Editing Big Joe Turner (section)

===Returning to Jazz===

After a number of successes in popular music, Turner resumed singing with small jazz combos, recording numerous albums in that style during the 1960s and 1970s.<ref name="Rockhall"/> In 1966, [[Bill Haley (musician)|Bill Haley]] helped revive Turner's career by lending him the Comets for a series of popular recordings for the [[Orfeón (Mexican record label)|Orfeón label]] in Mexico.<ref name="AMG"/> 

During the 1960s and 1970s he resumed performing jazz and blues music, performing at many music festivals and recording for [[Norman Granz]]'s [[Pablo Records]].<ref name="AMG"/><ref name="russell"/> He also worked with [[Axel Zwingenberger]].<ref name="russell">{{cite book| first= Tony| last= Russell| year= 1997| title= The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray| publisher=Carlton Books| location= Dubai| pages= 178–79| isbn= 1-85868-255-X}}</ref> Turner also participated in a "Battle of the Blues" with [[Wynonie Harris]] and [[T-Bone Walker]].<ref name="russell 2">{{cite book| first= Tony| last= Russell| year= 1997| title= The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray| publisher=Carlton Books| location= Dubai| page= 117| isbn= 1-85868-255-X}}</ref>

In 1965, he toured in England with the trumpeter [[Buck Clayton]] and the trombonist [[Vic Dickenson]], accompanied by [[Humphrey Lyttelton]] and his band.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Shout, Rattle and Roll|year=2005|first=Adam |last=Komorowski|page=37 |type=CD |publisher=Proper Records|id=Properbox 89 |location=London}}</ref> Part of a studio concert was televised by the BBC and later issued on DVD. A sound recording of a club appearance made during this tour is not thought of sufficient sound quality to justify commercial issue. He also toured Europe with Count Basie and his orchestra. He won the British ''Jazz Journal'' award as top male singer of 1965. 

In 1977, Turner recorded a cover version of [[Guitar Slim]]'s song "[[The Things That I Used to Do]]", and "[[I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter]]", for [[Spivey Records]], with [[Lloyd Glenn]] on piano. 

Turner received top billing with Count Basie in the [[Kansas City jazz]] reunion movie ''[[The Last of the Blue Devils]]'' (1979), featuring [[Jay McShann]], [[Jimmy Forrest (musician)|Jimmy Forrest]], and other players from the city.

In 1983, two years before his death, Turner was inducted into the [[Blues Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0151040.html |title=Blues Foundation Hall of Fame |publisher=Infoplease.com |access-date=2013-06-30}}</ref> That same year, the album ''Blues Train'' was released by [[Muse Records]]; the album featured Turner with the band [[Roomful of Blues]].<ref name="Rockhall"/> 

Turner's career endured from the barrooms of Kansas City in the 1920s (when at the age of twelve he performed with a pencilled moustache and his father's hat)<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Shout, Rattle and Roll|year=2005 |first=Adam |last=Komorowski|page=9 |type=CD |publisher=Proper Records |id=Properbox 89 |location=London}}</ref> to European jazz festivals of the 1980s.