Tender Togetherness
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{{Infobox album
| name = Tender Togetherness
| type = Studio
| artist = Stanley Turrentine
| cover = Stanley Turrentine - Tender Togetherness.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 1981
| recorded = February – April 1981
| venue =
| studio = Indigo Ranch, Malibu, California
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Elektra
| producer = Larry Dunn
| prev_title = Use the Stairs
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Home Again
| next_year = 1983
}}
Tender Togetherness is a studio album by tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, released in April 1981 on Elektra Records.{{cite book|title=Stanley Turrentine: Tender Togetherness|date= April 1981|publisher=Elektra Records}} The album reached No. 13 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.{{cite magazine |date=October 24, 1981 |title=Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs |magazine=Billboard |pages=39 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1981/1981-10-24-Billboard-Page-0037.pdf |via=World Radio History}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tender-togetherness-mw0000210450|title=Stanley Turrentine: Tender Togetherness|author=Leggett, Steve|publisher=Allmusic|website=allmusic.com}}
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|2|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
}}
}}
With a 3.5 out of 5 star rating, Steve Leggett of Allmusic claimed "Tender Togetherness featured an electric jazz-funk hybrid sound that packed a good deal more punch and brightness than its predecessor, 1979's Betcha. Produced by Earth, Wind & Fire's Larry Dunn (EW&F's "After the Love Has Gone" is given a treatment here), and featuring a subtle, almost Latin feel, the album bounces and bubbles along on an almost continuous joyful light R&B groove."
Track listing
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| headline =
| title1 = Hermanos
| writer1 = Eddie del Barrio, Larry Dunn
| length1 = 5:37
| title2 = I'll Give You My Love
| writer2 = Roland Bautista, Cavanaugh, Larry Dunn, Stanley Turrentine
| length2 = 4:02
| title3 = Tamarac
| writer3 = Larry Dunn, Steven Dunn
| length3 = 3:56
| title4 = After The Love Has Gone (featuring Lynn Davis)
| writer4 = Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon
| length4 = 5:26
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{{track listing
| headline = Side two
| title5 = Cherubim
| writer5 = Larry Dunn
| length5 = 5:39
| title6 = Only You and Me (featuring Dianne Reeves)
| writer6 = Eddie del Barrio, Larry Dunn, Roxanne Seeman
| length6 = 4:45
| title7 = World Chimes
| writer7 = Larry Dunn
| length7 = 4:25
| title8 = Pure Love (Interlude)
| writer8 = Larry Dunn, Denzil Miller Jr. Stanley Turrentine
| length8 = 0:43
| title9 = Havin' Fun with Mr. T.
| writer9 = Chandler, Larry Dunn, Denzil Miller Jr., Byron Miller
| length9 = 3:44
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Personnel
=Musicians=
- Philip Bailey – Percussion, vocals, background vocals
- Roland Bautista - Guitar, electric guitar
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - Drums
- Paulinho Da Costa – Percussion
- Lynn Davis - Vocals
- Rahmlee Michael Davis – Trumpet, flugelhorn
- Eduardo del Barrio - Piano, electric piano, Fender Rhodes
- David Duke – French horn
- Steven Dunn – Percussion, drums, Moog bass
- Nathan East - Bass guitar, electric guitar
- Mike Harris - Trumpet, flugelhorn
- Jerry Hey – Trumpet, flugelhorn
- Marlena Jeter - Vocals
- Jeff Johnson – Synthesizer
- Ralph Johnson - Percussion
- Gwen Matthews - Vocals
- Byron Miller - Bass guitar
- Denzil Miller - Piano, electric piano, clavinet, Fender Rhodes
- Sidney Muldrow – French horn
- Don Myrick - Alto saxophone
- Tom Pigott Smith - Synthesizer
- Dianne Reeves - Vocals
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. - Bass trombone
- Louis Satterfield - Trombone
- Stanley Turrentine - Tenor saxophone
- Fred White - Percussion, drums
- Andrew Woolfolk - Tenor saxophone
=Production=
- Philip Bailey – Arranger
- Roland Bautista - Arranger
- George del Barrio – Conductor, string arrangements
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - Arranger, drums
- Lynn Davis - Vocal arrangement
- Rahmlee Michael Davis – Horn arrangements
- Eduardo del Barrio - Arranger
- Larry Dunn - Arranger, producer, vocal arrangement
- Steven Dunn – Arranger
- Mike Harris - Horn arrangements
- Denzil Miller - Arranger, vocal arrangement
- Don Myrick - Horn arrangements
- Louis Satterfield - Horn arrangements
Charts
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| Chart (1981)
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| US Jazz Albums (Billboard)
| align="center"|13 |