Stanley Turrentine – “Impressions”
Stanley Turrentine – “Sugar (Live)”
From “Sugar” : 1970 : CTI 6005
“Sugar” was Stanley Turrentine’s debut recording for CTI, a label for whom he would go on to record a string of fantastic albums. The original album only contained three tracks, while the out-of-print 1991 CD reissue added on a bonus live track of the title track (included here) which is a killer take on the album version that adds Johnny Hammond, Hubert Laws and Billy Cobham to the band [recorded at the Southgate Palace in Los Angeles in 1971]. The whole album is a showcase for Turrentine’s smoldering soul jazz saxophone sound, while Freddie Hubbard (who would record a few masterpieces for CTI) and George Benson are also in top form. The band’s take on Coltrane’s Impressions closed out the original LP in fine fashion with the players firing on all cylinders.
Players:
Stanley Turrentine – Tenor Sax
Freddie Hubbard – Trumpet
Hubert Laws – Flute (Live track only)
Lonnie Liston Smith – Electric Piano
Johnny Hammond – Electric Piano (Live track only)
George Benson – Guitar
Butch Cornell – Organ
Ron Carter – Bass
Richard “Pablo” Landrum – Congas
Billy Kaye – Drums
Billy Cobham – Drums (Live track only)
From “Sunday Night”, 1989. Stanley Turrentine – Sax, Hiram Bullock – Guitar, Philippe Saisse – Keys, Don Alias – Percussion, Tom Barney – Bass, J.T. Lewis, Drums.
