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Stanley Turrentine's older brother,
Tommy, had a parallel career for awhile. His most significant early gigs were with
Benny Carter (1946),
Earl Bostic (1952-1955), and
Charles Mingus (1956), in addition to big band work with
Billy Eckstine,
Dizzy Gillespie, and
Count Basie.
Turrentine received some recognition playing next to his brother during a well-documented stint with
Max Roach (1959-1960). In the early '60s he recorded his lone session as a leader (for Time) and appeared on dates led by
Horace Parlan,
Jackie McLean,
Sonny Clark,
Lou Donaldson, and
Stanley Turrentine, before retiring from music and falling into obscurity.
Tommy Turrentine was a fine hard bop-oriented trumpeter who had the talent to go much further. ~ Scott Yanow