For fans ready to graduate from
Stanley Turrentine's many fine Blue Note sets, this excellent mid-'60s date on Impulse should be the perfect option. Joined by then-wife
Shirley Scott on organ,
Turrentine revels in a fine array of medium cookers, three of which came from his own pen. The covers are just as impressive, including a clutch of late-night blues and ballads from the standards canon ("Time After Time") and the
Ellington ("The Feeling of Jazz") and
Basie catalogs ("Sent for You Yesterday"). And making it all swing in the pocket,
Turrentine and
Scott get top-drawer support from bassists
Ron Carter and
Bob Cranshaw and drummers
Mack Simpkins and
Otis Finch. Enjoy.