A Chip off the Old Block (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = A Chip off the Old Block
| type = Album
| artist = Stanley Turrentine
| cover = A Chip Off the Old Block (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = End of August 1964[https://books.google.com/books?id=kkUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=turrentine+Old+Block&pg=PA26 Billboard Sep 5, 1964]
| recorded = October 14 & 21, 1963
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length = 36:46
| label = Blue Note
BLP 4150
| producer = Alfred Lion
| chronology = Stanley Turrentine
| prev_title = Soul Shoutin'
| prev_year = 1963
| next_title = Hustlin'
| next_year = 1964
}}
A Chip off the Old Block is an album by American jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded on October 21, 1963 and released on Blue Note in August 1964, featuring songs written or played by bandleader Count Basie.
Background
= Recording =
The album was originally planned as a septet, but after a recording session it was decided to re-record as a slimmed-down quintet, with organist Shirley Scott, trumpeter Blue Mitchell, bassist Earl May, and drummer Al Harewood.
= Release history =
The CD reissue includes two early septet takes, with trombonist Tom McIntosh and saxophonist Charles Davis, and Ben Dixon replacing Harewood on drums.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/stanley-turrentine/catalog/#blue-note-blp-4150 Stanley Turrentine discography] accessed January 5, 2010.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}
| rev2 = Stereo Review
| rev2Score = (favourable){{cite magazine|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Audio/Archive-Stereo-Review-IDX/IDX/60s/HiFi-Stereo-Review-1964-12-OCR-Page-0108.pdf#search=%22stanley%20turrentine%22|title=Stanley Turrentine: A Chip Off the Old Block|author=Hentoff, Nat|volume=13|issue=6|page=106|date=December 1964|publisher=Stereo Review|website=americanradiohistory.com}}
}}The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos states, "The spare approach of Basie is hard to ignore, and though not essential in Turrentine's discography, it is an interesting item that showcases his lighter side positively."{{cite web|last=Nastos|first=Michael G.|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1473532|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=January 5, 2010|website=AllMusic|title=A Chip Off the Old Block - Stanley Turrentine}}
Track listing
= Original release =
{{track
| headline = Side 1
| extra_column = Date recorded
| title1 = One O'Clock Jump
| writer1 = Count Basie
| length1 = 7:51
| extra1 = October 21, 1963
| title2 = Midnight Blue
| writer2 = Neal Hefti
| length2 = 9:54
| extra2 = October 21, 1963
| title3 = Blues in Hoss' Flat
| writer3 = Basie, Frank Foster
| extra3 = October 21, 1963
| length3 = 6:42
}}
{{track
| headline = Side 2
| extra_column = Date recorded
| title1 = Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
| writer1 = Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf
| length1 = 6:17
| extra1 = October 21, 1963
| title2 = Cherry Point
| writer2 = Hefti
| extra2 = October 21, 1963
| length2 = 6:02
}}
= CD reissue =
{{track
| extra_column = Date recorded
| title1 = One O'Clock Jump
| writer1 = Count Basie
| length1 = 7:51
| extra1 = October 21, 1963
| title2 = Midnight Blue
| writer2 = Neal Hefti
| length2 = 9:54
| extra2 = October 21, 1963
| title3 = Blues in Hoss' Flat
| writer3 = Basie, Frank Foster
| length3 = 6:42
| extra3 = October 21, 1963
| title4 = Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
| writer4 = Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf
| length4 = 6:17
| extra4 = October 21, 1963
| title5 = Cherry Point
| writer5 = Hefti
| length5 = 6:02
| extra5 = October 21, 1963
| title6 = One O'Clock Jump
| note7 = first version
| writer6 = Basie
| length6 = 8:19
| extra6 = October 14, 1963
| title7 = Cherry Point
| writer7 = Hefti
| extra7 = October 14, 1963
| length7 = 7:08
}}
Personnel
= Musicians =
== October 14, 1963 ==
- Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
- Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
- Blue Mitchell – trumpet
- Tom McIntosh – trombone
- Shirley Scott – organ
- Earl May – bass
- Ben Dixon – drums
== October 21, 1963 ==
- Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
- Blue Mitchell – trumpet
- Shirley Scott – organ
- Earl May – bass
- Al Harewood – drums
= Technical personnel =
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
- Reid Miles – cover design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Leonard Feather – liner notes
References
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