Turning Point

by Benny Golson

Turning Point cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1963
  • Label: Mercury
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

True to its title, 'Turning Point' finds saxophonist and legendary composer Benny Golson pivoting slightly away from the dense orchestrations of the Jazztet to lead a muscular hard bop quintet. Featuring an incredible front-line pairing with trumpeter Richard Williams, the album navigates highly sophisticated original charts with a fiery, aggressive swing. It is a deeply underrated highlight of his mid-career discography.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental

Tracklist

  1. How Am I To Know (3:50)
  2. (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over
  3. Dear Kathy (4:48)
  4. Three Little Words (4:41)
  5. Turning Point (3:57)
  6. Stella By Starlight (4:52)
  7. Alone Together (7:34)

Credits

  • Benny Golson - primary artist, tenor saxophone
  • Paul Chambers - bass
  • Jimmy Cobb - drums
  • George Roth - illustration
  • Wynton Kelly - piano

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