Tender Togetherness
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tender Togetherness |
| type | Studio |
| artist | Stanley Turrentine |
| cover | Stanley Turrentine - Tender Togetherness.jpg |
| released | April 1981 |
| recorded | February – April 1981 |
| studio | Indigo Ranch, Malibu, California |
| genre | Jazz |
| label | Elektra |
| producer | Larry Dunn |
| prev_title | Use the Stairs |
| prev_year | 1980 |
| next_title | Home Again |
| next_year | 1983 |
| :: |
| name = Tender Togetherness | type = Studio | artist = Stanley Turrentine | cover = Stanley Turrentine - Tender Togetherness.jpg | alt = | released = April 1981 | recorded = February – April 1981 | venue = | studio = Indigo Ranch, Malibu, California | genre = Jazz | length = | label = Elektra | producer = Larry Dunn | prev_title = Use the Stairs | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = Home Again | next_year = 1983
Tender Togetherness is a studio album by tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, released in April 1981 on Elektra Records. The album reached No. 13 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.
Critical reception
|rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = | rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | rev2Score = {{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 194
With a 3.5 out of 5 star rating, Steve Leggett of Allmusic claimed "Tender Togetherness featured an electric jazz-funk hybrid sound that packed a good deal more punch and brightness than its predecessor, 1979's Betcha. Produced by Earth, Wind & Fire's Larry Dunn (EW&F's "After the Love Has Gone" is given a treatment here), and featuring a subtle, almost Latin feel, the album bounces and bubbles along on an almost continuous joyful light R&B groove."
Track listing
| headline = | title1 = Hermanos | writer1 = Eddie del Barrio, Larry Dunn | length1 = 5:37 | title2 = I'll Give You My Love | writer2 = Roland Bautista, Cavanaugh, Larry Dunn, Stanley Turrentine | length2 = 4:02 | title3 = Tamarac | writer3 = Larry Dunn, Steven Dunn | length3 = 3:56 | title4 = After The Love Has Gone (featuring Lynn Davis) | writer4 = Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon | length4 = 5:26 | title8 = | length10 = | title10 = | length9 = | title9 = | length8 = | all_writing = | length7 = | title7 = | length6 = | title6 = | length5 = | title5 = | total_length = | headline = Side two | title5 = Cherubim | writer5 = Larry Dunn | length5 = 5:39 | title6 = Only You and Me (featuring Dianne Reeves) | writer6 = Eddie del Barrio, Larry Dunn, Roxanne Seeman | length6 = 4:45 | title7 = World Chimes | writer7 = Larry Dunn | length7 = 4:25 | title8 = Pure Love (Interlude) | writer8 = Larry Dunn, Denzil Miller Jr. Stanley Turrentine | length8 = 0:43 | title9 = Havin' Fun with Mr. T. | writer9 = Chandler, Larry Dunn, Denzil Miller Jr., Byron Miller | length9 = 3:44 | all_writing = | title1 = | length1 = | title2 = | length2 = | title3 = | length3 = | title4 = | length4 = | title10 = | length10 = | total_length =
Personnel
Musicians
- Philip Bailey – Percussion, vocals, background vocals
- Roland Bautista – Guitar, electric guitar
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – Drums
- Paulinho Da Costa – Percussion
- Lynn Davis – Vocals
- Rahmlee Michael Davis – Trumpet, flugelhorn
- Eduardo del Barrio – Piano, electric piano, Fender Rhodes
- David Duke – French horn
- Steven Dunn – Percussion, drums, Moog bass
- Nathan East – Bass guitar, electric guitar
- Mike Harris – Trumpet, flugelhorn
- Jerry Hey – Trumpet, flugelhorn
- Marlena Jeter – Vocals
- Jeff Johnson – Synthesizer
- Ralph Johnson – Percussion
- Gwen Matthews – Vocals
- Byron Miller – Bass guitar
- Denzil Miller – Piano, electric piano, clavinet, Fender Rhodes
- Sidney Muldrow – French horn
- Don Myrick – Alto saxophone
- Tom Pigott Smith – Synthesizer
- Dianne Reeves – Vocals
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – Bass trombone
- Louis Satterfield – Trombone
- Stanley Turrentine – Tenor saxophone
- Fred White – Percussion, drums
- Andrew Woolfolk – Tenor saxophone
Production
- Philip Bailey – Arranger
- Roland Bautista – Arranger
- George del Barrio – Conductor, string arrangements
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – Arranger, drums
- Lynn Davis – Vocal arrangement
- Rahmlee Michael Davis – Horn arrangements
- Eduardo del Barrio – Arranger
- Larry Dunn – Arranger, producer, vocal arrangement
- Steven Dunn – Arranger
- Mike Harris – Horn arrangements
- Denzil Miller – Arranger, vocal arrangement
- Don Myrick – Horn arrangements
- Louis Satterfield – Horn arrangements
Charts
::data[format=table] | Chart (1981) | Peak position | |---|---| | US Jazz Albums (Billboard) | 13 | ::
References
References
- (April 1981). "Stanley Turrentine: Tender Togetherness". [[Elektra Records]].
- (October 24, 1981). "Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs".
- Leggett, Steve. "Stanley Turrentine: Tender Togetherness". [[Allmusic]].
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