Stanley Turrentine Sugar

[UMAMIMAMU]

I like how well this sticks to a more traditional jazz style yet it still has a distinctly 70's vibe to it.

[360Fastboyz]

Looks like a mother and a baby too me.

[MrDtelson]

Such a smooth song.  Love it. And man, nothing like licking a pretty girls toes just a little!

[TheNini112]

Wow I'm 13 years old and I play this song in my jazz band

[ZachPrescod]

The simplicity is incredible. I love how a piece can be so smooth and so complicated by being simple and gentle.

[msperc]

Billy Kaye is the drummer on Sugar. Billy Cobham is on other tracks.

[kingkoeller]

I knew Stanley's brother TOMMY TURRENTINE,,he was a hell of a piano player and trumpet player. He stayed in a room behind the NYC Smalls stage. If he heard something he didn't like, he would come out and kick off the piano player and replace him with the best piano playin' and wonderful chord changes!!! He was a jazz prophet!!! I miss him..

[TripleOctaveMusic]

@kingkoeller Wow. Cool story man. I need to listen to some Jazz Pianists, thanks for giving me a good pianist to listen to if I can find him heeh

[DebbSaxx1]

He plays with such pizzazz! It's one of the best sax pieces I've heard

and I happen play sax and have a video on YouTube, too. He's great!

[willie7554]

love this song

[vastusinternus]

What a groove baby!

[Guirremotel]

great album, creepy cover

[savida34e]

@Guirremotel It Is Gross!

[MsSugarleaf]

Old days...good, straight-up jazz!! Thanks.

[blackandtanful]

CTIのｸﾞｯﾄﾞ･ｼﾞｮﾌﾞ～ｽﾀﾝﾘｰ･ﾀﾚﾝﾀｲﾝ"ｼ­ｭｶﾞｰ"ｺﾘﾄﾚｰﾝに毒されなき普段着のﾌﾞﾗｯｸ･ソウル­フルﾃﾅｰ!～ベンソン､ﾊﾊﾞｰﾄﾞも乗る! #jazzm 

[L78lancer]

Aw yeah. This brings back memories. Thank you for posting. It takes the entire 10 minutes to fully groove to this.

[mrtonymay]

Great music from a wonderful band.

[DAGUY]

AhLeah, I'm thinkin of you when I see the cover.lol

[frankwheezy]

Fucking great lineup on this track... 

[Goergebenson]

Check out Rich from guitarcollege playing this.

Personally I prefer his arrangement, little more funky any raw. Still I would say that cause I heard that version first and in my opinion thats just the way the cookie crumbled. :-)

I like this one (the original) but its a bit long in places and i find the sax blowing loses a bit of momentum. Thats just my opinion although know one asked, but please dont get up set. :-)

[jayfatzthedude]

As the sun sets I sip my Arnold Palmer talking to my 58 yr old uncle talking about how he saw Freddie Hubbard, Stanley T.,George Benson all in Detroit, MI for $5 bucks.......CAN YOU SAY STEAL

[hildajune1]

This is one of the great artist of our time and his music so sweet and powerful the fact that Freddie Hubbard George Benson and the Great Ron Carter are with Stanley on this LP only hightens its appeal to the real Jazz enthusiast. Yeah this is music at it's best. V.P.

[MultiSimpe]

If you don't like this music, don't press on that button! it's shame! :)

[hollywood3150]

BOY YOU MUST HAVE HAD A HEAD ON YOU AT THAT TIME. TURBULENT!!!!!!!!!! BUT THINGS GO BETTER! WHAT SAY YOU!

[hollywood3150]

BOY YOU MUST HAVE HAD HEAD ON YOU AT THAT TIME. TURBULENT!!!!!!!!!!  BUT THINGS GO BETTER! WHAT SAY YOU!

[Hoffletrof456]

Does anybody know if there are any live versions of this tune on youtube with all members from the recording? That would be a fucking brilliant find

[MsTexas73]

CTI...Turrentine, Hubbard, Benson...Creed Taylor was the bomb!

[harveydents]

IM a heavy metal guitarist....and i find this album ESSENTIAL.....PURE GENIUS.... i was lucky to have met MR. T when he returned to his hometown of pITTSBURGH PA. for a show.. such a lovely nice man! rip stanley T!

[Muziclvr07]

YEA!!!!! 

[degingernut]

Magical album!



[degingernut]

Magical album!

[thejazzprofessor]

Never actually knew that there was a version of this song apart from the Fattburger version..

Prof.

[2bluerosalind]

I have not been privy to a live jam session like this one in 20 years. I am loving it. Thank you for posting. It is definitely a groove.

[nhbassistbry]

New to me, but varr nice... I've always enjoyed Ron Carter, but Benson and Hubbard too, wow. Sweet like sugar I guess would be the obvious assumption to be made. Thanks for the upload.

[1redbne]

love this!

[1redbne]

awesome!

[sherrywin]

I love playing this tune...It just flows when I play it with my band,,,,Sherry Winston

[tenorsaxloverful]

Mmm mmm mmm I love me some good jazz :)

[DUANESKEE]

One of my favorite songs,new them both well,Stan and Hubb. Great tune!!!

[phylkirkpatrick]

I used to love the CTI Jazz festivals here at the Hollywood Bowl when I was a teenager, hanging out with my Mom! Those were the days..Don't mess with Mr. and those other Cool Cats!, Grover, Freddie, George, Hank etc...

[jediknightrider]

@queenzarias ~ Vocalese by Jon Hendricks on his great album Freddie Freeloader. "Truly, really, life is meant to live ideally. When you're doublin up n droppin some Sugar in your own cup" Happy V Day! :D

[TripleOctaveMusic]

great tune wierd album art

[eric2181965]

George Benson before he became popular signing to Warner Bros. and the guitar playing slowly took a back seat. Damn this is a good tune.

[railcar123]

Great tune....freaky album cover.

[Queenzarias]

Does anyone remember the vocal version of this song? and who did it? Been trying to find it for years....

[iWannaKitkatt]

Um..yeah, that album cover is a bit much..but LOVE the heck outta this tune!

[rasdorje]

Stanley was a true gentleman, and such a nice man. My late wife, a well known jazz vocalist in Dallas, feted Stanley when he was playing a gig there at the Fairmont Venetian room in the early '80s I recall. It was his birthday. We were very honored to have him amidst our jazz friends in our humble abode. Early the next morn we took him to DFW airport to catch a redeye to NY. He couldn't wait to get out of Texas though.....lol......

[Bowser28]

credits for the album?

[VenousPlatypus]

QUICK! CHORD CHANGES! I NEEEEED!

[billynunn]

@VenousPlatypus HIT ME YOU I'LL GIVE YOU THE CHANGES !!! IT'S IN CMIN..

[VenousPlatypus]

@billynunn haha too late, needed it for a bass audition for a jazz ensamble. thanks tho.

[ambouousoks]

@VenousPlatypus Cm7, A half diminished, Dm7, GMaj7, Cm7, A Half diminished, D7, Gmaj7, Cm7, D7#9, Ab7, G7, Cm7, F#7b5, Fm7, Bbm7, Eb9, D7, Gmaj7, Ab7b5, Gmaj7. You can figure how they play em.

[vincelotus1]

Who played drums on this jam?

[snubbs741]

@vincelotus1 Billy Kaye. Also, Lonnie Liston Smith is on keys for this track only

[FlyinS4]

Jazz at it's Best!!!

[bvc10957]

THIS SONG IS SWEET AS SUGAR!

[samadjhi]

Back when this recorded you could catch Stanley at the gate shortly after thanksgiving  up until the new year.

[person4646]

Ah, the phrasing is just so tasty! Every instrument has the same touch and flares as if Oscar Peterson were playing it all

[hotdrumchick]

Now thai is one of the grossest album covers I have ever seen!!

So glad it doesn't reflect on the music, lol!

[jay1beaux]

Great song, great musicians

[DiddleyBoh]

Who wrote the tune?

[MrFroylin]

Loving it!

[387babycakes]

YES!

[jaylynbob]

CTI,what else can you say!!!!

[Zitbam19]

I always thought the picture on the cover was nice. That's a little childs foot. Innocence=Pure=Sweet like Sugar.

[mdwallin]

mmm spicy hot guitar

[custardapple777]

Could someone please tell me what guitar Benson is using ?

[MOYOSIMBA]

Hey boswell!!! SWEEEEET

Shalom

[valambiguous]

Sweet!

[630averagejoe]

REMINDS ME OF JASMENE!!

[SuperCalderon1]

this is the kind of tune that all jazz musicians love to play and solo on, one of my favorite songs of all time

[411JazzAve]

whos drumming on this tune??

[harveydents]

@411JazzAve Billy Kaye....and Billy Cobham is also on this album

[DYNODRUM]

@411JazzAve most,CTI records had Cobham..not sure this iz hymn...

[jaylynbob]

I have most the CTI records.What a great label!!!

[DarkHeartedMusician]

Is that Freddie Hubbard on trumpet?

[custardapple777]

@DarkHeartedMusician Yup, it is the unmistakably lyrical improv of the great Freddie Hubbard. Check him out on John Coltrane’s “Then I’ll be tired of You” from the Stardust album.

[DAGUY]

I have this CD with the great long version of Gibraltar which was deleted by the ignorant know nothings at CBS.

I like "Sunshine Alley a little better than this even though I love all the cuts.

[gimmealake]

i was walking by a hotel years ago in SF, and there was Mr T getting into a cab,

I went up to him and all I could say was, "I love you man".

Just goes right to my heart

[rutaguer]

Some great stuff. Thanks

[OnTheAttackNow]

Oh my god creepy album cover

[musicman69123]

@OnTheAttackNow True but great song!

[411JazzAve]

@OnTheAttackNow for reealll!! verryy weirdd

[9876543217303]

@OnTheAttackNow I do agree. I hadn't looked at it before...what was I thinking. But the music outweighs it......

[raychuang]

@OnTheAttackNow I actually sorta like it... :P

[bonzosmonster]

@OnTheAttackNow and that's his own foot too

[387babycakes]

@OnTheAttackNow Really? I guess you've never had your toes licked huh (giggle)

[monielove14]

i really like this song.

[heinzie5]

wow is all i can say

[muzzajg]

I grew up on this n others Carl jader n such.....

[word2daherd]

Freddie Hubbard & Stanley Turrentine..spoke to Freddie a couple years b4 his paasing & he confirmed what I suspected, that Sttanley brought out the best in him...perfect together....this cut is a classic that has & will withstand the test of time....rhythmn section held up their end of the bargain & George Benson's solo was vintage ...

[boswell69]

Good story. Thank you. Glad you enjoyed.

[harveydents]

@word2daherd I met and hung out with Stanley in 1992 in Pittsburgh (my hometown and his) and he was pretty much the nicest guy i ever met!

[joemugs]

very peaceful, however I'm looking for harmony, perfect harmony by Mr. T.

[speakwhnspkn2]

Great cut, but you would think with all the creativity these guys had at their disposal they could've come up with a better and less demeaning album cover. I looked at the cover and was like "what the fuck?" Damn! That's disgusting. The epitome of bad taste.

[danieljones013]

@speakwhnspkn2

demeaning?...lol

well, its sugar and theyre saying the tune is sweet like babys feet...lol

[speakwhnspkn2]

I wouldn't know if a baby's feet are sweet or not. I'm also in no hurry to find out. My parents taught me early on not to put such objects in my mouth. I hope yours did too.

[danieljones013]

@speakwhnspkn2

cuz u were putting your own feet in your mouth.

[danieljones013]

sure with all the horrible and degrading pictures prevelent on tv, even during times when children can see them [condum commercials like trogan ] a simple cover like this isnt that bad. If you about to bite a sandwich maybe youll lose your apittie but, it really isnt volger.

[ErsatzWino]

Literally?

[socksandpistols]

@speakwhnspkn2, just out of curriosity, how do you feel about the album cover for Herb Alpert's "Whipped Cream"?

[speakwhnspkn2]

@socksandpistols I really don't care how white folks present themselves. I am concerned about black people and how we present our images to the world at large. Therefore, I've never given much thought to Herb Alpert's cover. Nor will I give it much thought in days, months and years to come.

[socksandpistols]

Fair enough

[socksandpistols]

if you're interested, according to a jazzwax interview with photographer pete turner:

"JW: Whats happening on the cover of Stanley Turrentines Sugar?

PT: Back in the 1960s I had done a series for Look magazine called Black Is Beautiful." The image on the cover of Sugar is an outtake from that shoot, of a mother licking a babys foot. Some people think its a sexual thing, but its not."

[jazz1bro]

I agree. The picture is funky looking.

[speakwhnspkn2]

@jazz1bro I'm just glad that it appears to be a black foot and one belonging to a baby or small child. Otherwise this would reek of some hidden racism bs.

[joeldrummer21]

Billy Kaye on the drums. This a drummer I don't think I've heard before. His swing is deep. He could be playing tons more but, I think it would just be in the way. This is like ear candy to me.

[knightfall79]

Mr. T. and Hub (Freddie Hubbard) are two of the most prolific horn players of the 60's / 70's era. Their sound unmistakakble, their phrasing and clarity, solid and pure. These cats knew how to swing and they could blow. I miss their sound. Creed Taylor (CTI) really captured and era in jazz history with the artists that he signed, and these two were GIANTS !

Enjoy !

[boswell69]

I completely agree. Thank you.

[stevemo1967]

hey who is the drummer on this original recording?

[PhilD13]

@knightfall79 -- couldn't have said it better. i got turned on to these guys in college, and hearing them was my "gateway drug" in to jazz in all forms.

[philthekill100]

one of the most underated jazz giants of all time

[gimmealake]

my man mr T, met him once outside a hotel and all I could say was,I love you man. very distinctive sound, love his hoot

[BigWillieWillHom]

I Have This Record, "Sugar" By Stanley Turrentine!! It's Awesome, Man!!! Beautiful Jazz Improvization & Sax Playing!!! :)

[boswell69]

yes. a classic tune.

[sanity122333]

great recording