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The correct answer is Stanley Turrentine!

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photo by Brian McMillen

Stanley Turrentine at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay CA 8/13/89

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Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) began his career playing R&B for  Earl Bostic  and later  soul jazz  recording for the  Blue  Note  label from 1960, touched on  jazz  fusion  during a stint on  CTI in the 1970s.  He was described by critic Steve Huey as “renowned for his distinctively thick, rippling tone [and] earthy grounding in the blues.”  In the 1960s Turrentine was married to organist  Shirley Scott, with whom he frequently recorded, and he was the younger brother of trumpeter  Tommy Turrentine.

(From Wikipedia…Click here for the complete Wikipedia biography)

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Listen to the 1963 Blue Note recording of Stanley Turrentine playing “Never Let Me Go,” with his wife Shirley Scott (organ), Sam Jones (bass) and Clarence Johnston (drums)

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