Stanley Turrentine
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
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- Straight ahead
- On a misty night
- The Stanley Turrentine Collection (Artist Transcriptions)
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1934-04-05
- Active to
- 2000-09-12
Discography
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Stanley William Turrentine, also known as "Mr. T" or "The Sugar Man", (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Turrentine was born in Pittsburgh's Hill District into a musical family. His father, Thomas Turrentine, Sr., was a saxophonist with Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans, his mother played stride piano, and his older brother Tommy Turrentine became a professional trumpet player. He began his prolific career with blues and rhythm and blues bands, and was at first
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Shirley Scott
- Sibling
- Tommy Turrentine
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- CTI Records
- Image
- Stanley Turrentine 1976.JPG
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- place of burial
- Allegheny Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1932-04-05
- date of death
- 2000-00-00
- birth name
- Stanley William Turrentine
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
- name in native language
- Stanley Turrentine
- Commons category
- Stanley Turrentine
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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