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Turrentine was best known for his '60s soul jazz on Blue Note. This example was composed by his then wife and fellow jazz artist Shirley Scott. Her organ opens the track with the main melody, whilst Turrentine interweaves his tenor sax between her lines. He plays in his usual gutsy style here and over the ensuing solo. This is followed by a guitar solo which passes with little incident. At best it's a typical second-string Blue Note guitar solo. Scott is next up, with a solo that is no more inspired than the previous, before things are rounded off with one more typical Turrentine solo. The best thing about the track is the drumming, provided by the ever-dependable Idris Muhammad, who played for pretty much everyone during his long career.
Overall Boogaloo is not a particularly noteworthy tune. It's probably only of interest because it's a boogaloo and it's on Blue Note and even then it's not their best boogaloo. Lou Donaldson's Alligator Boogaloo is quite a bit more interesting. What is rather odd about this tune is that it seems better than it actually is. It really does not benefit from any close attention.
One for the wallpaper.
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