Jazz Articles about Steve Turre

Steve Turre: Steve Turre

by Dave Hughes
December 1, 1997

While I am a trombonist, and I have read numerous times in the jazz press that Steve Turre is an excellent trombonist, for some reason this is the first album of his that I have bought. The first impression I got of this album was that it was different -- in a very good way. The program of mostly Turre originals opens with Duke Ellington's “In a Sentimental Mood" -- which starts with Turre playing shells. I knew that Steve ...