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Jazz Remembered

David Keen in Canada writes: 'I think Stanley Turrentine gets real short shrift historically. He was a hugely influential player from that period and could play any bag.'

Tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine was born in Pittsburgh. His father was a saxophonist with Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans, his mother played stride piano, and his older brother Tommy Turrentine was a professional trumpet player who served stints in the big bands of Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie and Benny Carter. Stanley started out playing with blues and rhythm and blues bands, after hearing saxophonist Illinois Jacquet.

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