Stanley Turrentine

Stanley Turrentine (1934-2000) was an American tenor saxophonist born in Pittsburgh. Rooted in blues and R&B, he became one of the main voices of soul jazz on Blue Note in the 1960s, often working with the organist Shirley Scott, his wife from 1960 to 1971. In the 1970s he recorded for Creed Taylor's CTI, where the album Sugar was one of his biggest successes. Turrentine grew up in a musical family: his father played saxophone with Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans and his older brother Tommy was a trumpeter who later recorded with him.