Stanley Turrentine was just beginning to turn heads in jazz circles in the early '60s when he made an appearance at Minton's with guitarist
Grant Green, pianist
Horace Parlan, bassist
George Tucker, and drummer
Al Harewood. The group mixes hard bop with funk and soul jazz;
Turrentine's tone, sound, and pacing are good, although he wasn't yet the master at ballads he would be later in his career. Standards and a couple of blues make up the repertoire, giving listeners a definitive look at the soulful
Mr. T. near the beginning of his productive musical life.