Although he is best known for his bluesy
soul-jazz
outings, tenor saxophonist
Stanley Turrentine
's first
Blue Note
session as a leader was a much more traditional
bop
affair, and the resulting album,
Look Out!
, featuring a rhythm section of
Horace Parlan
on piano,
George Tucker
on bass, and
Al Harewood
on drums, shows as much artful restraint as it does groove. Not that this is a bad thing, since it allows
Turrentine
's big, clear tone to shine through in all its muscular sweetness, giving
a wonderful and flowing coherence. Among the highlights here are the pretty
ballad
"Journey Into Melody"
and the gently funky
"Little Sheri."
~ Steve Leggett