The Sugar Man

1975 studio album by Stanley Turrentine

The Sugar Man

Studio album by

Stanley Turrentine

Released

1975

Recorded

February - June 1971

Studio

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Genre

Jazz

Length

35:29

Label

CTI Records

Producer

Creed Taylor

Stanley Turrentine chronology

Sugar
(1971)

The Sugar Man
(1975)

Salt Song
(1971)

The Sugar Man is an album by Stanley Turrentine. The recording is a compilation of four separate dates, each with different conductors, arrangers and other personnel. The album was recorded in 1971 after his successful debut, Sugar for the CTI label, but not released until 1975 after Turrentine had left for Fantasy Records.

Track listing

"Pieces of Dreams" (Michel Legrand) - 6:50 (rec. 6/73)
"The Stretch" (Stanley Turrentine) - 5:56 (rec. 3/71)
"Vera Cruz" (Milton Nascimento) - 5:04 (rec. 4/71)
"More (Theme from Mondo Cane)" (Riz Ortolani) - 6:11 (rec. 2/71)
"Make Me Rainbows (from Fitzwilly)" (John Williams) - 6:03 (rec. 3/71)
"Just As I Am" (Stanley Turrentine) - 5:25 (rec. 2/71)

Personnel

Stanley Turrentine - tenor sax (all tracks)
Harold Mabern - piano (track 1)
Eumir Deodato - electric piano (track 3)
Butch Cornell - organ (tracks 2,4,5 & 6)
Ron Carter - bass (all tracks)
Russell George - additional bass (track 3)
Idris Muhammad - drums (track 1)
Billy Cobham - drums (tracks 2,4,5 & 6)
Joao Palma - drums (track 3)
Airto Moreira - percussion (track 3)
Dom Um Romão - percussion (track 3)
Eric Gale - guitar (track 1)
Kenny Burrell - guitar (tracks 2 & 5)
Sivuca - acoustic guitar (track 3)
George Benson - guitar (tracks 4 & 6)
Rubens Bassini - conga (track 1)
Ray Barretto - conga (tracks 2,4,5 & 6)
Dave Friedman - vibraphone (tracks 4 & 6)
Blue Mitchell - trumpet (tracks 4 & 6)
Curtis Fuller - trombone (tracks 4 & 6)
Jerome Richardson - tenor sax, flute (tracks 4 & 6)

Flutes on track 3:

Hubert Laws, George Marge, Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson

Production

Creed Taylor - Producer
Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
Don Sebesky - Arranger (tracks 4 & 6)
Chico O'Farrill - Brass Arranger (tracks 4 & 6)
Bob James - Arranger & Conductor (track 1)
Eumir Deodato - Arranger & Conductor (track 3)
Alen MacWeeney - Cover Photography
Bob Ciano - Album Design

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)