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The Return of the Prodigal Son (album)

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Released
  
May 13, 2008

Artist
  
Stanley Turrentine

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
58:50

Release date
  
13 May 2008

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
June 23, 1967 (#1-6) July 28, 1967 (#7-10) Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)
  
The Look of Love (1968)

Similar
  
Stanley Turrentine albums, Jazz albums

The Return of the Prodigal Son is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine consisting of two sessions recorded for the Blue Note label in 1967 and arranged by Duke Pearson featuring McCoy Tyner

Contents

Tracks 1, 4, 6 were originally issued on New Time Shuffle (1979, LT 993), along with tracks 1 and 3-5 from A Bluish Bag. Tracks 2-3 and 5 had previously been issued on the collection Stanley Turrentine (1975, BN-LA 394-2), whilst track 9 was released in 1995 on The Lost Grooves.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars and states "While hitting up a handful of the pop tunes of the day, Turrentine shows he is interested in and capable of tackling more modern compositions... this represents a prelude to the success that would deservedly come his way".

Track listing

  1. "Return of the Prodigal Son" (Harold Ousley) - 6:36
  2. "Pres Delight" [aka "Flying Jumbo"] (Turrentine) - 7:06
  3. "Bonita" (Gene Lees, Ray Gilbert, Antonio Carlos Jobim) - 6:10
  4. "New Time Shuffle" (Joe Sample) - 5:55
  5. "Better Luck Next Time" (Irving Berlin) - 5:18
  6. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 4:36
  7. "Dr. Feelgood" (Aretha Franklin, Ted White) - 5:41
  8. "The Look of Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 6:02
  9. "You Want Me to Stop Loving You" (Wild Bill Davis) - 5:28
  10. "Dr. Feelgood" [Alternate Take] - 5:58

Personnel

  • Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
  • McCoy Tyner - piano
  • Duke Pearson - organ, arranger
  • Garnett Brown - trombone
  • Joe Shepley, Marvin Stamm - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1-6)
  • Blue Mitchell - trumpet (tracks 7-10)
  • Julian Priester - trombone (tracks 1-6)
  • Al Gibbons - alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet (tracks 1-6)
  • James Spaulding - alto saxophone, flute (tracks 7-10)
  • Joe Farrell - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1-6)
  • Mario Rivera - baritone saxophone (tracks 1-6)
  • Bob Cranshaw - bass
  • Ray Lucas - drums
  • Richard Landrum - congas, bongos, tambourine (tracks 7-10)
  • Production

  • Alfred Lion - producer
  • Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
  • Songs

    1Return of the Prodigal Son6:37
    2Pres Delight (Flying Jumbo)7:07
    3Bonita6:10

    References

    The Return of the Prodigal Son (album) Wikipedia