PATTERNMASTER

In his review of Mark Turners last quartet effort for ECM, 2022s Return From The Stars, the Swiss daily Weltwoches Peter Ruedi described the program as the leanest, most concentrated, and most inspired improvised chamber music imaginable. Its a fitting description of the tenor saxophonists powerful quartet endeavors, which seem to have arrived at their most sophisticated and hard-hitting on Patternmaster, an album that in many respects feels like a continuation and expansion of the groups last recording. Both boundless improvisation and cool control are driving motors behind a quartet that has molded its common musical understanding over years on the road and in the studio. The more you trust, the more chances you can take and the deeper you can go with people, says the leader, who feels that within this groups chemistry he can go beyond craft and gage into the art of music more in depth.