Tommy Turrentine Tommy Turrentine Artist

When he recorded this album, his lone date as a leader, trumpeter {|Tommy Turrentine|} (who was a member of {|Max Roach|}'s group along with his brother, the soon-to-be famous tenor {|Stanley Turrentine|}) seemed to have a potentially great future. U... Read more

When he recorded this album, his lone date as a leader, trumpeter {|Tommy Turrentine|} (who was a member of {|Max Roach|}'s group along with his brother, the soon-to-be famous tenor {|Stanley Turrentine|}) seemed to have a potentially great future. Unfortunately, ill health would eventually force his retirement. {|Turrentine|}'s set for {|Time|} (which has been reissued on CD by {|Bainbridge|}) actually features the musicians of {|Roach|}'s quintet (including brother {|Stanley|}, trombonist {|Julian Priester|}, bassist {|Bob Boswell|}, and {|Roach|} himself) plus pianist {|Horace Parlan|}. The trumpeter contributed five of the seven songs (which are joined by {|Horace Parlan|}'s {|Blues for J.P.|} and {|Bud Powell|}'s {|Webb City|}) on this fine straight-ahead {|hard bop|} set. All of the musicians play up to par and the results are swinging and fit securely into the modern mainstream of the time. ~ Scott Yanow Less