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Stanley Turrentine

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on April 5, 1934, Stanley Turrentine was a jazz player whose clear and direct manner with the saxophone and background in the blues led him to immense success as a performer of free-flowing R&B and soul funk. He played with Ray Charles and Earl Bostic, made many recordings that placed on the R&B charts and earned three Grammy Award nominations. Stanley Turrentine played music as a child with his father, Thomas Turrentine, who also played the saxophone, pianist mother, and older brother Tommy Turrentine, who played trumpet. He played locally in R&B...