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Infobox musical artist|name = Stanley Turrentine|image =Stanley Turrentine 1976.JPG|caption = Turrentine in 1976.|image_size =|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist|birth_name =|alias =|birth_date = Birth date|1934|4|5|origin = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , United States|U.S. |death_date = Death date and age|2000|9|12|1934|4|5|instrument = Tenor saxophone |genre = Bebop , hard bop , jazz blues , soul jazz |occupation = Bandleader , composer , saxophonist |years_active = 1959–2000|label = Blue Note Records|Blue Note , Fantasy Records|Fantasy , CTI Records|CTI , Prestige Records|Prestige , Impulse& #33; Records|Impulse! |associated_acts = Shirley Scott , Tommy Turrentine , Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith , Freddie Hubbard , Kei Akagi |website =|current_members =|past_members = Stanley William Turrentine , also known as "Mr. T" or "The Sugar Man", (April 5, 1934 & ndash; September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophone|tenor saxophonist .Allmusic|class=artist|id=p7714/biography|pure_url=yes Allmusic
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Turrentine was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh 's Hill District (Pittsburgh)|Hill District into a musical family. His father, Thomas Turrentine, Sr., was a saxophonist with Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans , his mother played stride piano, and his older brother Tommy Turrentine also became a professional trumpet player.cite web |url= http://www.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archive/turrentine.html|title= NPR's Jazz Profiles: Stanley Turrentine |accessdate=2007-06-06
He began his prolific career with blues and rhythm and blues bands, and was at first greatly influenced by Illinois Jacquet . In the 1950s, he went on to play with the groups of Lowell Fulson , Earl Bostic , and at the turn of the decade, Max Roach .
Turrentine received his only formal musical training during his military stint in the mid-'50s. In 1959, he jumped from the frying pan into the fire when he left the military and went straight into the band of the great drummer Max Roach.
He married the organist Shirley Scott in 1960 and the two frequently played and recorded together. In the 1960s, he started working with organist Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith , and made many soul jazz recordings both with Smith and as a leader.
In the 1970s, after his professional split and divorce from Scott, Turrentine turned to jazz fusion and signed for Creed Taylor's CTI label. His first album for CTI, "Sugar" proved one of his biggest successes and a seminal recording for the label. He worked with Freddie Hubbard , Milt Jackson , George Benson , Bob James (musician)|Bob James , Richard Tee , Idris Muhammad , Ron Carter , Grant Green and Eric Gale , to name a few. He returned to soul jazz in the 1980s and into the 1990s.
Turrentine lived in Ft. Washington, Maryland from the early 90s until his death. He died of a stroke in New York City on September 12, 2000 and is buried in Pittsburgh's Allegheny Cemetery .cite news|url= http://www.post-gazette.com/magazine/20000913turrentine1.asp|last=Nowlin|first=Rick|date=2000-09-13|title=Obituary: Hill District-born jazz great Turrentine dies|accessdate=2007-06-06|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
1960: Tommy Turrentine with Stanley Turrentine (Time)
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http://hardbop.tripod.com/stanley.html Stanley Turrentine Hard Bop Homepage accessed March 23, 2011
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php? id=10944 Stanley Turrentine biography All About Jazz accessed January 6, 2010
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Persondata|NAME = Turrentine, Stanley |ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |SHORT DESCRIPTION = |DATE OF BIRTH = April 5, 1934 |PLACE OF BIRTH = |DATE OF DEATH = September 12, 2000 |PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Turrentine, Stanley Category:1934 births Category:2000 deaths Category:African American musicians Category:American jazz tenor saxophonists Category:Hard bop saxophonists Category:Jazz fusion saxophonists Category:Musicians from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Category:Soul-jazz saxophonists Category:Blue Note Records artists Category:Impulse& #33; Records artists Category:Fantasy Records artists
