{{short description|American jazz musician}}
'''Milton Turner''' (1930–1993) was a jazz drummer.
After graduating from Pearl High School,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111015193944/http://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/afam/2003/features.htm "Pearl High School: Nashville, Tennessee"] National Park Service. Retrieved 27 June 2013.</ref> he attended Tennessee State University, where he coincided with Hank Crawford,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5v1pSAHAEa0C&dq=milt+turner+drum&pg=PT176 Evans, Mike. (2009) ''Ray Charles: The Birth of Soul''. Music Sales Group] At Google Books. Retrieved 27 June 2013.</ref> who he later recommended to join him in Ray Charles' band when he took over from William Peeples in the late 1950s.
In 1962, he was a member of Phineas Newborn's trio with Leroy Vinnegar,<ref>Yanow, Scott (2003) [https://books.google.com/books?id=zy3XOvATyDcC&dq=milt+turner+drummer&pg=PA782 ''Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years'', p. 616. Backbeat Books] At Google Books. Retrieved 27 June 2013.</ref> on whose solo albums he would later appear, and in the early 1960s, Turner also recorded with Teddy Edwards. He never recorded as a leader.
==Discography== '''With Ray Charles''' *''What'd I Say'' (Atlantic, 1959) *''The Genius Hits the Road'' (ABC-Paramount, 1960) '''With Hank Crawford''' *''More Soul'' (Atlantic, 1960) *''The Soul Clinic'' (Atlantic, 1962) *''True Blue'' (Atlantic, 1964) *''Dig These Blues'' (Atlantic, 1966) *''After Hours'' (Atlantic, 1966) *''Mr. Blues'' (Atlantic, 1967) '''With Teddy Edwards''' *''Good Gravy!'' (Contemporary, 1961) *''Heart & Soul'' (Contemporary, 1962) '''With Joe Gordon''' *''Lookin' Good!'' (Contempoarary, 1961) '''With Paul Horn''' *''The Sound of Paul Horn'' (Columbia, 1961) *''Profile of a Jazz Musician'' (Columbia, 1962) '''With Charles Kynard''' *''Where It's At!'' (Pacific Jazz, 1963) '''With Phineas Newborn, Jr.''' *''The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr.'' (Contemporary, 1963) '''With David "Fathead" Newman''' *''Fathead'' (Atlantic, 1960) *''House of David'' (Atlantic, 1967) '''With Helyne Stewart''' *''Love Moods'' (Contemporary, 1961) '''With Sarah Vaughan''' *''Sarah Sings Soulfully'' (Roulette, 1963) '''With Leroy Vinnegar''' *''Leroy Walks Again!!'' (Contemporary, 1963) *''Jazz's Great "Walker"'' (VeeJay, 1964) '''With Jimmy Woods''' *''Awakening!!'' (Contemporary, 1962)
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