1. Blues for Del 
2. She's A Carioca 
3. Manha Da Carnaval 
4. Here's That Rainy Day 
5. What Now My Love 
6. Samba De Aviao 
7. Night Song 
8. Days Of Wine And Roses 
9. Come Back To Me 
10. Silver Tears 
11. A Bluish Bag 
12. With This Ring

Donald Byrd, Tommy Turrentine (trumpet) 
Julian Priester (trombone) 
Jerry Dodgion (alto sxophone, flute) 
Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone) 
Joe Farrell (tenor saxophone, flute) 
Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone, clarinet) 
Kenny Barron, McCoy Tyner (piano) 
Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar) 
Ron Carter (bass)
Mickey Roker (drums)

Stanley Turrentine's great blues-inflected tenor sax work for Blue Note Records in the 1960s helped build the template for what became known as soul-jazz, but Turrentine was always restless, and he recorded in a wide variety of formats, from trios to sextets, during his nine years at the label. This set, drawn from a pair of 1967 sessions, one in February that included Donald Byrd on trumpet, and the other in June with McCoy Tyner on piano, wasn't released by Blue Note at the time, although it is a smooth-running and varied album from start to finish, featuring several fine Turrentine sax solos over artfully arranged massed horn charts (eventually some of the tracks were released as Stanley Turrentine in 1975 and others as New Time Shuffle in 1979). Obvious highlights include the lead track, the lightly bouncing "Blues for Del," the title piece, "A Bluish Bag," composed by Henry Mancini and drawn from his Gunn movie soundtrack that had just come out that year, and the beautiful Johnny Burke/Jimmy Van Heusen ballad "Here's That Rainy Day," which allows Turrentine's concise, vibrato-free tenor sax playing to go tender and movingly soft. The large band arrangements mean that Turrentine often sits back in the mix here, but his solos, when they come, are always both appropriate and striking, a balance that is tougher to achieve than one might think. A Bluish Bag doesn't rewrite the book on Turrentine, but it shows that, whether large ensemble or small, he always brought his game. ---Steve Leggett, Rovi

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A1 	That's The Way Of The World 	6:30
A2 	Touching You 	6:17
A3 	T's Dream 	7:13
B1 	You 	5:30
B2 	Reasons 	5:35
B3 	Have You Ever Seen The Rain 	4:00
B4 	Tommy's Tune 	3:30

Arranged By – Gene Page (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B2, B4), Tommy Turrentine (tracks: A3, B3)
Bass – Ron Carter (tracks: A1 to B3), Scott Edwards (tracks: B4)
Conductor – Gene Page
Congas – Eddie "Bongo" Brown (tracks: A1 to B3)
Drums – Harvey Mason (tracks: A1), Jack DeJohnette (tracks: A2 to B4)
Flugelhorn, Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard
Guitar – David T. Walker, Jay Graydon
Keyboards – Patrice Rushen
Tenor Saxophone – Stanley Turrentine
Vocals – Carolyn Willis, Jackie Ward, Jim Gilstrap, John Lehman, Marti McCall

Two former LPs are completely reissued on this single CD. The first set, Have You Ever Seen the Rain, was recorded in 1975 shortly after tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine left the CTI label, and it is a rather commercial effort despite a couple appearances by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. Mr. T. plays well, as always, but the arrangements by Gene Page for an expanded rhythm section, strings, and voices are quite forgettable and Turrentine is unable to uplift the music much. The second album, 1980's Use the Stairs, has Turrentine with a big band arranged by Wade Marcus, and is more jazz-oriented, with the highlights including "The Lamp Is Low," "On a Misty Night," and "Jordu." But one should acquire Stanley Turrentine's earlier Blue Note and CTI recordings first, for those let him cut loose much more than most of his Fantasy albums. ---Scott Yanow, AllMusic Review

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CD1

01 Sugar (10:03)
02 Sunshine Alley (10:46)
03 Impressions (14:09)
04 Just As 1 Am (5:26)
05 Make Me Rainbows (From the UA Film. (6:04)
06 Gibraltar (Alternate Version) (11:18)
07 Ponteio (3:42)
08 Vera Cruz (5:08)
09 I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do (4:33)
10 Salt Song (7:14)

CD2

11 Gibraltar (10:18)
12 I Told Jesus (7:38)
13 Storm (7:31)
14 Speed Ball (6:39)
15 Sister Sanctified (6:00)
16 Cherry (5:13)
17 Introspective (6:59)
18 Mississippi City Strut (8:39)
19 Don't Mess With Mister T. (9:48)
20 Pieces of Dreams (7:28)

A legend of the tenor saxophone, Stanley Turrentine was renowned for his distinctively thick, rippling tone, an earthy grounding in the blues, and his ability to work a groove with soul and imagination. Turrentine recorded in a wide variety of settings, but was best-known for his Blue Note soul-jazz jams of the '60s, and also underwent a popular fusion makeover in the early '70s. Born in Pittsburgh on April 5, 1934, Turrentine began his career playing with various blues and R&B bands, with a strong influence from Illinois Jacquet. He played in Lowell Fulson's band with Ray Charles from 1950-1951, and in 1953, he replaced John Coltrane in Earl Bostic's early R&B/jazz band. After a mid-'50s stint in the military, Turrentine joined Max Roach's band and subsequently met organist Shirley Scott, whom he married in 1960 and would record with frequently.

Upon moving to Philadelphia, Turrentine struck up a chemistry with another organist, Jimmy Smith, appearing on Smith's 1960 classics Back at the Chicken Shack and Midnight Special, among others. Also in 1960, Turrentine began recording as a leader for Blue Note, concentrating chiefly on small-group soul-jazz on classics like That's Where It's At, but also working with the Three Sounds (on 1961's Blue Hour) and experimenting with larger ensemble settings in the mid-'60s. As the '70s dawned, Turrentine and Scott divorced and Turrentine became a popular linchpin of Creed Taylor's new, fusion-oriented CTI label; he recorded five albums, highlighted by Sugar, Salt Song, and Don't Mess With Mister T. While those commercially accessible efforts were artistically rewarding as well, critical opinion wasn't as kind to his late-'70s work for Fantasy; still, Turrentine continued to record prolifically, and returned to his trademark soul-jazz in the '80s and '90s. Turrentine passed away on September 12, 2000, following a massive stroke. --- Steve Huey, Rovi

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1.    "Trouble (No. 2)" (Harold Logan, Lloyd Price) - 7:48
2.    "Love Letters" (Heyman, Young) - 7:38
3.    "The Hustler" (Turrentine) - 6:02
4.    "Lady Fingers" (Shirley Scott) - 6:21
5.    "Something Happens to Me" (Marvin Fisher, Segal) - 6:15
6.    "Goin' Home" (Anton Dvorak) - 7:02

Personnel:
    Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
    Shirley Scott - organ
    Kenny Burrell - guitar
    Bob Cranshaw - bass
    Otis Finch – drums

This is a typically excellent recording from the husband-wife team of tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine and organist Shirley Scott. With assistance from guitarist Kenny Burrell, bassist Bob Cranshaw, and drummer Otis Finch, Turrentine (who always had the skill of playing melodies fairly straight but with his own brand of soul) and Scott dig into "Love Letters," Lloyd Price's "Trouble," "Something Happens to Me," a couple of basic originals, and "Goin' Home." The Turrentine-Scott team never made an unworthy disc; all are easily recommended, including this one. ---Scott Yanow, Rovi

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