Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on April 5, 1934, Stanley Turrentine was a jazz
player whose clear and direct manner with the saxophone and background in the
blues led him to immense success as a performer of free-flowing R&B and soul
funk. He played with Ray Charles and Earl Bostic, made many recordings that
placed on the R&B charts and earned three Grammy Award nominations. Stanley
Turrentine played music as a child with his father, Thomas Turrentine, who also
played the saxophone, pianist mother, and older brother Tommy Turrentine, who
played trumpet. He played locally in R&B...