Somebody done hit the sweetest sweet spot in jazz "Mr. T"; he's made more sweet sounding notes than any other jazz musician, and I ain't gonna take it back. His entire discography is boss, and what I don't got, I'm going to get.
Turrentine received his only formal musical training during his military stint in the mid-'50s. In 1959, he jumped from the frying pan into the fire when he left the military and went straight into the band of the great drummer Max Roach.
He married the organist Shirley Scott in 1960 and the two frequently played and recorded together. In the 1960s, he started working with organist Jimmy Smith, and made many soul jazz recordings both with Smith and as a leader.
In the 1970s, after his professional split and divorce from Scott, Turrentine turned to jazz fusion and signed for Creed Taylor's CTI label. His first album for CTI, Sugar proved one of his biggest successes and a seminal recording for the label. He worked with Freddie Hubbard, Milt Jackson, George Benson, Bob James, Richard Tee, Idris Muhammad, Ron Carter, Grant Green and Eric Gale, to name a few. He returned to soul jazz in the 1980s and into the 1990s.
Turrentine lived in Fort Washington, Maryland from the early 90s until his death.
He died of a stroke in New York City on September 12, 2000 and is buried in Pittsburgh's Allegheny Cemetery.
Although I like every cut on that album "Salt Song", this has got to be my favorite; it pictures someone who's done everything humanly possible to resolve a difficult situation, now there nothing left to do but "Tell Jesus".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4JP6JRv7k0
Enjoy the music.