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.
1) Return from the Stars ()
2) Terminus ()
3) Bridgetown ()
4) It's Not Alright With Me ()
5) Nigeria II ()
6) Waste Land ()
7) Unacceptable ()
8) Lincoln Heights ()