Al turner biography

Driven by artistic mastery, Al Turner “The Burner” is an A-List side man and has performed hundreds of live shows nationally and internationally and continues.
A bassist since the age of 12, Turner has played with some of the brightest luminaries in the business.
Al Turner spent over two decades in the Information Technology (IT) world before retiring to pursue his passion of writing fiction.

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Civil Rights Digital Library

Authoritative Name:

Turner, Albert, 1936-2000

Biography:

The son of a Perry Country Alabama farmer who owned 111 acres near Marion (now the Emerson Turner Memorial Park), Al Turner was a bricklayer and graduate of Alabama A&M. On Selma's Bloody Sunday in 1965 he was one of the leaders of the Voting Rights March that was attacked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. In honor of his courage and dedication to the Movement, he was chosen by SCLC to lead the mule train that carried Dr. King to his funeral, and for many years he was state director for SCLC in Alabama. From: http://www.crmvet.org/mem/alturner.htm

Associated Subjects:

Turner, Albert, 1936-2000

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

60 items in 6 collections (expand all)

Creator:

AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E.T., 1921-1996
Donahue, Thomas R.
Pollard, William Edward, 1915-2013
Gilliam, Arleen
Horwitz, Charles
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015
Johnson, Jondelle
Bumpers, Terry G.
Love, Albert E.
Young, Kenneth
Womack, Richard G., 1939-
McCaughan, Cy

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"The Burner" Al Turner, bass player exceptional, has released after It's Good To Have Friends (2005), Movin' (2009), Sunny Days (2011) and Simply Amazing (2015) this year his fifth album This Is. The cover is taken from a photo captured on a concert in Wilmington.

Marlon McClain, Tom Braxton, Ron Otis, Dana Davis, Darryl Wakefield, Calvin Rodgers, Jeff Canady, Monty Q. Pollard, Mark Mitchell, Jordache Grant, Darryl Dixon, Rick Watford, Melvin Jones, Mike Burton, Shedly Abraham, Gino Castillo and Eric Willis are listed in the credits of the new album.

The album goes into position with the affirmative This Is. In a fast race of instruments the dynamic melody crystallizes. The bass also gives the fast pace for the following piece Sunrise. There is an infectious almost captivating funky spirit that inspires the instruments involved.

Sunset dives into some timeless Motown riffs from Stevie Wonder to George Bohanon with a big dose of Funk, that was the doctor recommends. On Divi

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Alan Rodney Turner - Able Seaman
Alan Rodney Turner was born in Vancouver April 13, 1922. He lived in Edmonton and Toronto and joined the navy in 1940 and served until being discharged from the service in 1945, at Victoria, B.C. Al joined the Weather Ship Service in 1946, serving on board the Stonetown for one year. In 1947 he joined the Oak Bay Fire department and three years later joined the RCAF as a firefighter. He was stationed at Clinton, Ontario, Claresholm, Alberta and Winnipeg, where he remustered to Base Transportation due to back injuries incurred while playing sports. Al and Margaret Morrison were married in Victoria, B.C. in 1952. They have three children, Robert, Neil and Joy Ann and seven grandchildren. During Al's term with the RCAF he also served at Goose Bay, Labrador and finally Trenton, where he retired in 1972 at the age of 50. During his period at Goose Bay and Trenton he acted as minor sports convenor. Following his retirement in 1972 Al obtained a position with General Bakeries at their depot in Belleville and retired as manager at age 65. In 1985 Al an