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Artist: Stanley Turrentine
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Stanley Turrentine:

Don't Mess with Mister T

Stanley Turrentine's 'Don t Mess with Mister T' rose to #2 on the 1975 Billboard jazz chart and was another artistic triumph for the sax legend in his year with CTI Records. What first leaps out and grabs the listener's attention is Turrentine's sweet yet muscular sound, which suggests Johnny Hodges more than the classic Swing tenors. Turrentine'sflexible voice can deepen to a resonant honk, soar into one of the most piercingly full-throated cries in jazz, and broaden to a thick, sensuous vibrato on ballads. He tends to play on top of the beat, making for a deep, trancelike groove, and his phrasing draws on both modern jazz and R&B. Angular lines alternate with timeless blues phraseology.

65 New 'ON' this week: 108 Total
SYND: PRI/Jazz After Hours
Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Wash DC, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Miami, Atlanta, San Diego, Seattle, Baltimore, Houston, Denver, Detroit, Portland, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Orlando, Sacramento, Indianapolis, Louisville, Long Island NY, Memphis, San Antonio, Salt Lake, Toronto
Online: Taintradio, DMX, Jazzweekly.com
Stanley Turrentine:

Sugar (CTI: 40th Anniversary Ed)

Sugar is a bluesy soul-jazz classic, represented here, on this remastered edition, in both studio and live versions. Butch Cornell's "Sunshine Alley" is solid, and John Coltrane's "Impressions" is given an impressive soul-jazz treatment. ("Gibraltar" was cut from the original track list, but it can be found on another CTI release, "Salt Song".) There's a lot of great jamming here, featuring Stanley Turrentine, Freddie Hubbard, and George Benson as primary soloists. Rudy Van Gelder ably imparted the trademark CTI studio sheen on this recording without compromising the essential grit of the performances.

27 New 'ON' this week: 28 Total
Synd:
PRI: Jazz After Hours, VOA
Direct: SiriusXM
Markets include: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Baltimore, St. Louis, Portland, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Memphis
Online: MOJA, Taintradio, RadioIO

Stanley Turrentine:

Salt Song (CTI: 40th Anniversary Ed)

AllMusic.com hails Stanley Turrentine's Salt Song with arrangements by the Grammy-winning Eumir Deodato as "another fine, eclectic outing that falls squarely into the signature CTI fusion sound: smooth but not slick, accessible but not simplistic... All in all, Salt Song has dated well, partly because the arrangements don't overemphasize electric piano, but mostly on the strength of Turrentine's always-soulful playing."

15 New 'ON' this week: 57 Total
SYND: PRI/Jazz After Hours
Direct: SiriusXM
Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Wash DC, Minneapolis, Seattle, Miami, Atlanta, Cleveland, Baltimore, San Diego, Denver, Detroit, Portland, New Orleans, Orlando, 
Online: Taintradio