Speaking of CTI Records… There are two sides to Stanley Turrentine. One we touched on before with our review of Blue Hour was his stint at Blue Note during the early 60s where he contributed his warm, breathy sax tone to countless jazz classics. The other side of Turrentine was his work at CTI records [...]
Originally released in 1960, Stanley Turrentine’s Blue Hour was a fantastic album that featured some of the bluest jazz ever recorded. After several decades we finally get to hear the rest of what went down during those spectacular sessions with Blue Hour: The Complete Sessions. I had been intrigued by this album for quite some [...]