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The Turtle Island String Quartet strikes a balance between the emotional immediacy of jazz and the dazzling conceptualization of classical music in an improvisational program titled "The Art of the Groove."
Take one part Frank Zappa. Add two parts Bach. Mix with a splash of P. Diddy and serve over some cool Miles Davis-inspired jazz. Throw in four stringed instruments, and you’ve got the recipe for the Turtle Island String Quartet.
The program features the quartet’s arrangements of works by composers such as Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Dave Brubeck, Thelonius Monk, Pat Metheny, Bach, Chick Corea, Vivaldi, Egberto Gismonti, Beethoven, Paquito D’Rivera, Ravel, Tchaikovsky and Zappa. It also will feature the group’s own compositions, integrating jazz, Western classical, American fiddle styles, rock, rhythm & blues, world beat, Afro-Cuban and Indian classical music.
TISQ has collaborated with some of music’s most influential performers, including Branford Marsalis and pianist Billy Taylor.
Yo-Yo Ma calls them “a unified voice that truly breaks new ground – authentic and passionate.” In addition to albums released by Windham Hill Records, the quartet’s music also can be heard on the “Affliction” and “Shock to the System” motion picture soundtracks.
By fusing the classical quartet aesthetic with contemporary American musical styles and by devising a performance practice that honors both, the quartet whips up a musical experience described by Billboard music as "bow-etry in motion."
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