Nightwings (Stanley Turrentine album)

Nightwings
Nightwings
Studio album by Stanley Turrentine
Released	1977
Recorded	June–July, 1977 in New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Fantasy F 9534
Producer	Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine chronology

Nightwings is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the Fantasy label in 1977 and featuring performances by Turrentine with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman.^[1]

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine simply stated "Large group session for Fantasy".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Track listing[]

"Papa "T"" (Stanley Turrentine) - 7:23
"If You Don't Believe" (Clarence McDonald, Deniece Williams, Fritz Baskett) - 5:48
"Joao" (Tommy Turrentine) - 3:40
"Birdland" (Joe Zawinul) - 5:54
"There's Music In the Air" (Caiphus Semenya, Will Jennings) - 4:14
"Nightwings" (Claus Ogerman) - 3:49
"Don't Give Up On Us" (Ogerman) - 5:19

Personnel[]

Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
Randy Brecker, John Faddis, Earl Gardner, Alan Rubin, Lew Soloff - trumpet, flugelhorn
Paul Faulise, Urbie Green, Dave Taylor - trombone
Brooks Tillotson - French horn
Jerome Ashby, Jim Buffington, John Clark, Don Corrado, Joseph De Angelis, Fred Griffen, Margaret Reill - French horn
Don Butterfield, Tony Price - tuba
Phil Bodner, Kenneth Harris, Hubert Laws, George Marge - flute
Paul Griffin - keyboards
Eric Gale, Lloyd Davis, Cornell Dupree - guitar
Ron Carter - bass
Gary King - electric bass
Charles Collins - drums
Errol "Crusher" Bennett - percussion
Unnamed String Section
Sanford Allen - concertmaster
Claus Ogerman - arranger, conductor

References[]

^ Stanley Turrentine discography accessed April 16, 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Erlewine, Michael. Nightwings – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 194. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[1] Stanley Turrentine discography accessed April 16, 2015.

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Erlewine, Michael. Nightwings – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 16, 2015.

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 194. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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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	Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (1959) Quiet as It's Kept (1959) Long as You're Living (1960) Parisian Sketches (1960)
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)