Common Touch
Common Touch | ||||
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Studio album by Stanley Turrentine featuring Shirley Scott | ||||
Released | September 1969[1] | |||
Recorded | August 30, 1968 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 39:30 original LP | |||
Label | Blue Note BST 84315 | |||
Producer | Francis Wolff | |||
Stanley Turrentine chronology | ||||
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Shirley Scott chronology | ||||
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Common Touch is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine featuring Shirley Scott recorded for the Blue Note label in 1968 and performed by Turrentine with Shirley Scott, Jimmy Ponder, Bob Cranshaw and Leo Morris.[2] The CD reissue added one bonus track recorded in a different session and originally released on Ain't No Way (LT 1095, 1980). The other four tracks may be found on the CD reissue of Easy Walker.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow, awarded the album 3 stars and states "Although not essential (no one seems to sweat much and none of the tempos are above a slow-medium pace), this lazy date has its pleasurable moments".[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Stanley Turrentine except as noted
- "Buster Brown" - 5:25
- "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) - 5:55
- "Lonely Avenue" (Doc Pomus) - 8:07
- "Boogaloo" (Shirley Scott) - 6:25
- "Common Touch" - 6:21
- "Living Through It All" - 7:17
- "Ain't No Way" (Carolyn Franklin) - 11:03 Bonus track on CD
Recorded on May 10, 1968 (7) and August 30, 1968 (1-6).
Personnel
- Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
- Shirley Scott - organ
- Jimmy Ponder - guitar
- Bob Cranshaw - electric bass
- Leo Morris - drums (tracks 1–6)
- Ray Lucas - drums (track 7)
References
- v
- t
- e
or co-leader
- Blue Hour (and The Three Sounds, 1960)
- Look Out! (1960)
- Stan "The Man" Turrentine (1960)
- Comin' Your Way (1961)
- Up at "Minton's" (1961)
- ZT's Blues (1961)
- That's Where It's At (1962)
- Jubilee Shout!!! (1962)
- In Memory Of (1964)
- Mr. Natural (1964)
- Joyride (1965)
- Rough 'n' Tumble (1966)
- Easy Walker (1966–69)
- The Spoiler (1966)
- A Bluish Bag (1967)
- The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)
- The Look of Love (1968)
- Always Something There (1968)
- Another Story (1969)
- Sugar (1970)
- Gilberto with Turrentine (with Astrud Gilberto, 1971)
- Salt Song (1971)
- The Sugar Man (1971)
- Cherry (1972)
- Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973)
- In Concert Volume Two (Freddie Hubbard & Stanley Turrentine album) (and Freddie Hubbard, 1973)
- Don't Mess with Mister T. (1973)
- Pieces of Dreams (1974)
- Have You Ever Seen the Rain (1975)
- In the Pocket (1975)
- Everybody Come On Out (1976)
- The Man with the Sad Face (1976)
- Nightwings (1977)
- Tender Togetherness (1981)
- Straight Ahead (1984)
- Wonderland (1986)
Shirley Scott
- Hip Soul (session led by Scott, 1961)
- Hip Twist (Scott, 1961)
- Dearly Beloved (1962)
- The Soul Is Willing (Scott, 1963)
- A Chip off the Old Block (1963)
- Never Let Me Go (1963)
- Soul Shoutin' (Scott, 1963)
- Blue Flames (joint leaders, 1964)
- Everybody Loves a Lover (Scott, 1964)
- Hustlin' (1964)
- Let It Go (1966)
- Queen of the Organ (Scott, 1966)
- Common Touch (1968)
- Soul Song (1968)
Max Roach
- Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (1959)
- Quiet as It's Kept (1959)
- Long as You're Living (1960)
- Parisian Sketches (1960)
- Freedom (Kenny Burrell, 1963–64)
- Midnight Blue (Kenny Burrell, 1963)
- I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd, 1964)
- Up with Donald Byrd (1964)
- With the Tenors of Our Time (Roy Hargrove, 1994)
- Life Flight (Freddie Hubbard, 1987)
- Flight to Jordan (Duke Jordan, 1960)
- Only Trust Your Heart (Diana Krall, 1994)
- Abbey Is Blue (Abbey Lincoln, 1959)
- Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann, 1961)
- Electric Funk (Jimmy McGriff, 1969)
- Speakin' My Piece (Horace Parlan, 1960)
- On the Spur of the Moment (Horace Parlan, 1961)
- The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967)
- Easy Living/Congo Lament (Ike Quebec, 1962)
- Comin' On! (Dizzy Reece, 1960)
- Serenade to a Soul Sister (Horace Silver, 1968)
- Back at the Chicken Shack (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
- Midnight Special (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
- Prayer Meetin' (Jimmy Smith, 1961)
- A.T.'s Delight (Art Taylor, 1960)