Hip Twist

The next Stanley Turrentine session after the Tommy Flannagan/Grant Green set that produced Z.T.'s Blues was a November 1961 set by Shirley Scott (aka Mrs. Stanley Turrentine).    

The previous Stanley-and-Shirley session (Hip Soul) featured Herbie Lewis on bass and Roy Brooks on drums.  This second session, released as Hip Twist, featured George Tucker on bass and Otis Finch on drums.  

The album included two original composition by Scott (Rippin' an' Runnin' and Violent Blues) and one by Turrentine (the titular Hip Twist) in addition to the usual covers and standards, including At Last, the song made famous by Etta James).   

The session really brought out the smoky best in Stanley's playing, and gave the underappreciated Shirley a chance to really show her stuff off. As mentioned here before, the soul-jazz combo of Hammond organ and tenor sax really served Turrentine well, and this is a prime example of some his best work of the period.

The Hip Twist LP was released in 1962, and Blue Note also released a 45-rpm single of the title track, with a Part 1 and Part 2 on the two sides. In 2017, Groove Yard Records released Hip Twist on CD along with the previous Hip Soul, and in March 2020, the EG Jazz label released Hip Soul and Hip Twist as one CD, which can be streamed now on Spotify and SoundCloud.