Tommy Turrentine
Tommy Turrentine | |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
Died | May 13, 1997 | (aged 69)
Genres | Jazz |
Instrument(s) | Trumpet |
Thomas Walter Turrentine, Jr. (April 22, 1928 – May 13, 1997) was a swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer who was active between the 1940s and the 1960s. He rarely worked as a bandleader, and was known for his work as a sideman with drummer Max Roach and his younger brother, the saxophonist Stanley Turrentine.[1]
Biography
Born in
While his brother had a successful career and recorded a number of albums over his lifetime, Tommy only recorded one album under his name before retiring in the 1960s. In the 1970s he lived on the ground floor of a brownstone with his wife, Jane on West 82nd Street in New York City, a street which during that period had a number of jazz luminaries living along its blocks between Broadway and Central Park, including Tommy Flanagan and Pharoah Sanders.
Tommy Turrentine was rarely active after the 1970s. In the summer of 1979, he was one of several star trumpeters (including
He died of cancer at the age of 69.
Discography
As leader
- 1960: Tommy Turrentine (Time Records, 1960) - with Stanley Turrentine, trombonist Julian Priester, pianist Horace Parlan, bassist Bob Boswell, drummer Max Roach[2]
As sideman
With Ahmed Abdul-Malik
- The Music of Ahmed Abdul-Malik (New Jazz, 1961)
- Sounds of Africa (New Jazz, 1961)
With Paul Chambers
- 1st Bassman (VeeJay, 1960)
With Sonny Clark
- Leapin' and Lopin' (Blue Note, 1961)
With Lou Donaldson
- The Natural Soul (Blue Note, 1962)
- Signifyin' (Argo, 1963)
With Booker Ervin
- The Book Cooks (Bethlehem, 1960)
With Dexter Gordon
- Landslide (Blue Note, 1961-62 [1980])
With Rufus Jones
- Five on Eight (Cameo, 1964)
With Philly Joe Jones
- Mean What You Say (Sonet, 1977)
With Abbey Lincoln
- Abbey Is Blue (Riverside, 1959)
With Jackie McLean
- A Fickle Sonance (Blue Note, 1961)
With Horace Parlan
- Speakin' My Piece (Blue Note, 1960)
- On the Spur of the Moment (Blue Note 1961)
With John Patton
- Blue John (Blue Note, 1963)
With Max Roach
- Quiet as It's Kept (Mercury, 1959)
- Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (Mercury, 1959)
- Long as You're Living (Enja, 1960 [1984])
- Parisian Sketches (Mercury, 1960)
With Archie Shepp
- Mama Too Tight (Impulse!, 1966)
With Sun Ra
- Blue Delight (A&M, 1989)
With Stanley Turrentine
- Comin' Your Way (Blue Note, 1961)
- Jubilee Shout!!! (Blue Note, 1962)
- A Bluish Bag (Blue Note, 1967)
- The Man with the Sad Face (Fantasy, 1976)