March 20, 2010 Concert review: Turtle Island String Quartet doesn't disappoint in Jazz Fest return By Susan L. Peña Reading Eagle Reading, PA - The Turtle Island String Quartet returned to the Berks Jazz Fest, having performed here several times; this time they brought with them the eminent jazz pianist, Cyrus Chestnut—a collaboration made in heaven. Their performance Saturday night at Reading Area Community College’s Miller Center for the Arts bore all the hallmarks of a Turtle Island ... Read More

The Washington Post Luna Negra Dance Theater at Strathmore By Rebecca J. Ritzel Monday, March 22, 2010; C05 If the arts ever recover from this recession, pray that more dance companies make performing with live music a priority. Until then? Seek out and savor nights like Friday, when Luna Negra Dance Theater unveiled a commission from Strathmore. In a collaboration to remember, the Chicago troupe shared the stage with the Turtle Island Quartet and jazz clarinet legend Paquito ... Read More

OUT OF THEIR SHELL Turtle Island String Quartet takes the art of improvisation to new heights with Coltrane concert Friday, March 12, 2010 By Chris Waddington Contributing writer Can you snap your fingers and sway to a string quartet? Jazz purists and classical snobs used to laugh at the notion. Then, in 1985, the Turtle Island String Quartet began to do the unlikely, creating swinging, improvised music that incorporated delta blues, Indian ragas, Celtic fiddle techniques, be-bop harmonies ... Read More

Concert review: Turtle Island Quartet takes crossover jazz to new level Published: Thursday, March 4, 2010 11:40 p.m. MST TURTLE ISLAND QUARTET, de Jong Concert Hall, Brigham Young University, March 4 Jazz performed by a string quartet? At first glance the two would seem mutually exclusive — until Turtle Island Quartet showed the world how it could be done. Turtle Island Quartet, which played at BYU Thursday, has taken the concept of crossover to a new level — infusing jazz playing with ... Read More