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Temporary Kings

Mark Turner & Ethan Iverson

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Format: CD

Cat No: 6736988

Release Date:  07 September 2018

Label:  ECM

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  602567369882

Genres:  Jazz  Contemporary  

Release Date:  12 October 2018

Label:  ECM

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  602567675808

Genres:  Jazz  Contemporary  

  • Description

    With Temporary Kings - their debut on record as a duo - saxophonist Mark Turner and pianist Ethan Iverson explore aesthetic common ground that encompasses the cool-toned intricacies of the Lennie Tristano/Warne Marsh jazz school, as well as the heightened intimacy of modernist chamber music.

    The album, issued in CD and vinyl formats, presents six originals by Iverson (among them the nostalgic solo tune "Yesterday's Bouquet") and two by Turner (including "Myron's World," which has acquired near-classic status among contemporary jazz players). There's an off-kilter blues ("Unclaimed Freight") and a strikingly melodic, almost Ravelian opening track dedicated to the Swiss town where the album was recorded ("Lugano"), plus an interpretation of Marsh's playfully serpentine "Dixie's Dilemma."

    The initial musical connection between Turner and Iverson was made in 1990s jam sessions in New York City, with both going on to individual success - Iverson in hit trio The Bad Plus and Turner as a solo leader and in such groups as the trio Fly (recording in both capacities for ECM). A decade after their first meeting, the saxophonist and pianist began an association in the Billy Hart Quartet, the two players featuring sympathetically on two widely lauded ECM albums by that band.

    Personnel: Mark Turner (tenor saxophone); Ethan Iverson (piano)

    Description

    With Temporary Kings - their debut on record as a duo - saxophonist Mark Turner and pianist Ethan Iverson explore aesthetic common ground that encompasses the cool-toned intricacies of the Lennie Tristano/Warne Marsh jazz school, as well as the heightened intimacy of modernist chamber music.

    The album, issued in CD and vinyl formats, presents six originals by Iverson (among them the nostalgic solo tune "Yesterday's Bouquet") and two by Turner (including "Myron's World," which has acquired near-classic status among contemporary jazz players). There's an off-kilter blues ("Unclaimed Freight") and a strikingly melodic, almost Ravelian opening track dedicated to the Swiss town where the album was recorded ("Lugano"), plus an interpretation of Marsh's playfully serpentine "Dixie's Dilemma."

    The initial musical connection between Turner and Iverson was made in 1990s jam sessions in New York City, with both going on to individual success – Iverson in hit trio The Bad Plus and Turner as a solo leader and in such groups as the trio Fly (recording in both capacities for ECM). A decade after their first meeting, the saxophonist and pianist began an association in the Billy Hart Quartet, the two players featuring sympathetically on two widely lauded ECM albums by that band.

    Personnel: Mark Turner (tenor saxophone); Ethan Iverson (piano)

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Lugano
      • 2. Temporary Kings
      • 3. Turner's Chamber of Unlikely Delights
      • 4. Dixie's Dilemma
      • 5. Yesterday's Bouquet
      • 6. Unclaimed Freight
      • 7. Myron's World
      • 8. Third Familiar
      • 9. Seven Points

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Lugano
      • 2. Temporary Kings
      • 3. Turner’s Chamber Of Unlikely Delights
      • 4. Dixie’s Dilemma
      • 5. Yesterday’s Bouquet

      Side 2

      • 6. Unclaimed Freight
      • 7. Myron’s World
      • 8. Third Familiar
      • 9. Seven Points