Salt Song
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{{Infobox album
| name = Salt Song
| type = Album
| artist = Stanley Turrentine
| cover = Salt Song.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1971
| recorded = July 7 & 13, and April 23, 1971
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Jazz
| length = 42:35
| label = CTI
CTI 6010
| producer = Creed Taylor
| chronology = Stanley Turrentine
| prev_title = The Sugar Man
| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = Cherry
| next_year = 1972
}}
Salt Song is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the CTI Note label featuring performances by Turrentine with an orchestra arranged by Eumir Deodato.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/stanley-turrentine/catalog/#cti-6010 Stanley Turrentine discography] accessed January 15, 2010. The CD rerelease added another track.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4 stars and states "it's another fine, eclectic outing that falls squarely into the signature CTI fusion sound: smooth but not slick, accessible but not simplistic... All in all, Salt Song has dated well, partly because the arrangements don't overemphasize electric piano, but mostly on the strength of Turrentine's always-soulful playing".Huey, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r234361|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed January 15, 2010.
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}Huey, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r234361|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed January 15, 2010.
}}
Track listing
- "Gibraltar" (Freddie Hubbard) – 10:21
- "I Told Jesus" (traditional, arranged by Eumir Deodato) – 7:40
- "Salt Song" (Milton Nascimento) – 7:17
- "I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do" (Lee Pockriss, Paul Vance) – 4:37
- "Storm" (Stanley Turrentine) – 7:36
- "Vera Cruz" (Nascimento) – 5:04 Bonus track on CD
Recorded on July 7 & 13 (tracks 1–5) and April 23, 1971 (track 6).
Personnel
- Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
- Eumir Deodato – electric piano, arranger, conductor
- Ron Carter – bass
- Airto Moreira – drums, percussion
- Horace Parlan, Richard Tee – piano, electric piano, organ (tracks 1–5)
- Eric Gale – electric guitar (tracks 1–5)
- Billy Cobham – drums (tracks 1–5)
- Julius Brand, Paul Gershman, Julius Held, Leo Kahn, Harry Katzman, Joe Malin – violin (tracks 2–5)
- Harold Coletta – viola (tracks 2–5)
- Charles McCracken, Alan Shulman – cello (tracks 2–5)
- Hubert Laws, George Marge, Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson – flute (track 6)
- Sivuca – guitar (track 6)
- Russell George – bass (track 6)
- Joao Palma, Dom Um Romão – drums, percussion (track 6)
- Margaret Branch, Brenda Bryant, Patsy Smith – vocals (tracks 2 & 5)
References
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