For the last 12 years audiences have scrambled to get seats at venues whenever celebrated American tenor saxophonist Mark Turner toured with Danish guitarist Mikkel Ploug's quartet. The bond between the musicians becomes especially evident when they explore their shared musical language, which seamlessly blends composed and improvised material. On Nocturnes Ploug presents new original compositions and fresh interpretations of inspiring source material by Danish composers Bent Sorensen and Carl Nielsen. The quartet with Turner, Ploug, drummer Sean Carpio and bassist Jeppe Skovbakke has released two albums together since first forming in 2005. Ploug calls Nocturnes an an album of, from and for the night, with a dreamlike, floating atmosphere.