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The great tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine put a poignant expressiveness into every note he played, which still thrills and moves audiences today, more than half a century later. Turrentine made his debut for Blue Note in 1960 and became one of the label's mainstays for much of the 1960s. In August 1968, Turrentine entered Rudy Van Gelder's recording studio to record his 21st album as a bandleader, the unjustly little-known “Common Touch”, on which he was accompanied on the organ by his then-wife Shirley Scott. On this album, Turrentine and Scott are accompanied by guitarist Jimmy Ponder, double bassist Bob Cranshaw, and drummer Leo Morris, better known in the jazz world as Idris Muhammad. The six tracks are stylistically diverse but very pleasant to listen to and include groovy pieces such as “Buster Brown” by Turrentine and “Boogaloo” by Scott, as well as the title track with its pleasantly gentle sounds, a thoughtful reinterpretation of “Lonely Avenue” by Doc Pomus, and the very successful interpretation of the famous song “Blowin' In The Wind” by Bob Dylan.
As part of the extremely popular “Blue Note 85th Anniversary Reissue Series” Universal Music Japan presents the sonically impressive remastering of this jazz classic by the legendary Kevin Gray, who is also responsible for Blue Note US's analog reissues such as “Tone Poet” and “Classic Vinyl” – as a limited Japan only UHQCD with OBI stripe. The original recording session for “Common Touch” took place on August 30, 1968 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
UHQCD
1. Buster Brown
2. Blowin' In The Wind
3. Lonely Avenue
4. Boogaloo
5. Common Touch
6. Living Through It All