Pittsburgh-born saxophonist Stanley Turrentine’s album In Reminiscence Of is receiving a brand new reissue courtesy of the Blue Observe Tone Poet Collection.
Recorded in 1964 however not launched on the label till 1979, In Reminiscence Of noticed Turrentine collaborate with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Blue Mitchell, Bob Cranshaw, Curtis Fuller, and Otis Finch. The six-track report captured a session the artists shared on June third, 1964 on the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
The album options an array of covers from the likes of Wes Montgomery, Bobby Benson, and Invoice Lee. In Reminiscence Of was produced by Alfred Lion, and engineered by Rudy Van Gelder. The album marks simply one in every of numerous periods Turrentine performed in 1964, many in collaboration with organists Jimmy Smith and Shirley Scott, the latter of whom he was married to from 1960 to 1971. Turrentine died in 2000 following a stroke—he continued to play music, with a particular eye in direction of soul-jazz fusion, up till the late Nineteen Nineties.
In Reminiscence Of is the newest of Turrentine’s works to hitch the Blue Observe Tone Poet Collection, launched in 2019 by the producer and “Tone Poet” Joe Harley, who handpicks each report reissued within the collection. Beforehand-featured Turrentine information embrace That’s The place It’s At, Tough ‘N Tumble, Comin’ Your Method and Mr. Pure. Current artists highlighted within the collection embrace Chet Baker, Duke Ellington, Bobby Hutcherson, Dexter Gordon, Hank Mobley, and Child Face Willette.
Store Stanely Turrentine’s music on vinyl right here.
