Stanley Turrentine - Closer

Blues fell somewhat out of popular favor until the later 1950’s. In 1958, the Kingston Trio... gave birth to a folk revival. Folk and blues were reintroduced to white Americans. Blues had a huge influence on American popular music. Popular musicians... with their enthusiastic playing styles, departed from the melancholy aspects of blues. After this time, the blues became increasingly merged with rock music to form the rock blues bands of the 1960s and 70s.

When the country blues moved to the cities and other locales, it took on various regional characteristics. These were called the St. Louis Blues, the Memphis Blues, the Louisiana Blues, etc. Today there are many different shades of blues.

A more urban, electric blues developed as a result, which eclipsed the rural blues of the South and eventually became both rock and roll and what would become known as rhythm and blues. There are Blues Societies all over the world... In recent years, perhaps as a result of the recessionary economic times there has been a revival of interest in the Blues.
Source: A History of Blues Music by Cheryl Fallstead

Stanley Turrentine - Closer

• Recording in: Hollywood, CA
• Released in: 1980
• Genre: Jazz

"At 12 year old, Stanley Turrentine sat in with saxman Illinois Jacquet, at 17, Turrentine went on the road with bluesman Lowell Fulson, and in 1953, he was hired by R&B saxman and bandleader Earl Bostic to replace John Coltrane."

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