Quartet San Francisco - Látigo - Violinjazz Recordings - VJZZ 104 - 7837

This album was nominated for the 2007 Grammy Award for "Best Classical Crossover Album."

Personnel: John Santos (bongos, cowbells, maracas, shaker, triangle, caxixi).

Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, CA.

Quartet San Francisco is much in the same spirit as the Turtle Island String Quartet, though their primary focus on this classical crossover CD is on Latin music, especially the tango. Violinists Jeremy Cohen and Kayo Miki, violist Emily Onderdonk and cellist Joel Cohen have a strong chemistry and the ability to engage in the most intricate interplay, while still incorporating improvisation into their performances. They suggest the presence of the late composer Astor Piazzolla's bandoneon in the moving interpretation of the sorrowful "Melodia en la Menor" and engage in a bit of playfulness in Chick Corea's "Armando's Rhumba," one of several tunes that add percussionist John Santos. The influence of the Turtle Island String Quartet is apparent in their lively arrangement of Leonard Bernstein's "Cool" (from the Broadway musical West Side Story). The sole original is Jeremy Cohen's "Crawdambo," a delightful mambo blending a number of musical influences, written in tribute to his late teacher, Anne Crowden. This is an auspicious release by a contemporary string quartet that will hopefully get the opportunity to record on a frequent basis. ~ Ken Dryden

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Rafael Hernández (1892 - 1965) : Cachita, for string quartet & percussion

Performers: John Santos (Caxixi); John Santos (Bongos); John Santos (Shaker); John Santos (Triangle); John Santos (Maracas); Joel Cohen (Cello); John Santos (Percussion); Kayo Miki (Violin); Jeremy Cohen (Violin); Emily Onderdonk (Viola)
Ensemble: Quartet San Francisco
Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Studio/Live: Studio

Pontier, Armando : Milongueando en el 40

Performers: Jeremy Cohen (Violin); Kayo Miki (Violin); Emily Onderdonk (Viola); Joel Cohen (Cello)
Ensemble: Quartet San Francisco
Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Studio/Live: Studio

Cohen, Jeremy : Crowdambo, for string quartet & percussion

Performers: John Santos (Triangle); John Santos (Caxixi); John Santos (Maracas); John Santos (Bongos); John Santos (Shaker); Jeremy Cohen (Violin); Kayo Miki (Violin); Joel Cohen (Cello); John Santos (Percussion); Emily Onderdonk (Viola)
Ensemble: Quartet San Francisco
Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
Studio/Live: Studio

Pontier, Armando : A los amigos, for string quartet

Performers: Kayo Miki (Violin); Emily Onderdonk (Viola); Joel Cohen (Cello); Jeremy Cohen (Violin)
Ensemble: Quartet San Francisco
Running Time: 4 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Studio/Live: Studio

Saborido, Enrique : Felicia, for string quartet

Performers: Jeremy Cohen (Violin); Kayo Miki (Violin); Emily Onderdonk (Viola); Joel Cohen (Cello)
Ensemble: Quartet San Francisco
Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
Studio/Live: Studio

Price, Evan : Felipe, for string quartet

Performers: Joel Cohen (Cello); Emily Onderdonk (Viola); Kayo Miki (Violin); Jeremy Cohen (Violin)
Ensemble: Quartet San Francisco
Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Studio/Live: Studio

Rodriguez, Matos : La Cumparsita, for tango orchestra

Performers: Jeremy Cohen (Violin); Kayo Miki (Violin); Joel Cohen (Cello); Emily Onderdonk (Viola)
Ensemble: Quartet San Francisco
Notes: Composition written: 1917.
Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1917
Studio/Live: Studio

Piazzolla, Astor : Melodia in A minor

Performers: Joel Cohen (Cello); Emily Onderdonk (Viola); Kayo Miki (Violin); Jeremy Cohen (Violin)
Ensemble: Quartet San Francisco
Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: circa 1955
Studio/Live: Studio

Piazzolla, Astor : Libertango

Performers: Jeremy Cohen (Violin); Kayo Miki (Violin); Emily Onderdonk (Viola); Joel Cohen (Cello)
Ensemble: Quartet San Francisco
Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1974
Studio/Live: Studio

Corea, Chick : Armando's Rhumba, for string quartet & percussion

Performers: Joel Cohen (Cello); Emily Onderdonk (Viola); John Santos (Percussion); Kayo Miki (Violin); Jeremy Cohen (Violin); John Santos (Caxixi); John Santos (Shaker); John Santos (Maracas); John Santos (Bongos); John Santos (Triangle)
Ensemble: Quartet San Francisco
Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary
Studio/Live: Studio

Gardel, Carlos : El día que me quieras

Performers: Joel Cohen (Cello); Emily Onderdonk (Viola); Kayo Miki (Violin); Jeremy Cohen (Violin)
Ensemble: Quartet San Francisco
Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1935
Studio/Live: Studio

Mores, Mariano : Taquito militar, for tango ensemble

Performers: Joel Cohen (Cello); Jeremy Cohen (Violin); Emily Onderdonk (Viola); Kayo Miki (Violin)
Ensemble: Quartet San Francisco
Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Studio/Live: Studio

Arolas, Eduardo : Comme il faut, tango

Performers: Jeremy Cohen (Violin); Kayo Miki (Violin); Emily Onderdonk (Viola); Joel Cohen (Cello)
Ensemble: Quartet San Francisco
Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1938
Studio/Live: Studio

Argentino Agustín Bardi : Gallo Ciego

Performers: Jeremy Cohen (Violin); Kayo Miki (Violin); Emily Onderdonk (Viola); Joel Cohen (Cello)
Ensemble: Quartet San Francisco
Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
Studio/Live: Studio

Bernstein, Leonard : West Side Story :: Cool

Performers: Jeremy Cohen (Violin); Kayo Miki (Violin); Emily Onderdonk (Viola); Joel Cohen (Cello)
Ensemble: Quartet San Francisco
Notes: Composition written: 1955-57.
Running Time: 4 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1955-1957
Studio/Live: Studio

Piazzolla, Astor : Nuevo Tango

Performers: Emily Onderdonk (Viola); Kayo Miki (Violin); Joel Cohen (Cello); Jeremy Cohen (Violin)
Ensemble: Quartet San Francisco
Running Time: 5 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1986
Studio/Live: Studio

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