Release Date: 08 September 2014
Label: ECM
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602537806638
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 08 September 2014
Label: ECM
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602537806638
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
Mark Turner is one of the most admired saxophonists of his generation, renowned for his exploratory intellect and intimate expressivity on the full range of the tenor. Turner leads a quartet of kindred spirits here, often entwining in serpentine fashion with rising-star trumpeter Avishai Cohen. They play long, introspective lines of hypnotic grace; and with the lithe rhythm section of bassist Joe Martin and drummer Marcus Gilmore, there is subtle volatility in the air.
'Lathe of Heaven', produced by Manfred Eicher at New York's Avatar Studio in June 2013, has a long-breathed essence characteristic of Turner's work, with melody taking primacy. There is mystery to the album, a quality of patient storytelling to the compositions. The music also echoes with allusions to literature and relationships key to Turner's personality as a musician. The album's title references Ursula K. Le Guin's 1971 science fiction novel of the same name. There are also gestural allusions to Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter, as well as Stevie Wonder. One of the highlights is "Year of the Rabbit," a rangy counterpart to the title track of Fly's 2012 ECM release, Year of the Snake. And the closer on 'Lathe of Heaven', the melodically haunting "Brother Sister," is a new, more expansive version of a piece first heard on that Fly album.
This is Mark Turner's ECM leader debut, following albums for the label in the cooperative trio Fly with Larry Grenadier and Jeff Ballard (beginning with 'Sky & Country'), and appearances on key recordings by Billy Hart ('All Our Reasons' & 'One Is The Other'), Enrico Rava ('New York Days') and Stefano Bollani's simultaneously-released 'Joy In Spite Of Everything'.
Personnel: Mark Turner (tenor saxophone), Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Joe Martin (double bass), Marcus Gilmore (drums)
Tracklisting
Tomasz Stanko Quartet
Norma Winstone & Kit Downes
Oded Tzur
Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland & Bill Frisell
Fred Hersch
John Taylor, Norma Winstone & Kenny Wheeler
Keith Jarrett & Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek Quartet
Tomasz Stanko Quartet
Jiem
Ant Law & Brigitte Beraha
Tom Green Septet
Patchwork Jazz Orchestra
Elaine Delmar
Ross McHenry
Open Thread (Peggy Lee, Julien Wilson, Theo Carbo, Dylan van der Schyff)