Show Notes
Every jazz musician strives to establish a voice. Some go further — creating a language all their own. Mark Turner is one of those artists: a tenor saxophonist with a vocabulary and syntax so personal that he’s recognizable within a single phrase.
Now 60, Turner stands as a modern master — an artist whose influence on the jazz tradition can hardly be overstated.
In this episode, we’re thrilled to talk with Turner about his new ECM quartet album, Patternmaster, along with 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.
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
06:57 — Interview with Mark Turner
40:05 — “This I Dig”
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