Always Something There

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Field	Value
name	Always Something There
type	Album
artist	Stanley Turrentine
cover	Always Something There.jpg
released	1968
recorded	October 1, 14 & 28, 1968
genre	Jazz
label	Blue Note
producer	Duke Pearson
chronology	Stanley Turrentine
prev_title	Common Touch
prev_year	1968
next_title	Another Story
next_year	1969
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| name = Always Something There | type = Album | artist = Stanley Turrentine | cover = Always Something There.jpg | alt = | released = 1968 | recorded = October 1, 14 & 28, 1968 | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = | label = Blue Note | producer = Duke Pearson | chronology = Stanley Turrentine | prev_title = Common Touch | prev_year = 1968 | next_title = Another Story | next_year = 1969

Always Something There is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the Blue Note label in 1968 and performed by Turrentine with orchestra and strings arranged by Thad Jones.

Reception

| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = DownBeat | rev2Score = The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine, awarded the album 2 stars. A review by Harvey Pekar in a contemporary issue of DownBeat panned the album as a commercial date with a dull performance by Turrentine, despite some redeeming work by Thad Jones.

Track listing

1. "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 2:40
2. "Little Green Apples" (Bobby Russell) - 4:05
3. "When I Look into Your Eyes" (Leslie Bricusse) - 2:30
4. "Light My Fire" (John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison) - 3:05
5. "Those Were the Days" (Gene Raskin) - 4:10
6. "Stoned Soul Picnic" (Laura Nyro) - 4:00
7. "Home Town" (Thad Jones) - 4:20
8. "Song for Bonnie" (Tommy Turrentine) - 2:30
9. "Hey Jude" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 5:10
10. "The Fool on the Hill" (Lennon, McCartney) - 3:40

• Recorded at A&R Studios, NYC on October 1, 1968 (tracks 2 & 10), October 14, 1968 (tracks 1, 4 & 9), and October 28, 1968 (tracks 3 & 5–8).

Personnel

• Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
• Burt Collins - flugelhorn
• Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
• Dick Berg, Jim Buffington, Brooks Tillotson - French horn
• Jerry Dodgion - alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
• Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, flute clarinet
• Hank Jones (tracks 2, 3, 5–8, 10), Herbie Hancock (tracks 1, 4, 9) - piano
• Barry Galbraith (tracks 2, 10), Kenny Burrell - guitar
• Bob Cranshaw - bass, electric bass
• Mel Lewis (tracks 1, 2, 4, 9 & 10), Mickey Roker (tracks 3, 5–8) - drums
• Thad Jones - trumpet, arranger
• Overdubbed string section

References

References

1. [http://www.jazzdisco.org/stanley-turrentine/catalog/#blue-note-bst-84298 Stanley Turrentine discography] accessed January 8, 2010.
2. Erlewine, M. [{{AllMusic
3. [[Down Beat]]: September 18, 1969 vol. 36, no. 19. Review by [[Harvey Pekar]].

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