MG 20801 | |||
| Producer | Kay Norton | |||
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Turning Point is an album by saxophonist Benny Golson, featuring performances recorded in late 1962 and originally released on the Mercury label. [1]
This was the first of a pair of quartet recordings by Golson in two months. [2] Golson was displeased with his playing at the time: "I was frustrated, because I didn't know how I wanted to sound"; he soon stopped playing, and did not resume for seven or eight years. [2] The title, according to Golson, "indicates my frustration with [producer] Kay Norton and Art [Farmer, co-leader of the Jazztet], because we had reached a point where we wanted to go in different directions." [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| Down Beat |  [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [5] |
The Allmusic review states, "this quartet set for tenor saxophonist Benny Golson was the beginning of the close of an era. Within a year, Golson would be working full-time as a writer in the studios, and he de-emphasized his playing until making a comeback in the late 1970s". [3]
All compositions by Benny Golson except as indicated