The Turtle Island Quartet is a string quartet that plays hybrids of jazz, classical, and rock music. The group was formed in 1985 by David Balakrishnan...
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Turtle Island is a name for Earth or North America, used by some American Indigenous peoples, as well as by some Indigenous rights activists. The name...
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album "Turtle Island", a track from Beach House's 2008 Devotion album Turtle Island Quartet, modern-day jazz string quartet Turtle Island (book), a 1974...
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David Balakrishnan (category Turtle Island Quartet members)
Balakrishnan (born 1954, Los Angeles, California) is the founder of the Turtle Island Quartet. After graduating from UCLA in 1976 with a B.A. in music composition...
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Mads Tolling (category Turtle Island Quartet members)
composer and two-time Grammy Award-Winner. As a former member of the Turtle Island Quartet and bassist Stanley Clarke’s band, Tolling is today leading his...
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Tracy Silverman (category Turtle Island Quartet members)
label's compilations. He was formerly first violinist with the Turtle Island String Quartet, a member of the Terry Riley Trio with composer Terry Riley and...
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Mark Summer (category Turtle Island Quartet members)
cellist of the Turtle Island Quartet; he is a co-founder of the quartet and performed with Turtle Island (a.k.a. Turtle Island String Quartet) from its founding...
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trumpeter Terence Blanchard featuring the E-Collective and the Turtle Island Quartet. The album was released on August 27, 2021, by Blue Note. In this...
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Carter – The Carmen McRae – Betty Carter Duets (1987) Turtle Island Quartet – Turtle Island String Quartet (1988) Frank Zappa and Sting – Broadway the Hard...
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Jeremy Kittel (category Turtle Island Quartet members)
Yo-Yo Ma, the Silk Road Ensemble, Paquito D’Rivera, Mark O'Connor, Turtle Island Quartet, Jon Batiste, Aoife O'Donovan, Jars of Clay, and Darol Anger. Kittel...
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story of a man who becomes shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and meets a giant red female turtle. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at...
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Eicher, producer Mike Marshall and The Turtle Island Quartet Mike Marshall (musician) and Turtle Island Quartet; Mike Marshall, producer The Solent – Fifty...
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William Kanengiser, Jacques Loussier, Modern Jazz Quartet, James Newton, Ralph Towner, Turtle Island Quartet, Mary Lou Williams, Brad Mehldau, and Eberhard...
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Skol-Patrol (Pluto-Bound) 2008 Terror Syndrome, Terror Syndrome 1995 Turtle Island Quartet, By the Fireside (Windham Hill) Other labels 1994 We Sing to Open...
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Ahmad Jamal, Booker Ervin, the United Future Organization and the Turtle Island Quartet. The first eight bars of Nelson's solo on the bridge of "Hoe-Down"...
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Darol Anger (category Turtle Island Quartet members)
Grisman Quintet's (DGQ) 1977 debut. He co-founded and named the Turtle Island String Quartet with David Balakrishnan in 1985 and performed, composed, and...
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Indian writer David Balakrishnan (born 1954) American founder of the Turtle Island Quartet Gopal Balakrishnan, American professor and editor Hari Balakrishnan...
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Absence – Terence Blanchard featuring the E Collective and the Turtle Island Quartet Akoustic Band Live – Chick Corea, John Patitucci and Dave Weckl...
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Inspired by Soul Terence Blanchard featuring the E Collective and the Turtle Island Quartet – Absence Chick Corea, John Patitucci and Dave Weckl – Akoustic...
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source February 12, 2011 Esperanza Spalding source February 16, 2011 Turtle Island Quartet source February 17, 2011 Adele source February 21, 2011 Local Natives...
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formed in 2005 by Irene Sazer, previously a founding member of the Turtle Island Quartet. She brought together conservatory-trained professional musicians...
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Salerno-Sonnenberg, TrioConBrio, Iwao Furusawa, Paquito D'Rivera, Turtle Island String Quartet, L.A. Quartet, Luciana Souza, and Vancouver Cantata Singers. As a composer...
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Contemporary Jazz Album Absence (with the E-Collective and the Turtle Island Quartet) Won 2019 Satellite Awards Best Original Score One Night in Miami...
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War" (Bob Mintzer Big Band) David Balakrishnan – "Confetti Man" (Turtle Island Quartet) Marshall Gilkes – "Vesper" (Marshall Gilkes & the WDR Big Band)...
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mandolin that was signed by Lloyd Loar. He helped start the Modern Mandolin Quartet. He collaborated with mandolinist Chris Thile on Into the Cauldron (2003)...
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Mintzer Big Band) "Confetti Man" David Balakrishnan, composer (Turtle Island Quartet) "Neil" Rich DeRosa, composer (University of North Texas College...
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(Britney Spears) Mads Tolling, Danish-American violinist and composer (Turtle Island Quartet) July 10 – Jessica Simpson, American singer-songwriter, designer...
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Marshall (producer) – Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet (Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet) Paul Daniel (conductor), Andrew Walton (producer)...
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Guitar Quartet, Synergy Vocals & Boston Modern Orchestra Project) Robert J. Friedrich, engineer – Have You Ever Been...? (Turtle Island Quartet, Stefon...
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Symphony Orchestra) Have You Ever Been...? Robert Friedrich, engineer (Turtle Island Quartet, Stefon Harris & Mike Marshall) Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse David...
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