Vinyl Record

Stanley Turrentine - Look Out!

Stanley Turrentine - Look Out! on LP vinyl. A 1960 Jazz record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.

LP · Jazz · 1960

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 1960 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection Jazz shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.

Look Out! is Stanley Turrentine in 1960, making his first Blue Note leader statement with no need for theatrical arrival. The quartet is beautifully direct: Turrentine's tenor saxophone, Horace Parlan's piano, George Tucker's bass and Al Harewood's drums. That setting lets the main event stay clear, which is Turrentine's sound: big, rounded, blues-wise and deeply vocal without losing hard-bop discipline. Look Out, Journey Into Melody, Return Engagement, Little Sheri and the standards material show a player who could make a phrase feel conversational and authoritative at the same time. The 1960 context matters because Turrentine had just made a strong impression in Jimmy Smith's orbit, and Blue Note was entering one of its richest hard-bop and soul-jazz stretches. Look Out! does not announce him through novelty. It announces him through tone, time and emotional certainty. Parlan's trio gives the record a grounded, rolling engine, while Turrentine refuses to overcomplicate the evidence. Every chorus says that a soulful tenor voice can be both accessible and serious.

Look Out! matters because it is Stanley Turrentine's early leader identity in concentrated form. In 1960, it placed his warm, blues-rooted tenor voice inside the Blue Note hard-bop language and made soulfulness sound like authority rather than a softening of jazz ambition.

For collectors, Look Out! is the starting point for Turrentine as a Blue Note leader. The draw is the quartet chemistry with Horace Parlan, George Tucker and Al Harewood, plus the chance to hear the tenor sound before the later soul-jazz reputation becomes the whole story.

Soulful 1960 hard bop with full-bodied tenor saxophone, blues phrasing, Horace Parlan piano firmness, walking bass, crisp drums, relaxed swing and a clear Blue Note quartet atmosphere.

Recommended for: Collectors building a Stanley Turrentine or Blue Note tenor shelf; Listeners who like hard bop with blues feeling and direct tone; Fans of Horace Parlan trio settings and early soul-jazz warmth.

When was Look Out! recorded and released? Look Out! is a 1960 Stanley Turrentine album from his early Blue Note leader period. Who plays on Look Out!? The album features Stanley Turrentine with Horace Parlan on piano, George Tucker on bass and Al Harewood on drums. Why is Look Out! important in Turrentine's catalogue? It establishes his leader voice: a blues-rich tenor sound placed inside a clean, swinging hard-bop quartet.