Turtle Island Quartet information

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...

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...

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...

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...

Yo-Yo Ma, the Silk Road Ensemble, Paquito D’Rivera, Mark O'Connor, Turtle Island Quartet, Jon Batiste, the Assad Brothers, Aoife O'Donovan, Jars of Clay...

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...

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...

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...

William Kanengiser, Jacques Loussier, Modern Jazz Quartet, James Newton, Ralph Towner, Turtle Island Quartet, Mary Lou Williams, Brad Mehldau, and Eberhard...

Eicher, producer Mike Marshall and The Turtle Island Quartet Mike Marshall (musician) and Turtle Island Quartet; Mike Marshall, producer The Solent – Fifty...

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...

source February 12, 2011 Esperanza Spalding source February 16, 2011 Turtle Island Quartet source February 17, 2011 Adele source February 21, 2011 Local Natives...

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"...

Absence – Terence Blanchard featuring the E Collective and the Turtle Island Quartet Akoustic Band Live – Chick Corea, John Patitucci and Dave Weckl...

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...

Contemporary Jazz Album Absence (with the E-Collective and the Turtle Island Quartet) Won 2019 Satellite Awards Best Original Score One Night in Miami...

Mintzer Big Band) "Confetti Man" David Balakrishnan, composer (Turtle Island Quartet) "Neil" Rich DeRosa, composer (University of North Texas College...

formed in 2005 by Irene Sazer, previously a founding member of the Turtle Island Quartet. She brought together conservatory-trained professional musicians...

(Britney Spears) Mads Tolling, Danish-American violinist and composer (Turtle Island Quartet) July 10 – Jessica Simpson, American singer-songwriter, designer...

Symphony Orchestra) Have You Ever Been...? Robert Friedrich, engineer (Turtle Island Quartet, Stefon Harris & Mike Marshall) Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse David...

Marshall (producer) – Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet (Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet) Paul Daniel (conductor), Andrew Walton (producer)...

Inspired by Soul Terence Blanchard featuring the E Collective and the Turtle Island Quartet – Absence Chick Corea, John Patitucci and Dave Weckl – Akoustic...

War" (Bob Mintzer Big Band) David Balakrishnan – "Confetti Man" (Turtle Island Quartet) Marshall Gilkes – "Vesper" (Marshall Gilkes & the WDR Big Band)...

Vancouver Island MusicFest, and the Bali Arts Festival. Keith has performed with artists including Charles “Honi” Coles, Turtle Island Quartet, Gamelan...