review by Steve Leggett
Although he is best known for his bluesy soul-jazz outings, tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine’s first Blue Note session as a leader was a much more traditional bop affair, and the resulting album, Look Out!, featuring a rhythm section of Horace Parlan on piano, George Tucker on bass, and Al Harewood on drums, shows as much artful restraint as it does groove. Not that this is a bad thing, since it allows Turrentine’s big, clear tone to shine through in all its muscular sweetness, giving Look Out! a wonderful and flowing coherence. Among the highlights here are the pretty ballad “Journey Into Melody” and the gently funky “Little Sheri.”
Look Out! is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine featuring his earliest recordings as a leader on the Blue Note label performed by Turrentine with Horace Parlan, George Tucker and Al Harewood.
The Allmusic review by Steve Leggett awarded the album 4½ stars and states “Although he is best known for his bluesy soul-jazz outings, tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine’s first Blue Note session as a leader was a much more traditional bop affair, and the resulting album… shows as much artful restraint as it does groove. Not that this is a bad thing, since it allows Turrentine’s big, clear tone to shine through in all its muscular sweetness, giving Look Out! a wonderful and flowing coherence”.
Track listing
All compositions by Stanley Turrentine except as indicated
“Look Out” – 7:07
“Journey into Melody” (Robert Farnon) – 4:52
“Return Engagement” (Horace Parlan) – 4:40
“Little Sheri” – 7:46
“Tiny Capers” (Clifford Brown) – 4:56
“Minor Chant” – 6:17
“Little Sheri” [45 Version] – 5:36 Bonus track on CD
“Tin Tin Deo” (Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) – 6:15 Bonus track on CD
“Yesterdays” (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 6:52 Bonus track on CD
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on June 18, 1960.
Personnel
Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
Horace Parlan – piano
George Tucker – bass
Al Harewood – drums
Production
Alfred Lion – producer
Reid Miles – design
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Francis Wolff – photography