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Mark Turner

Return from the Stars

ECM
Release Date: March 25, 2022

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1 Return From The Stars  
2 Terminus  
3 Bridgetown  
4 It’s Not Alright With Me  
5 Nigeria II  
6 Waste Land  
7 Unacceptable  
8 Lincoln Heights  
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Mark Turner has been a frequent and significant presence on ECM recordings of the last dozen years, bringing his saxophone artistry and his musical commitment to recordings with Enrico Rava, the Billy Hart Quartet, the cooperative Fly trio (with Jeff Ballard and Larry Grenadier), Stefano Bollani and, most recently, Ethan Iverson, on the duo recording Temporary Kings. Albums under Turner’s leadership, however, have been rare and Return from the Stars is the first ECM recording to feature his quartet since 2014’s Lathe of Heaven.

Turner’s writing for his group on Return from the Stars gives the players plenty of space in which to move, on an album both exhilarating and thoughtful in its arc of expression. Solos flow organically out of the arrangements and, beneath the dazzling interplay of Turner’s tenor and Jason Palmer’s trumpet, bassist Joe Martin and drummer Jonathan Pinson often roam freely. The absence of a chordal instrument keeps the conversational possibilities in the music wide open, as the compositions modulate between the meticulously structured and the loosely guided. Mark Turner puts a lot of faith in intuition and the shared artistic goals of an ensemble, and cherishes the narrative tension arising from the juxtaposition of freedom and responsibility:

  • Mark Turner shows other sides of himself in an unvarnished conversation with JazzTimes
    Posted At: May 9, 2022 12:00 AM
    JazzTimes - A.D. AMOROSI writes….When you hear tenor saxophonist Mark Turner’s name in conversation, it seems to be frequently linked to the notions of mindfulness, precision, and fastidiousness. “That is a good thing … I think,” Turner says from Switzerland, in between a day’s Zoom lessons with students and a night’s gig with his ensemble.It also makes him contemporary creative music’s sharp dressed man, b...
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  • 'Return From the Stars' spotlights exceptionally strong Mark Turner originals, and a remarkable band / THE BIG TAKE OVER
    Posted At: March 23, 2022 12:00 AM
    Mark Turner has been a frequent and significant presence on ECM recordings of the last dozen years, bringing his saxophone artistry and his musical commitment to recordings with Enrico Rava, the Billy Hart Quartet, the cooperative Fly trio (with Jeff Ballard and Larry Grenadier), Stefano Bollani and, most recently, Ethan Iverson, on the duo recording Temporary Kings. Albums under Turner’s leadership, howeve...
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  • Mark Turner Quartet's musical journey through time and space / JAZZECHO
    Posted At: March 22, 2022 12:00 AM
    Tenor saxophonist Mark Turner returns with an almost entirely new line-up on Return From The Stars, his second quartet album for ECM.JAZZECHO writes…..Over the past twelve years, Mark Turner has managed to mark his presence on a number of important ECM albums. Thus he brought his saxophone artistry and musical engagement to albums by Enrico Rava , the Billy Hart Quartet , the cooperative trio Fly (with Jeff...
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