The story behind puzzle No. 36

Sugar

Stanley Turrentine · Sugar · CTI · 1970

Ten minutes of slow, bluesy groove. Sugar was Stanley Turrentine's own tune and one of the biggest records of his career.

The record

Turrentine recorded Sugar in November 1970 at Rudy Van Gelder's studio for Creed Taylor's CTI label. The title track runs just over ten minutes, and the album became one of his greatest commercial successes.

The band was stacked: Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, George Benson on guitar, Lonnie Liston Smith on electric piano, and Ron Carter on bass.

Who he was

Turrentine grew up in Pittsburgh's Hill District in a musical family. As a young man he joined Earl Bostic's band in 1953, replacing John Coltrane. He was married to organist Shirley Scott, and the two recorded together often through the 1960s.

Who's on it

Stanley Turrentine
tenor saxophone
Freddie Hubbard
trumpet
George Benson
guitar
Lonnie Liston Smith
electric piano
Ron Carter
bass
Billy Kaye
drums

Keep listening

Play Chitlins con Carne, puzzle No. 37, to hear Turrentine seven years earlier.

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