Return From The Stars

2LP.

Mark Turner’s writing for his quartet on Return from the Stars (titled after Stanislav Lem’s science fiction novel) 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 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 first 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 Tenor Saxophone
Jason Palmer Trumpet
Joe Martin Double Bass
Jonathan Pinson Drums

A1 Return From The Stars 9:34
A2 Terminus 7:22
B1 Bridgetown 8:56
B2 It’s Not Alright With Me 10:25

C1 Nigeria II 4:36
C2 Waste Land 5:16
D1 Unacceptable 12:22
D2 Lincoln Heights 6:15