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Stanley Turrentine

tenor saxophone · 1934–2000 · Pittsburgh

Tenor saxophonist trained in R&B (notably with Earl Bostic in 1953), he recorded soul jazz for Blue Note from 1960, often with organist Shirley Scott, his wife from 1960 to 1971. He turned to fusion at CTI in the 1970s.

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