Saxophonist Mark Turner Profiled In International Arts Magazine

Source: Taylor Davis-Van Atta
October 17, 2017
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New issue includes over 100 pages of exclusive interviews, appreciations, photographs, and transcriptions celebrating the career to date of saxophonist Mark Turner

The latest issue of Music & Literature showcases and explores the career of American saxophonist

Mark Turner

saxophone, tenor
b.1965

" data-original-title="" title="">Mark Turner. Exclusive tributes and appreciations from over 20 of Turner’s musical collaborators and admirers, including

Avishai Cohen

bass
b.1970

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Kurt Rosenwinkel

guitar
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Kurt Rosenwinkel, María Kim Grand,

Marcus Gilmore

drums
b.1986

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Gilad Hekselman

guitar
b.1983

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Ethan Iverson

piano
b.1973

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Billy Hart

drums
b.1940

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" data-original-title="" title="">Jorge Rossy, among many others, complement an extensive new retrospective interview with music critic Ben Ratliff.

These pieces are accompanied by transcriptions and facsimiles of Turner’s musical notebooks, offering further insight into an artist of exceptional depth and creative vision. Turner’s work as both a student and a teacher as well as his unique sound is celebrated in over 100 pages of new materials, the first portfolio celebrating the artist's career to date.

The full contents of this issue, the entire interview with Ben Ratliff, and purchasing options are now available at the Music & Literature website.

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