Patternmaster

Patternmaster captures Mark Turner’s quartet at its most adventurous, sophisticated and hard-hitting. In his review of the West Coast-based saxophonist’s last quartet effort for ECM, 2022’s Return From The Stars, the Swiss daily Weltwoche’s Peter Rüedi spoke of “the leanest, most concentrated, and most inspired improvised chamber music imaginable.” It’s a fitting description of the tenor saxophonist’s powerful quartet endeavours which have reached a new creative peak on this new record. Both boundless improvisation and cool control are driving motors behind a group that has moulded its common musical understanding over years on the road and in the studio.