Tommy Turrentine | |
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Background information | |
Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | April 22, 1928
Died | May 13, 1997 | (aged 69)
Genres | Jazz |
Instrument | Trumpet |
Thomas Walter Turrentine, Jr. (April 22, 1928 – May 13, 1997) was a swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer who was active between the 1940s and the 1960s. He rarely worked as a bandleader, and was known for his work as a sideman with drummer Max Roach and his younger brother, the saxophonist Stanley Turrentine.[1]