On a Misty Night: Have You Ever Seen the Rain/Use the Stairs

Performer: Stanley Turrentine
Artist: Freddie Hubbard; Ron Carter; Cedar Walton; Jack DeJohnette; Grady Tate; Gene Bertoncini; Patrice Rushen
Engineer: Don Cody; Frank Kejmar; Tony May
Distributor: Ryko Distribution

Notes: Contains 2 LPs on 1 CD: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN (1975)/USE THE STAIRS (1980). Personnel includes: Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone); Gene Page, Wade Marcus (arranger, conductor); Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Cedar Walton (piano); Patrice Rushen (keyboards); Gene Bertoncini (acoustic & electric guitars); Ron Carter (bass); Jack DeJohnette, Grady Tate (drums). Producers: Gene Page, Billy Page, Stanley Turrentine. Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California and Aura REcording, New York, New York in July 1975 and March-April 1980. Personnel: Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone); Jackie Ward, Jim Gilstrap, John Lehman, Marti McCall (vocals); David T. Walker, Jay Graydon (guitar); Gene Bertoncini (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Harvey Estrin (flute, soprano saxophone); Phil Bodner (clarinet, oboe, English horn, alto saxophone); Walter Kane (clarinet, bassoon, tenor saxophone); Henry Freeman (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Wilder, Jon Faddis (trumpet, flugelhorn); Brooks Tillotson, William Hamilton, Paul Ingraham, Vincent DeRosa, John Clark , Sharon Moe (French horn); Dave Bargeron, Keith O'Quinn (trombone); Don Butterfield (tuba); Cedar Walton (piano); Patrice Rushen (keyboards); Clark Spangler (synthesizer); Grady Tate, Jack DeJohnette (drums); Eddie "Bongo" Brown (congas); Rubens Bassini (percussion). Audio Mixer: Tony May. Audio Remasterer: Kirk Felton. Audio Remixers: Don Cody; Sy Mitchell. Recording information: Aura Recording Inc., NY (07/1975-04/1980); Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA (07/1975-04/1980); Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA (07/1975-04/1980). Photographer: Phil Bray. Arrangers: Gene Page; Kim Richmond; Tommy Turrentine; Wade Marcus. Two former LPs are completely reissued on this single CD. The first set, Have You Ever Seen the Rain, was recorded in 1975 shortly after tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine left the CTI label, and it is a rather commercial effort despite a couple appearances by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. Mr. T. plays well, as always, but the arrangements by Gene Page for an expanded rhythm section, strings, and voices are quite forgettable and Turrentine is unable to uplift the music much. The second album, 1980's Use the Stairs, has Turrentine with a big band arranged by Wade Marcus, and is more jazz-oriented, with the highlights including "The Lamp Is Low," "On a Misty Night," and "Jordu." But one should acquire Stanley Turrentine's earlier Blue Note and CTI recordings first, for those let him cut loose much more than most of his Fantasy albums. ~ Scott Yanow

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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