Renamed
Turning Point upon one of its reissues, this quartet set for tenor saxophonist
Benny Golson was the beginning of the close of an era. Within a year,
Golson would be working full-time as a writer in the studios, and he de-emphasized his playing until making a comeback in the late 1970s.
Golson is heard on this LP for one of the last times playing in his original
Don Byas/
Lucky Thompson-influenced style. Joined by pianist
Wynton Kelly, bassist
Paul Chambers and drummer
Jimmy Cobb,
Golson performs two originals, plus five superior standards, including "How Am I To Know," "Three Little Words" and "Alone Together." A rewarding but sadly out-of-print set. ~ Scott Yanow