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TURTLE ISLAND QUARTET

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“A STERLING EXAMPLE OF FIRST-RATE JAZZ MUSIC-MAKING”
Los Angeles Times
“EXCELLENT PRECISION AND MUSICALITY”
Excellent precision and musicality
“THE STRINGS SING, NOT LIKE ANGELS, BUT LIKE THEY'VE BEEN AROUND. THE IMPROVISATIONS HANG TOUGH, SOLIDLY BUILT AND TAKE NO BACK TALK FROM ANYBODY.”
The Seattle Post-Intelligence
“IT PLAYS WITH ENERGY AND INVENTIVENESS”
The New York Times
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Performance Highlights

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excerpts from Poets & Prayers with Tierney Sutton
You've Changed (Carey/Fisher)
Wade in the Water
All I Want
from the album - Have You Ever Been...?
Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)
1983...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
from the album - A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane
La Danse du Bonheur (McLaughlin/Shankar)
So What (Davis)
excerpts from A Solstice Celebration
Jot Se Jot Jagake Chalo (Pyarela)
Winter in Cairo (Vivaldi)
Beautiful Savior (Trad.)
Christmas Day I'Da Mornin'/Apples in Winter (Trad.)
Chanukkah O Chanukkah

Press Kit

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Photo Credit: Jay Blakesberg, 2010
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Photo Credit: Peter Serling, 2008
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Photo Credit: Peter Serling, 2008
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Mike Marshall
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Tierney Sutton
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Michael Doucet
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Artist HERALD


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POSTEr for Have You Ever Been...

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Artist Biography

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Individual Biographies | PDF | File Size: 118 KB | Click here to download

If you would like to download individual headshots of the quartet members, please visit turtleislandquartet.com/press/

Press Quotes

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Synopses

Poets & Prayers Synopsis | PDF | File Size: 488 KB | Click here to download
Louisiana Story Synopsis | PDF | File Size: 882 KB | Click here to download
A Love Supreme Synopsis | PDF | File Size: 696 KB | Click here to download
Solstice Celebration Synopsis | PDF | File Size: 668 KB | Click here to download
Crossroads | PDF | File Size: 1.14 MB | Click here to download
Have You Ever Been...? Synopsis | PDF | File Size: 475 KB | Click here to download

Audio Files


excerpts from Poets & Prayers with Tierney Sutton
You've Changed (Carey/Fisher) | MP3 | File Size: 6.05 MB | Click here to download
Wade in the Water | MP3 | File Size: 3.5 MB | Click here to download
All I Want | MP3 | File Size: 3.51 MB | Click here to download

from the album - Have You Ever Been...?
Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) | MP3 | File Size: 1.97 MB | Click here to download
1983...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be) | MP3 | File Size: 3.2 MB | Click here to download

from the album - A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane
La Danse du Bonheur (McLaughlin/Shankar) | MP3 | File Size: 4.47 MB | Click here to download
So What (Davis) | MP3 | File Size: 5.01 MB | Click here to download

excerpts from A Solstice Celebration
Jot Se Jot Jagake Chalo (Pyarela) | MP3 | File Size: 5.72 MB | Click here to download
Winter in Cairo (Vivaldi) | MP3 | File Size: 4.71 MB | Click here to download
Beautiful Savior (Trad.) | MP3 | File Size: 3.69 MB | Click here to download
Christmas Day I'Da Mornin'/Apples in Winter (Trad.) | MP3 | File Size: 5.53 MB | Click here to download
Chanukkah O Chanukkah | MP3 | File Size: 4.43 MB | Click here to download

Video Files

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Have You Ever Been... Video | FLV | File Size: 12.58 MB
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Turtle Island Quartet performs “Hey Joe” on The Bob Edwards Show - XM Satellite | FLV | File Size: 18.12 MB
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Turtle Island Quartet: A Moment's Notice | FLV | File Size: 11.43 MB
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Turtle Island Quartet performs “Monkey Business” at Grand Performances - Los Angeles, CA (Aug. 2010) | FLV | File Size: 23.02 MB
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Turtle Island Quartet with Tierney Sutton - "All I Want" (Joni Mitchell) at the Iridium - New York, NY (Nov. 2011) | FLV | File Size: 144.05 MB
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Turtle Island Quartet with Tierney Sutton - "You've Changed" (Carey/Fisher) at the Iridium - New York, NY (Nov. 2011) | FLV | File Size: 154.37 MB
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