Mark Turner - Return From The Stars [2LP]

ECM

£31.66

Cat. no: 4519441
Format: LP2
Barcode: 602445194414
Release Date: 21 Oct 2022
Genre: Jazz

Mark Turner's writing for his quartet on Return From The Stars (titled after Stanislav Lem's science fction novel) gives the players plenty of space in which to move, on an album both exhilarating and thoughtful in its arc of expression

Solos fow organically out of the arrangements and, beneath the often-dazzling interplay of Turner's tenor and Jason Palmer's trumpet, the rhythm section of Joe Martin and Jonathan Pinson roams freely.Although Turner has been a frequent presence on ECM in contexts including the Billy Hart Quartet, the Fly trio, and a duo with Ethan Iverson, Return from the Stars is his frst quartet album since 2014's Lathe of Heaven and an essential document of his artistry as a player and his conceptual thinking as a bandleader.

Mark Turner: saxophone
Jason Palmer: trumpet
Joe Martin: double bass
Jonathan Pinson: drums

Press:
"Within this quietly chamber-musical cloister Mark Turner is so at home in, Return From The Stars is close to perfect." - **** Jazzwise (Editor's Choice)

"The dreamy equanimity of Turner and Palmer belies the friction in their deft, contrapuntal sallies. The pair offer plenty of solo passages, but they're extraordinary when they improvise together, spinning elegant lines that might nudge the other, but without every upsetting an easy fow." - The Quietus

"This is an excellent album that will satisfy listeners already appreciative of Turner's music and should draw many others towards his distinctive musical vision." - LondonJazz News

LP2 Tracks: Return From The Stars / Terminus / Bridgetown / It's Not Alright With Me / Nigeria II / Waste Land / Unacceptable / Lincoln Heights