| Turning Point | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Benny Golson |
| Cover: | Turning Point (Benny Golson album).jpg |
| Released: | 1962 |
| Recorded: | October 30 & 31 and November 1, 1962 New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 34:07 |
| Label: | Mercury MG 20801 |
| Producer: | Kay Norton |
| Chronology: | Benny Golson |
| Prev Title: | Another Git Together |
| Prev Year: | 1962 |
| Next Title: | Free |
| Next Year: | 1962 |
Turning Point is an album by saxophonist Benny Golson, featuring performances recorded in late 1962 and originally released on the Mercury label.[1]
This was the first of a pair of quartet recordings by Golson in two months.[2] Golson was displeased with his playing at the time: "I was frustrated, because I didn't know how I wanted to sound"; he soon stopped playing, and did not resume for seven or eight years. The title, according to Golson, "indicates my frustration with [producer] Kay Norton and Art [Farmer], co-leader of the Jazztet], because we had reached a point where we wanted to go in different directions."
The Allmusic review states, "this quartet set for tenor saxophonist Benny Golson was the beginning of the close of an era. Within a year, Golson would be working full-time as a writer in the studios, and he de-emphasized his playing until making a comeback in the late 1970s".[3]
All compositions by Benny Golson except as indicated