Mesa
Context
Opening track of In This World, Mark Turner's second album for Warner Bros., recorded in June 1998 with Brad Mehldau and Larry Grenadier. A critic describes a theme that moves from a relaxed melodic line to "a winding path full of surprises".
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Neoclassicism, Young Lions. Among the origins and influences of Neoclassicism, Young Lions: Hard bop, Modal.