The Best of Mr. T

Performer: Stanley Turrentine
Producer: Gene Page; Page V.; Orrin Keepnews; Stanley Turrentine; Billy Page
Distributor: Ryko Distribution

Notes: Personnel includes: Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Joe Sample, Cedar Walton (piano), Patrice Rushen (keyboards), Lee Ritenour, Cornell Dupree, Eric Gale, Ray Parker, Jr. (guitars), Ron Carter (bass), Jack DeJohnette, Harvey Mason (drums), Paul Griffin. Personnel: Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone); Cornell Dupree, David T. Walker, Dean Parks, Eric Gale, Craig McMullen, Jay Graydon, Lee Ritenour , Ray Parker, Jr. (guitar); Lloyd Davis (electric guitar); Richard Trifan (strings, horns, synthesizer); Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Dwilli Gonga (horns, synthesizer); Paul Griffin (piano, electric piano, keyboards); Joe Sample (electric piano); Patrice Rushen (keyboards); Clark Spangler (synthesizer); Ron Carter (acoustic bass); Bob Babbitt, Gary King, Paul Jackson (electric bass); Charles Colloins, Grady Tate, Harvey Mason, Sr. , Jack DeJohnette, Ed Moore (drums); Bill Summers (congas, bongos, percussion); Crusher Bennett (congas, percussion); Joe Clayton, Eddie "Bongo" Brown (congas); Gary Coleman (percussion); David Carey (background vocals). Liner Note Author: Gene Santoro. Recording information: 1974-1980. Unknown Contributor Roles: Cornell Dupree; Eric Gale; Freddie Hubbard; Harvey Mason, Sr. ; Jack DeJohnette; Joe Sample; Lee Ritenour ; Patrice Rushen; Ron Carter ; Paul Griffin ; Cedar Walton. Arrangers: Claus Ogerman; Wade Marcus; David Van De Pitte. Selection of tunes from Turrentine's '70s output from: Everybody Come on Out, The Man with the Sad Face, West Side Highway, Pieces of Dreams, Nightwings, Have You Ever Seen the Rain, and Use the Stairs. ~ Michael Erlewine

Tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine possesses a big, slightly raw tone, and a powerful sense of swing, but is also quite at home with subtle expressions of tenderness. He achieved considerable success in the '60s working live and recording with Jimmy Smith and later, Shirley Scott. Together, they provided some of the finest examples of the tenor/organ soul-funk-jazz approach.

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