In-School Performances

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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Listen

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

Tours & Projects

Solstice Celebration- 11-12-13

The Festival of Lights

This joyous voyage through World Holiday Music commemorates the quartet members’ ancestral roots with a concert showcasing the music associated with what is referred to in both the Jewish and Hindu traditions as the FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS. From the songs of Chanukah, to the music of India’s Dewali, to the old English carols and Scottish reels of the 16th century, Turtle Island Quartet explores the timeless music that has been an integral part of winter holiday celebrations for centuries. The program also features music from Vince Guaraldi’s beloved A Charlie Brown Christmas, as well as revisiting famous classical gems that have become so indelibly tied to the holiday season.