When he recorded this album, his lone date as a leader, trumpeter
Tommy Turrentine (who was a member of Max Roach's group along with his brother, the soon-to-be famous tenor
Stanley Turrentine) seemed to have a potentially great future. Unfortunately, ill health would eventually force his retirement. Turrentine's set for Time (which has been reissued on CD by Bainbridge) actually features the musicians of
Roach's quintet (including brother
Stanley, trombonist
Julian Priester, bassist
Bob Boswell, and
Roach himself) plus pianist
Horace Parlan. The trumpeter contributed five of the seven songs (which are joined by
Horace Parlan's "Blues for J.P." and Bud Powell's "Webb City") on this fine straight-ahead hard bop set. All of the musicians play up to par and the results are swinging and fit securely into the modern mainstream of the time. ~ Scott Yanow