Turning Point | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1962 | |||
Recorded | October 30 & 31 and November 1, 1962 New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 34:07 | |||
Label | Mercury MG 20801 | |||
Producer | Kay Norton | |||
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Turning Point is an album by saxophonist Benny Golson, featuring performances recorded in late 1962 and originally released on the Mercury label.[1]
This was the first of a pair of quartet recordings by Golson in two months.[2] Golson was displeased with his playing at the time: "I was frustrated, because I didn't know how I wanted to sound"; he soon stopped playing, and did not resume for seven or eight years.[2] The title, according to Golson, "indicates my frustration with [producer] Kay Norton and Art [Farmer, co-leader of the Jazztet], because we had reached a point where we wanted to go in different directions."[2]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
Down Beat | [4] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [5] |
The Allmusic review states, "this quartet set for tenor saxophonist Benny Golson was the beginning of the close of an era. Within a year, Golson would be working full-time as a writer in the studios, and he de-emphasized his playing until making a comeback in the late 1970s".[3]
All compositions by Benny Golson except as indicated