Turtle Island Quartet

The Turtle Island Quartet (until 2007: Turtle Island String Quartet ) is a string quartet that is recognized as an ensemble in jazz because of its improvisational skills and repertoire . Founded in 1985 and based in the San Francisco area, the quartet has had several line-up changes and has worked with musicians such as Paquito D'Rivera and Kenny Barron .

It received a Grammy Award for its 2005 and 2007 productions .

Discography

Turtle Island String Quartet - 1988 Windham Hill Records
Metropolis - 1989 Windham Hill
Skylife - 1990 Windham Hill
A Shock to the System - 1990 Windham Hill
On the Town - 1991 Windham Hill
Spider Dreams - 1992 Windham Hill
Who Do We Think We Are? - 1994 Windham Hill
By the Fireside - 1995 Windham Hill
The Hamburg Concert - (rec. 1997) 2001 CCn'C Records
Art of the Groove - 2000 chef
Danzon - 2002 chef
A Night in Tunisia, A Week in Detroit - 2002 Chandos , with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Neeme Järvi
4 + Four - 2005 Telarc, with the Ying Quartet
A Love Supreme - The Legacy of John Coltrane - 2007 Telarc
Have You Ever Been ..?: The Music of Jimi Hendrix and David Balakrishnan - Telarc 2010
Mike Marshall & the Turtle Island Quartet - Adventure / Burnside 2013
Confetti Man - Azica 2014
Bird's Eye View - Azica, 2018