Every jazz musician strives to establish a voice. Some go so far as to create a language. Mark Turner is one of those: a tenor saxophonist with a vocabulary and syntax so personal that he’s recognizable within a single phrase. Now 60, he’s a modern master, and an artist whose influence on the tradition can hardly be overstated. So in this episode, we’re thrilled to talk with Turner about his fine new ECM quartet album, Patternmaster, and some of the speculative fiction (and actual music) that inspired it. We also touch on his creative habits, the shifting parameters of the jazz tradition, and the way he and his peers have left their mark (no pun intended) on the creative landscape.
Patternmaster, with Mark Turner
