Common Touch
title: "Common Touch" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1969-albums", "stanley-turrentine-albums", "shirley-scott-albums", "blue-note-records-albums", "albums-recorded-at-van-gelder-studio", "albums-produced-by-francis-wolff"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Touch" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Common Touch |
| type | Album |
| artist | Stanley Turrentine featuring Shirley Scott |
| cover | Common Touch.jpg |
| released | September 1969 |
| recorded | August 30, 1968 |
| studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| genre | Jazz |
| length | 39:30 original LP |
| label | Blue Note |
| BST 84315 | |
| producer | Francis Wolff |
| chronology | Stanley Turrentine |
| prev_title | The Look of Love |
| prev_year | 1968 |
| next_title | Always Something There |
| next_year | 1968 |
| misc | {{Extra chronology |
| artist | Shirley Scott |
| type | studio album |
| prev_title | Girl Talk |
| prev_year | 1967 |
| title | Common Touch |
| year | 1968 |
| next_title | Soul Song |
| next_year | 1968 |
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| name = Common Touch | type = Album | artist = Stanley Turrentine featuring Shirley Scott | cover = Common Touch.jpg | alt = | released = September 1969 | recorded = August 30, 1968 | venue = | studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | genre = Jazz | length = 39:30 original LP | label = Blue Note BST 84315 | producer = Francis Wolff | chronology = Stanley Turrentine | prev_title = The Look of Love | prev_year = 1968 | next_title = Always Something There | next_year = 1968 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Shirley Scott | type = studio album | prev_title = Girl Talk | prev_year = 1967 | title = Common Touch | year = 1968 | next_title = Soul Song | next_year = 1968
Common Touch is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine featuring Shirley Scott recorded for the Blue Note label in 1968 and performed by Turrentine with Shirley Scott, Jimmy Ponder, Bob Cranshaw and Leo Morris. The CD reissue added one bonus track recorded in a different session and originally released on Ain't No Way (LT 1095, 1980). The other four tracks may be found on the CD reissue of Easy Walker.
Reception
| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score =
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow, awarded the album 3 stars and states "Although not essential (no one seems to sweat much and none of the tempos are above a slow-medium pace), this lazy date has its pleasurable moments".
Track listing
All compositions by Stanley Turrentine except as noted
- "Buster Brown" - 5:25
- "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) - 5:55
- "Lonely Avenue" (Doc Pomus) - 8:07
- "Boogaloo" (Shirley Scott) - 6:25
- "Common Touch" - 6:21
- "Living Through It All" - 7:17
- "Ain't No Way" (Carolyn Franklin) - 11:03 Bonus track on CD
Recorded on May 10, 1968 (7) and August 30, 1968 (1-6).
Personnel
- Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
- Shirley Scott - organ
- Jimmy Ponder - guitar
- Bob Cranshaw - electric bass
- Leo Morris - drums (tracks 1–6)
- Ray Lucas - drums (track 7)
References
References
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=xykEAAAAMBAJ&dq=turrentine+Common+Touch&pg=PA94 ''Billboard'' Sep 6, 1969]
- [https://www.jazzdisco.org/stanley-turrentine/catalog/#blue-note-bst-84315 Stanley Turrentine discography] accessed January 8, 2010.
- [{{AllMusic
- Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic
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