Pianists · 1928–1997

Tommy Turrentine

American swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer (1928–1997)

Born: 22 April 1928
Pittsburgh
Died: 13 May 1997
New York City
Country: United States
Discography: 1 album

Biography

Tommy Turrentine was a jazz musician who played piano and trumpet. Tommy Turrentine was born on 22 April 1928 in Pittsburgh and died on 13 May 1997 in New York City. The music is usually filed under jazz, swing and hard bop.

Thomas Walter Turrentine Jr. (April 22, 1928 – May 13, 1997) was a swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer who was active between the 1940s and the 1960s. He rarely worked as a bandleader, and was known for his work as a sideman with drummer Max Roach and his younger brother, the saxophonist Stanley Turrentine.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Tommy Turrentine 1960

Also plays on

Albums where Tommy Turrentine is credited as a sideman

1959	Quiet as It's Kept — Max Roach	trumpet
1959	Rich Versus Roach — Buddy Rich & Max Roach	trumpet
1959	Abbey Is Blue — Abbey Lincoln	trumpet
1960	1st Bassman — Paul Chambers	trumpet
1960	The Book Cooks — Booker Ervin	trumpet
1961	A Fickle Sonance — Jackie McLean	trumpet
1961	Leapin’ and Lopin’ — Sonny Clark	trumpet
1963	Signifyin' — Lou Donaldson	trumpet
1963	The Natural Soul — Lou Donaldson	trumpet
1967	Mama Too Tight — Archie Shepp	trumpet
1976	The Man With the Sad Face — Stanley Turrentine	flugelhorn, trumpet
1980	Landslide — Dexter Gordon	trumpet
1985	European Tour — Thelonious Monk and Max Roach	trumpet
1986	Jubilee Shout!!! — Stanley Turrentine	trumpet
1987	Comin’ Your Way — Stanley Turrentine	trumpet
1989	Blue Delight — Sun Ra	trumpet
2002	Jazz in Paris: Parisian Sketches — Max Roach	trumpet
2007	A Bluish Bag — Stanley Turrentine	trumpet