The Return of the Prodigal Son (album)

Released May 13, 2008 Artist Stanley Turrentine Producer Alfred Lion Genre Jazz		Length 58:50 Release date 13 May 2008 Label Blue Note Records

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

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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

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Reception
Track listing
Personnel
Production
Songs
References

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.

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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

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

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