Tommy Turrentine, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tommy Turrentine

American musician

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1928

Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 15-May-1997

Profession: composer, trumpeter, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Thomas Walter Turrentine, Jr.
(April 22, 1928 – May 15, 1997) was a swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer of the 1940s to 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.