Rough 'n' Tumble

1966 studio album by Stanley Turrentine

Rough 'n' Tumble

Studio album by

Stanley Turrentine

Released

October 1966

Recorded

July 1, 1966

Studio

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Genre

Jazz

Length

37:09

Label

Blue Note

Producer

Alfred Lion

Stanley Turrentine chronology

Let It Go
(1966)

Rough 'n' Tumble
(1966)

Easy Walker
(1966)

Rough 'n' Tumble is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine issued in 1966 on Blue Note Records.^[1] The album reached No. 20 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.^[2]

Overview

Rough and Tumble was produced by Alfred Lion and arranged by Duke Pearson. Artists such as Blue Mitchell, James Spaulding, Pepper Adams, McCoy Tyner, Grant Green, Bob Cranshaw, and Mickey Roker performed upon the album.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

The Allmusic review by Jason Elias awarded the album 3 stars and states "the star of the show is Turrentine, and his warmth and playing make this a necessity, especially for fans '60s pre-funk Blue Note jazz".^[3]

Track listing

"And Satisfy" (Ronnell Bright) - 6:48
"What Could I Do Without You" (Ray Charles) - 4:35
"Feeling Good" (Newley, Bricusse) - 7:15
"Shake" (Sam Cooke) - 5:55
"Walk On By" (Bacharach, David) - 5:57
"Baptismal" (John Hines) - 6:39

Personnel

Production

Alfred Lion - producer
Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

Charts

Chart performance for *Rough 'n' Tumble*
Chart (2022)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[5]	53

References

^ ^a ^b Stanley Turrentine: Rough and Tumble. Blue Note Records. 1966.
^ "Stanley Turrentine: Rough and Tumble (Top Soul Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
^ ^a ^b Elias, J. Allmusic Review accessed January 6, 2010.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1424. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Stanley Turrentine – Rough 'n' Tumble" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 4, 2022.

Stanley Turrentine

Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.

As leader
or co-leader

Blue Hour (and The Three Sounds, 1960)
Look Out! (1960)
Stan "The Man" Turrentine (1960)
Comin' Your Way (1961)
Up at "Minton's" (1961)
ZT's Blues (1961)
That's Where It's At (1962)
Jubilee Shout!!! (1962)
In Memory Of (1964)
Mr. Natural (1964)
Joyride (1965)
Rough 'n' Tumble (1966)
Easy Walker (1966–69)
The Spoiler (1966)
A Bluish Bag (1967)
The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)
The Look of Love (1968)
Always Something There (1968)
Another Story (1969)
Sugar (1970)
Gilberto with Turrentine (with Astrud Gilberto, 1971)
Salt Song (1971)
The Sugar Man (1971)
Cherry (1972)
Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973)
In Concert Volume Two (Freddie Hubbard & Stanley Turrentine album) (and Freddie Hubbard, 1973)
Don't Mess with Mister T. (1973)
Pieces of Dreams (1974)
Have You Ever Seen the Rain (1975)
In the Pocket (1975)
Everybody Come On Out (1976)
The Man with the Sad Face (1976)
Nightwings (1977)
Tender Togetherness (1981)
Straight Ahead (1984)
Wonderland (1986)

And
Shirley Scott

Hip Soul (session led by Scott, 1961)
Hip Twist (Scott, 1961)
Dearly Beloved (1962)
The Soul Is Willing (Scott, 1963)
A Chip off the Old Block (1963)
Never Let Me Go (1963)
Soul Shoutin' (Scott, 1963)
Blue Flames (joint leaders, 1964)
Everybody Loves a Lover (Scott, 1964)
Hustlin' (1964)
Let It Go (1966)
Queen of the Organ (Scott, 1966)
Common Touch (1968)
Soul Song (1968)

With
Max Roach

With others

Freedom (Kenny Burrell, 1963–64)
Midnight Blue (Kenny Burrell, 1963)
I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd, 1964)
Up with Donald Byrd (1964)
With the Tenors of Our Time (Roy Hargrove, 1994)
Life Flight (Freddie Hubbard, 1987)
Flight to Jordan (Duke Jordan, 1960)
Only Trust Your Heart (Diana Krall, 1994)
Abbey Is Blue (Abbey Lincoln, 1959)
Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann, 1961)
Electric Funk (Jimmy McGriff, 1969)
Speakin' My Piece (Horace Parlan, 1960)
On the Spur of the Moment (Horace Parlan, 1961)
The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967)
Easy Living/Congo Lament (Ike Quebec, 1962)
Comin' On! (Dizzy Reece, 1960)
Serenade to a Soul Sister (Horace Silver, 1968)
Back at the Chicken Shack (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
Midnight Special (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
Prayer Meetin' (Jimmy Smith, 1961)
A.T.'s Delight (Art Taylor, 1960)

v t e Blue Mitchell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Big 6 (1958) Get Those Elephants Out'a Here (with Red and Whitey Mitchell, 1958) Out of the Blue (1959) Blue Soul (1959) Blue's Moods (1960) Smooth as the Wind (1960–61) A Sure Thing (1962) The Cup Bearers (1962) Step Lightly (1963) The Thing to Do (1964) Down with It! (1965) Bring It Home to Me (1966) Boss Horn (1966) Heads Up! (1967) Collision in Black (1968) Bantu Village (1969) Blue Mitchell/Soul Village (1971) Vital Blue (1971) Blues' Blues (1972) The Last Tango = Blues (1973) Graffiti Blues (1973) Many Shades of Blue (1974) Stratosonic Nuances (1975) Funktion Junction (1976) African Violet (1977) Mapenzi (1977) Stablemates (1977) Summer Soft (1977)
With Lou Donaldson	Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1952) The Time Is Right (1959) Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967) Midnight Creeper (1968) Say It Loud! (1968) Everything I Play Is Funky (1970) Pretty Things (1970)
With Philly Joe Jones	Together! (with Elvin Jones, 1961) Drums Around the World (1959) Showcase (1959) Advance! (1978) Drum Song (1978)
With Sam Jones	The Soul Society (1960) The Chant (1961) Down Home (1962) Something in Common (1974–77) Changes & Things (1977)
With Jimmy McGriff	The Worm (1968) Step 1 (1968) A Thing to Come By (1969) Electric Funk (1969)
With Horace Silver	Blowin' the Blues Away (1959) Finger Poppin' (1959) Horace-Scope (1960) Doin' the Thing (1961) The Tokyo Blues (1962) Silver's Serenade (1963) Song for My Father (1963–64)
With Stanley Turrentine	A Chip off the Old Block (1963) In Memory Of (1964) Rough 'n' Tumble (1966) The Spoiler (1966) A Bluish Bag (1967) The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967) The Sugar Man (1971)
With others	Portrait of Cannonball (Cannonball Adderley, 1958) Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks, 1960) Street Singer (Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean, 1960) My Kind of Jazz (Ray Charles, 1970) True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) Silver Blue (with Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) Dolo! (Dolo Coker, 1976) California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976) Junior's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1961) Filthy! (Papa John Creach, 1972) Red's Good Groove (Red Garland, 1962) Green Is Beautiful (Grant Green, 1970) Soul Mist! (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1966) Homecoming! (Elmo Hope, 1961) Montara (Bobby Hutcherson, 1975) The Soul Brotherhood (Charles Kynard, 1969) The Blue Yusef Lateef (Yusef Lateef, 1968) Rakin' and Scrapin' (Harold Mabern, 1968) Jazz Blues Fusion (John Mayall, 1971) Ten Years Are Gone (John Mayall, 1973) Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann, 1961) Can't Hide Love (Carmen McRae, 1976) Capuchin Swing (Jackie McLean, 1960) Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1960) Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967) Captain Buckles (David "Fathead" Newman, 1970) Opus De Don (Don Patterson, 1968) Oh Baby! (Big John Patton, 1965) Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960) Images (Sonny Red, 1961) Good Move! (Freddie Roach, 1963) Takin' Care of Business (Charlie Rouse, 1960) Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Sonny Stitt, 1962) Soul Time (Bobby Timmons, 1960) Steppin' Out! (Harold Vick, 1963) The Caribbean Suite (Harold Vick, 1966) Spectrum (Cedar Walton, 1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (Cedar Walton, 1969) Beyond Mobius (Cedar Walton, 1976) Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1966)

v t e Duke Pearson
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Profile (1959) Tender Feelin's (1959) Angel Eyes (1961–62) Dedication! (1961) Hush! (1962) Wahoo! (1964) Honeybuns (1965) Prairie Dog (1966) Sweet Honey Bee (1966) The Right Touch (1967) Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band (1967–68) I Don't Care Who Knows It (1968–70) Now Hear This (1968) The Phantom (1968) How Insensitive (1969) Merry Ole Soul (1969) It Could Only Happen with You (1970)
With Donald Byrd	Fuego (1959) At the Half Note Cafe (1960) Byrd in Flight (1960) The Cat Walk (1961) A New Perspective (1963) Fancy Free (1969) Kofi (1969–70) Electric Byrd (1970)
With others	Little Johnny C (Johnny Coles, 1963) Idle Moments (Grant Green, 1963) The Kicker (Bobby Hutcherson, 1963) Mean What You Say (Thad Jones and Pepper Adams, 1966)
Arranger only	I'm Tryin' to Get Home (for Donald Byrd]], 1964) Lush Life (for Lou Donaldson, 1967) Am I Blue (for Grant Green, 1963) Boss Horn (for Blue Mitchell, 1966) Heads Up! (for Blue Mitchell, 1968) A Slice of the Top (for Hank Mobley, 1966) Standards (for Lee Morgan, 1967) Rough 'n' Tumble (for Stanley Turrentine, 1966) A Bluish Bag (for Stanley Turrentine, 1967) The Return of the Prodigal Son (for Stanley Turrentine, 1967) The Look of Love (for Stanley Turrentine, 1968)