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Released
  
1977

Release date
  
1977

Label
  
Fantasy Records

Artist
  
Stanley Turrentine

Producer
  
Stanley Turrentine

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
June-July, 1977 in New York City

Nightwings (1977)
  
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Similar
  
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Stanley turrentine nightwings


Nightwings is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the Fantasy label in 1977 and featuring performances by Turrentine with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine simply stated "Large group session for Fantasy".

Track listing

  1. "Papa "T"" (Stanley Turrentine) - 7:23
  2. "If You Don't Believe" (Clarence McDonald, Deniece Williams, Fritz Baskett) - 5:48
  3. "Joao" (Tommy Turrentine) - 3:40
  4. "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul) - 5:54
  5. "There's Music In the Air" (Caiphus Semenya, Will Jennings) - 4:14
  6. "Nightwings" (Claus Ogerman) - 3:49
  7. "Don't Give Up On Us" (Ogerman) - 5:19

Personnel

  • Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
  • Randy Brecker, John Faddis, Earl Gardner, Alan Rubin, Lew Soloff - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Paul Faulise, Urbie Green, Dave Taylor - trombone
  • Brooks Tillotson - French horn
  • Jerome Ashby, Jim Buffington, John Clark, Don Corrado, Joseph De Angelis, Fred Griffen, Margaret Reill - French horn
  • Don Butterfield, Tony Price - tuba
  • Phil Bodner, Kenneth Harris, Hubert Laws, George Marge - flute
  • Paul Griffin - keyboards
  • Eric Gale, Lloyd Davis, Cornell Dupree - guitar
  • Ron Carter - bass
  • Gary King - electric bass
  • Charles Collins - drums
  • Errol "Crusher" Bennett - percussion
  • Unnamed String Section
  • Sanford Allen - concertmaster
  • Claus Ogerman - arranger, conductor

    • Songs

    1Papa "T"7:22
    2If You Don't Believe5:48
    3Joao3:40

    References

    Nightwings (Stanley Turrentine album) Wikipedia
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