Stanley Turrentine

Stanley William Turrentine, also known as "Mr. T" or "The Sugar Man", (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

Biography
Turrentine was born in Pittsburgh's Hill District into a musical family. His father, Thomas Turrentine, Sr., was a saxophonist with Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans, his mother played stride piano, and his older brother Tommy Turrentine also became a professional trumpet player.

He began his prolific career with blues and rhythm and blues bands, and was at first greatly influenced by Illinois Jacquet. In the 1950s, he went on to play with the groups of Lowell Fulson, Earl Bostic, and at the turn of the decade, Max Roach.

Turrentine received his only formal musical training during his military stint in the mid-'50s. In 1959, he jumped from the frying pan into the fire when he left the military and went straight into the band of the great drummer Max Roach.

He married the organist Shirley Scott in 1960 and the two frequently played and recorded together. In the 1960s, he started working with organist Jimmy Smith, and made many soul jazz recordings both with Smith and as a leader.

In the 1970s, after his professional split and divorce from Scott, Turrentine turned to jazz fusion and signed for Creed Taylor's CTI label. His first album for CTI, Sugar proved one of his biggest successes and a seminal recording for the label. He worked with Freddie Hubbard, Milt Jackson, George Benson, Bob James, Richard Tee, Idris Muhammad, Ron Carter, Grant Green and Eric Gale, to name a few. He returned to soul jazz in the 1980s and into the 1990s.

Turrentine lived in Fort Washington, Maryland from the early 90s until his death.

He died of a stroke in New York City on September 12, 2000 and is buried in Pittsburgh's Allegheny Cemetery.

As leader

 * Blue Note Records
 * 1960  Look Out!
 * 1960  Blue Hour (with The Three Sounds)
 * 1961  Comin' Your Way
 * 1961  Up at "Minton's"
 * 1961  Dearly Beloved
 * 1961  ZT's Blues
 * 1962  ''That's Where It's At
 * 1962  Jubilee Shout!!!
 * 1963  Never Let Me Go
 * 1963  A Chip Off the Old Block
 * 1964  Hustlin'
 * 1964  In Memory Of
 * 1964  Mr. Natural
 * 1965  Joyride
 * 1966  Rough 'n' Tumble
 * 1966  Easy Walker
 * 1966  The Spoiler
 * 1967  A Bluish Bag
 * 1967  The Return of the Prodigal Son
 * 1968  The Look of Love
 * 1968  Common Touch
 * 1968  Always Something There
 * 1969  Another Story
 * 1984  Straight Ahead
 * 1986  Wonderland
 * 1989  La Place
 * 1993  Ballads


 * CTI Records
 * 1970  Sugar
 * 1971  The Sugar Man - (released in 1975)
 * 1971  Salt Song
 * 1972  Cherry  (with Milt Jackson)
 * 1973  Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine In Concert Volume One
 * 1973  In Concert Volume Two
 * 1973  Don't Mess with Mister T.


 * Fantasy Records
 * 1974  Pieces of Dreams
 * 1975  In the Pocket
 * 1975  Have You Ever Seen the Rain
 * 1976  Everybody Come on Out
 * 1977  Nightwings
 * 1977  West Side Highway
 * 1978  What About You!
 * 1980  Use the Stairs


 * Other labels
 * 1966  Let It Go (Impulse!)
 * 1965  Tiger Tail (Mainstream Records)
 * 1960  Stan "The Man" Turrentine (Bainbridge)
 * 1976  Man with the Sad Face - Bainbridge (orig. released on Fantasy Recs.)
 * 1977  Love's Finally Found Me - Classic World
 * 1979  Soothsayer - Elektra
 * 1979  Betcha - Elektra
 * 1980  Inflation - Elektra
 * 1981  Tender Togetherness - Elektra
 * 1983  Home Again - Elektra
 * 1991  The Look of Love - Huub
 * 1992  More than a Mood - Music Masters
 * 1993  If I Could - Music Masters
 * 1995  Three of a Kind Meet Mr. T - Minor Music
 * 1995  T Time - Music Masters
 * 1995  Time - Music Masters
 * 1999  Do You Have Any Sugar? - Concord Jazz

As sideman
With Kenny Burrell With Donald Byrd With Georgie Fame With Astrud Gilberto With Roy Hargrove With Gene Harris With Freddie Hubbard With Duke Jordan With Diana Krall With Abbey Lincoln With Les McCann With Jimmy McGriff With David "Fathead" Newman With Horace Parlan With Duke Pearson With Ike Quebec With Dizzy Reece With Max Roach With Mongo Santamaria With Shirley Scott With Marlena Shaw With Horace Silver With Jimmy Smith With Art Taylor With Tommy Turrentine
 * 1963: Midnight Blue (Blue Note)
 * 1964: Freedom (Blue Note)
 * 1964: Up with Donald Byrd (Verve)
 * 1964: I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Blue Note)
 * 1996: The Blues and Me (Go Jazz)
 * 1971: Gilberto with Turrentine (CTI)
 * 1993: With the Tenors of Our Time (Verve)
 * 1985: Gene Harris Trio Plus One (Concord Jazz)
 * 1987: Life Flight (Blue Note)
 * 1960: Flight to Jordan (Blue Note)
 * 1994 Only Trust Your Heart (GRP)
 * 1959: Abbey Is Blue (Riverside)
 * 1991: Devil's Got Your Tongue (Verve)
 * 1961: Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Pacific Jazz)
 * 1969: Electric Funk (Blue Note)
 * 1988: Fire! Live at the Village Vanguard (Atlantic)
 * 1960: Speakin' My Piece (Blue Note)
 * 1961: On the Spur of the Moment (Blue Note)
 * 1965: The Right Touch (Blue Note)
 * 1962: Easy Living (Blue Note)
 * 1960: Comin' On! (Blue Note)
 * 1959: Quiet as It's Kept (Mercury)
 * 1959: Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (Mercury)
 * 1960: Long as You're Living (Enja)
 * 1960: Parisian Sketches (Mercury)
 * 1970: Mongo's Way (Atlantic)
 * 1961: Hip Soul (Prestige)
 * 1961: Hip Twist (Prestige)
 * 1963: The Soul Is Willing (Prestige)
 * 1963: Soul Shoutin' (Prestige)
 * 1964: Blue Flames (Prestige)
 * 1964: Everybody Loves a Lover (Impulse!)
 * 1964: Queen of the Organ (Impulse!)
 * 1968: Soul Song (Atlantic)
 * 1997: Elemental Soul (Concord Jazz)
 * 1968: Serenade to a Soul Sister (Blue Note)
 * 1960: Midnight Special (Blue Note)
 * 1960: Back at the Chicken Shack (Blue Note)
 * 1961: Prayer Meetin' (Blue Note)
 * 1968: Stay Loose (Verve)
 * 1982: Off the Top (Elektra/Musician)
 * 1986: Go Fot Watcha Know (Blue Note)
 * 1990: Fourmost (Milestone)
 * 1960: A.T.'s Delight (Blue Note)
 * 1960: Tommy Turrentine with Stanley Turrentine (Time)