Turning Point (Benny Golson album)

Turning Point is an album by saxophonist Benny Golson, featuring performances recorded in late 1962 and originally released on the Mercury label.[1]

Turning Point
Studio album by
Benny Golson
Released1962
RecordedOctober 30 & 31 and November 1, 1962
New York City
GenreJazz
Length34:07
LabelMercury
MG 20801
ProducerKay Norton
Benny Golson chronology
Another Git Together
(1962)		 Turning Point
(1962)		 Free
(1962)

Background

This was the first of a pair of quartet recordings by Golson in two months.[2] Golson was displeased with his playing at the time: "I was frustrated, because I didn't know how I wanted to sound"; he soon stopped playing, and did not resume for seven or eight years.[2] The title, according to Golson, "indicates my frustration with [producer] Kay Norton and Art [Farmer, co-leader of the Jazztet], because we had reached a point where we wanted to go in different directions."[2]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Down Beat[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]

The Allmusic review states, "this quartet set for tenor saxophonist Benny Golson was the beginning of the close of an era. Within a year, Golson would be working full-time as a writer in the studios, and he de-emphasized his playing until making a comeback in the late 1970s".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Benny Golson except as indicated

  1. "How Am I to Know" (Dorothy Parker, Jack King) - 3:47
  2. The Masquerade Is Over"" (Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel) - 4:38
  3. "Dear Kathy" - 4:48
  4. "Three Little Words" (Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar) - 4:38
  5. "Turning Point" - 3:56
  6. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) - 4:50
  7. "Alone Together" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) - 7:30
  • Recorded in New York City on October 30 (tracks 4, 5 & 7), October 31 (tracks 2 & 6) and November 1 (tracks 1 & 3), 1962

Personnel
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References
  1. Benny Golson discography accessed June 27, 2012
  2. Blumenthal, Bob (2004) In The Complete Argo/Mercury Art Farmer/Benny Golson/Jazztet Sessions [CD liner notes]. p. 14. Mosaic.
  3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 27, 2012
  4. Down Beat: August 15, 1963 vol. 30, no. 23
  5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 85. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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