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Released
  
1976

The Man with the Sad Face (1976)
  
Nightwings (1977)

Release date
  
1976

Label
  
Fantasy Records

Length
  
34:04

Artist
  
Stanley Turrentine

Producer
  
Stanley Turrentine

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
August 25-28 & September 27-28, 1976 at Generation Sound Studios, New York City

Similar
  
Nightwings, Everybody Come On Out, In the Pocket, Pieces of Dreams, Comin' Your Way

The Man with the Sad Face is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the Fantasy label in 1976 and featuring performances by Turrentine with an orchestra arranged and conducted by David Van De Pitte. The album consists of Turrentine's versions of many current pop and disco hits.

Contents

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Reception

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

Track listing

  1. "Evil Ways" (Clarence "Sonny" Henry) - 4:37
  2. "Man with the Sad Face" (Henry) - 4:21
  3. "Ligia" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) - 5:50
  4. "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff) - 5:20
  5. "I Want You" (Arthur Ross, Leon Ware) - 3:39
  6. "Whatever Possessed Me" (Tadd Dameron) - 5:35
  7. "Love Hangover" (Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer) - 3:48
  8. "Mighty High" (David Crawford, Richard Downing) - 0:54

Personnel

  • Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
  • Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Tommy Turrentine - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Wayne Andre, Tom Malone, Barry Rogers - trombone
  • Peter Phillips - bass trombone
  • Jim Buffington, Bob Carlisle - French horn
  • George Young - alto saxophone, flute, bass flute, piccolo
  • Lew Del Gatto - baritone saxophone, English horn, flute, oboe
  • Dave Carey - vibraphone (tracks 3, 5 & 7)
  • Paul Griffin - piano, electric piano
  • John Miller - piano (tracks 2 & 6)
  • Richard Trifan - synthesizer (tracks 1, 5 & 7)
  • Cornell Dupree, Eric Gale - guitar
  • Ron Carter (tracks 2 & 3), Buster Williams (track 6) - bass
  • Bob Babbitt - electric bass
  • Charles Collins - drums
  • Idris Muhammad - drums (tracks 2 & 6)
  • Errol "Crusher" Bennett - congas, percussion
  • Julius Brand, Norman Carr, Peter Dimitriades, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Guy Lumia, Joseph Malignaggi, Gene Orloff, Raoul Poliakin, Tony Posk, Aaron Rosand - violin
  • La Mar Aslop, Julien Barber, Theodore Israel, Richard Maximoff, Mitsue Takayama - viola
  • Maurice Bialkin, Ted Hoyle, Jesse Levy, Anthony Sophos - cello
  • Gene Orloff - concertmaster
  • David Van De Pitte - arranger, conductor
  • Vivian Cherry, Lani Groves, Maeretha Stewart, Kenny Williams - backing vocals

    • Songs

    1Evil Ways4:37
    2The Man With The Sad Face4:21
    3Ligia5:50

    References

    The Man with the Sad Face Wikipedia
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