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Common Touch

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Released
  
September 1969

Length
  
39:30 original LP

Producer
  
Francis Wolff

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Blue Note BST 84315

Recorded
  
August 30, 1968 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Common Touch is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine featuring Shirley Scott recorded for the Blue Note label in 1968 and performed by Turrentine with Shirley Scott, Jimmy Ponder, Bob Cranshaw and Leo Morris. The CD reissue added one bonus track recorded in a different session and originally released on Ain't No Way (LT 1095, 1980). The other four tracks from said, out of print LP may be found on the CD reissue of Easy Walker.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow, awarded the album 3 stars and states "Although not essential (no one seems to sweat much and none of the tempos are above a slow-medium pace), this lazy date has its pleasurable moments".

Track listing

All compositions by Stanley Turrentine except as indicated
  1. "Buster Brown" - 5:25
  2. "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) - 5:55
  3. "Lonely Avenue" (Doc Pomus) - 8:07
  4. "Boogaloo" (Shirley Scott) - 6:25
  5. "Common Touch" - 6:21
  6. "Living Through It All" - 7:17
  7. "Ain't No Way" (Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin) - 11:03 Bonus track on CD

Recorded on May 10, 1968 (7) and August 30, 1968 (1-6).

Personnel

  • Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
  • Shirley Scott - organ
  • Jimmy Ponder - guitar
  • Bob Cranshaw - electric bass
  • Leo Morris - drums (tracks 1-6)
  • Ray Lucas - drums (track 7)

    • References

    Common Touch Wikipedia
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