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Fly: Newport Jazz 2010
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Newport Jazz Festival

Fly: Newport Jazz 2010

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The trio of Mark Turner on saxophones, Larry Grenadier on bass and Jeff Ballard on drums works together as a democratic collective. The band played inside Newport's Fort Adams.

Fly: Newport Jazz 2010

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Gilad Hekselman Quartet: Live In Concert

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The Checkout: Live

Gilad Hekselman Quartet: Live In Concert

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The guitarist called his last album Hearts Wide Open, a mission statement built around his search for the core in modern jazz. Along the way, he wrote a few tunes for a band of top New York players.

Gilad Hekselman Quartet In Concert

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Aaron Goldberg Trio + 1: Live At The Village Vanguard

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Live At The Village Vanguard

Aaron Goldberg Trio + 1: Live At The Village Vanguard

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The pianist and his core trio have been some of the busiest sidemen in the business. But Goldberg has also made time to lead for more than 10 years, and does so this time with Mark Turner on sax.

Aaron Goldberg Trio in Concert at the Village Vanguard - 02022011

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Mark Turner Quartet: Live At The Village Vanguard

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Live At The Village Vanguard

Mark Turner Quartet: Live At The Village Vanguard

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He has no website (yet) and no records as a leader in the last 10 years. But he's probably the most influential tenor saxophonist of his generation. Hear a live recording from the legendary venue.

Mark Turner Quartet: Live At The Village Vanguard

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Live At The Village Vanguard

Billy Hart Quartet: Live At The Village Vanguard

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Hart has lived through multiple sea changes in jazz; what makes him exciting to watch is that he's also clearly absorbed them all. Here, the career sideman steps into the leader's chair.

Billy Hart Quartet in Concert at the Village Vanguard - 09/23/2009

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Edward Simon Quartet: Live At The Village Vanguard

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Edward Simon Quartet: Live At The Village Vanguard

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The pianist and composer has a distinctively modern, studied form of Latin jazz. He presents his quartet in concert, featuring the return of tenor saxophonist Mark Turner from a scary hand injury.

Edward Simon Quartet in Concert at the Village Vanguard - 02/25/2009

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Adam Rogers Quintet: Live at the Village Vanguard

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Adam Rogers Quintet: Live at the Village Vanguard

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Having long plied his angular brand of post-bop in New York, the jazz guitarist gathered a handful of the city's best musicians for his debut as a leader at the storied enclave. Hear the performance.

Adam Rogers in Concert at the Village Vanguard - 04/08/2008

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Tenors Of Our Time: Five Saxophone Modernists

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Take Five: A Jazz Sampler

Tenors Of Our Time: Five Saxophone Modernists

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Even with his contributions to the instrument, not even Coleman Hawkins could have predicted how the tenor saxophone would become so centrally identifiable with jazz. Five of today's leading tenor players have new releases in 2009, each with his own take on the shape of jazz to come.

Mark Turner Quartet On JazzSet

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Concerts

Mark Turner Quartet On JazzSet

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The late Paul Motian plays drums on this set from the Village Vanguard, his favorite room.

Mark Turner Quartet On JazzSet

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