Tommy Turrentine

Thomas Walter Turrentine Jr. (April 22, 1928 – May 13, 1997) was a swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer who was active between the 1940s and the 1960s. He rarely worked as a bandleader, and was known for his work as a sideman with drummer Max Roach and his younger brother, the saxophonist Stanley Turrentine.

Biography Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

As sideman

With Ahmed Abdul-Malik The Music of Ahmed Abdul-Malik (New Jazz, 1961) Sounds of Africa (New Jazz, 1961) With Paul Chambers 1st Bassman (VeeJay, 1960) With Sonny Clark Leapin' and Lopin' (Blue Note, 1961) With Lou Donaldson The Natural Soul (Blue Note, 1962) Signifyin' (Argo, 1963) With Booker Ervin The Book Cooks (Bethlehem, 1960) With Dexter Gordon Landslide (Blue Note, 1961-62 ) With Rufus Jones Five on Eight (Cameo, 1964) With Philly Joe Jones Mean What You Say (Sonet, 1977) With Abbey Lincoln Abbey Is Blue (Riverside, 1959) With Jackie McLean A Fickle Sonance (Blue Note, 1961) With Horace Parlan Speakin' My Piece (Blue Note, 1960) On the Spur of the Moment (Blue Note 1961) With John Patton Blue John (Blue Note, 1963) With Max Roach Quiet as It's Kept (Mercury, 1959) Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (Mercury, 1959) Long as You're Living (Enja, 1960 ) Parisian Sketches (Mercury, 1960) With Archie Shepp Mama Too Tight (Impulse!, 1966) With Sun Ra Blue Delight (A&M, 1989) With Stanley Turrentine Comin' Your Way (Blue Note, 1961) Jubilee Shout!!! (Blue Note, 1962) A Bluish Bag (Blue Note, 1967) The Man with the Sad Face (Fantasy, 1976)