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Straight Ahead (Stanley Turrentine album)

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Released
  
1985

Artist
  
Stanley Turrentine

Producer
  
Stanley Turrentine

Genre
  
Jazz

Straight Ahead (1985)
  
Wonderland (1970)

Release date
  
1985

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Straight Ahead (Stanley Turrentine album) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaen558Str

Recorded
  
November 24 & December 7, 1984

Similar
  
That's Where It's At, Never Let Me Go, A Bluish Bag, Sugar

Stanley turrentine straight ahead


Straight Ahead is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, his first recorded for the Blue Note label since Another Story in 1969, featuring four performances by Turrentine with Jimmy Smith, George Benson, Ron Carter, and Jimmy Madison and two tracks with Les McCann, Jimmy Ponder, Peter Brown, and Gerrick King.

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Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars and states "Great combination of musicians as on earlier cookers, but time has passed — it does not come off. Pleasant enough though, but lacks high spots".

Track listing

All compositions by Stanley Turrentine except as indicated
  1. "Plum" - 6:09
  2. "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones) - 8:03
  3. "Other Side of Time" - 5:25
  4. "Straight Ahead" - 6:25
  5. "The Longer You Wait" (Les McCann, Jon Hendricks) - 8:58
  6. "Ah Rio" - 4:54
  • Recorded at Power Play Studios, Long Island City, NY on November 24, 1984 (tracks 5 & 6) and Sigma Sound Studios, NYC on December 7, 1984 (tracks 1-4).

    • Personnel

  • Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Smith - organ (tracks 1-4)
  • George Benson - electric guitar (tracks 1-4)
  • Ron Carter - bass (tracks 1-4)
  • Jimmy Madison - drums (tracks 1-4)
  • Les McCann - piano, electric piano (tracks 5 & 6)
  • Jimmy Ponder - electric guitar (tracks 5 7 6)
  • Peter Brown - electric bass (tracks 5 & 6)
  • Gerrick King drums (tracks 5 & 6)

    • Songs

    1Plum6:09
    2A Child Is Born8:03
    3Other Side Of Time5:25

    References

    Straight Ahead (Stanley Turrentine album) Wikipedia
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