Nightwings (Stanley Turrentine album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Nightwings
| type = Album
| artist = Stanley Turrentine
| cover = Nightwings (Stanley Turrentine album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1977
| recorded = June–July, 1977 in New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Fantasy F 9534
| producer = Stanley Turrentine
| chronology = Stanley Turrentine
| prev_title = The Man with the Sad Face
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = West Side Highway
| next_year = 1977
}}
Nightwings is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine.{{cite news |last1=Calloway |first1=Earl |title=Stanley Turrentine, 66 dies; Tenor saxophone jazz virtuoso |work=Chicago Defender |issue=92 |date=14 Sep 2000 |page=5}} It was recorded for the Fantasy label in 1977 and features performances by Turrentine with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/stanley-turrentine/catalog/#fantasy-f-9534 Stanley Turrentine discography] accessed April 16, 2015.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Michael Erlewine simply stated: "Large group session for Fantasy".{{AllMusic|first=Michael |last=Erlewine |class=album |id=mw0001881287 |title=Nightwings – Review |accessdate=April 16, 2015}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 194
}}
}}
Track listing
- "Papa "T"" (Stanley Turrentine) - 7:23
- "If You Don't Believe" (Clarence McDonald, Deniece Williams, Fritz Baskett) - 5:48
- "Joao" (Tommy Turrentine) - 3:40
- "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul) - 5:54
- "There's Music In the Air" (Caiphus Semenya, Will Jennings) - 4:14
- "Nightwings" (Claus Ogerman) - 3:49
- "Don't Give Up On Us" (Ogerman) - 5:19
Personnel
- Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
- Randy Brecker, John Faddis, Earl Gardner, Alan Rubin, Lew Soloff - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Paul Faulise, Urbie Green, Dave Taylor - trombone
- Brooks Tillotson - French horn
- Jerome Ashby, Jim Buffington, John Clark, Don Corrado, Joseph De Angelis, Fred Griffen, Margaret Reill - French horn
- Don Butterfield, Tony Price - tuba
- Phil Bodner, Kenneth Harris, Hubert Laws, George Marge - flute
- Paul Griffin - keyboards
- Eric Gale, Lloyd Davis, Cornell Dupree - guitar
- Ron Carter - bass
- Gary King - electric bass
- Charles Collins - drums
- Errol "Crusher" Bennett - percussion
- Unnamed String Section
- Sanford Allen - concertmaster
- Claus Ogerman - arranger, conductor
References
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