- Never Let Me Go (Stanley Turrentine album)
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Never Let Me Go Studio album by Stanley Turrentine Released 1963 Recorded January 18 & February 13, 1963 Genre Jazz Length 45:28 Label Blue Note Producer Alfred Lion Stanley Turrentine chronology Jubilee Shout!!!
(1962)Never Let Me Go
(1963)Soul Shoutin'
(1963)Never Let Me Go is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the Blue Note label and performed by Turrentine with Shirley Scott, Major Holley, Ray Barretto, and Al Harewood with Sam Jones and Clarence Johnston replacing Holley, Barretto and Harewood on two tracks.[1]
Contents
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [2] The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and calls it "massive and bright, saturated in deep soul and blues... It's a stunner".[3]
Track listing
- All compositions by Stanley Turrentine except as indicated
- "Trouble" (Harold Logan, Lloyd Price) - 5:58
- "God Bless the Child" (Arthur Herzog, Billie Holiday) - 3:56
- "Sara's Dance" - 6:14
- "Without a Song" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) - 5:28
- "Major's Minor" (Shirley Scott, Turrentine) - 6:21
- "Never Let Me Go" (Scott) - 4:55
- "You'll Never Get Away from Me" (Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne) - 6:08
- "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 6:31 Bonus track on CD
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- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on January 18, 1963 (tracks 6 & 8) and February 13, 1963 (tracks 1-5 & 7).
Personnel
- Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
- Shirley Scott - organ
- Major Holley (tracks 1-5 & 7), Sam Jones (tracks 6 & 8) - bass
- Al Harewood (tracks 1-5 & 7), Clarence Johnston (tracks 6 & 8) - drums
- Ray Baretto - Congas
Production
References
- ^ Stanley Turrentine discography accessed January 5, 2010.
- ^ Allmusic Review
- ^ Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed January 5, 2010.
Categories:- 1963 albums
- Stanley Turrentine albums
- Blue Note Records albums
- Albums produced by Alfred Lion
- Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
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