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Quartet San Francisco

Quartet San Francisco's 2006 release Latigo, which gave passionate expression to the group's devotion to tango, was honored last December with two Grammy nominations in the Classical Crossover field, including "Best Album." Their audacious new ViolinJazz Recordings CD Whirled Chamber Music ups the ante, presenting what violinist Jeremy Cohen calls "crossover music in its purest form." Due for release September 25, the new disc draws from a wide variety of indigenous American forms—jazz, funk, rock, tango—that are imaginatively crafted by Cohen for string quartet

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Raymond Scott Reimagined

By Jeremy Cohen

Label: ViolinJazz Recordings
Released: 2023
Track listing: Powerhouse (Quartet San Francisco, Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band); Raymond Scott on the Creative Process (R. Scott, spoken word); Toy Trumpet (Quartet San Francisco, Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band); In an 18th Century Drawing Room (Quartet San Francisco, Take 6; Gordon Goodwin); Raymond Scott on Rehearsing the Quintette (R. Scott, spoken word); Cutey and the Dragon (Quartet San Francisco, Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band); Huckleberry Duck (Quartet San Francisco, Gordon Goodwin); “I Remember Nothing of That” (R. Scott and Art Shifrin, spoken word); The Quintette Goes to a Dance (Quartet San Francisco, Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band); Yesterday’s Ice Cubes (Quartet San Francisco, Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band); Quintessentially American (R. Scott and John Williams, spoken word); Twilight in Turkey (Quartet San Francisco, Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band); “I’m an Experimentalist” (R. Scott, spoken word); Serenade (Quartet San Francisco, Take 6)

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Powerhouse

Featuring the music of Quartet San Francisco
Duration: 5:42
June 9, 2023

From the thrilling new project 'Raymond Scott Reimagined,' Quartet San Francisco and Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band play Raymond Scott's signature tune, "Powerhouse."Arranged by Gordon Goodwin. Recorded at Skywalker Ranch, Nicasio, Calif. Leslie Ann Jones, recording engineer; Dann Thompson, assistant engineer

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Toy Trumpet

June 9, 2023

Album: Raymond Scott Reimagined
By Jeremy Cohen
Label: ViolinJazz Recordings
Released: 2023
Duration: 3:42

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Take Five With Violinist Jeremy Cohen

by AAJ Staff
May 22, 2023

Meet Jeremy Cohen Jeremy Cohen comes from a family of five musicians. Classically-trained and a student of Itzhak Perlman and Anne Crowden, Cohen's eclectic style reflects his respect for a wide range of violinists from Perlman and Fritz Kreisler to Joe Venuti and Eddie South. He has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras including ...

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Jeremy Cohen

Jeremy Cohen’s electrifying violin performances have earned him nationwide accolades. Classically-trained and a student of Itzhak Perlman and Anne Crowden, Cohen’s eclectic style reflects his respect for a wide range of violinists from Perlman and Fritz Kreisler to Joe Venuti and Eddie South. Cohen has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras including the Virginia Symphony, the California Symphony, the Oakland East Bay Symphony, and the Reno Philharmonic. His recording credits include motion picture and television soundtracks including The Dukes of Hazzard and Jane Fonda’s Dollmaker, and as concertmaster on recordings with Linda Ronstadt, Ray Charles, Aaron Neville, Howard Keel and Cleo Laine. He appeared on Carlos Santana’s Grammy-winning CD Supernatural, Santana’s Shaman, and the original Star Wars compilation CD with John Williams. On the stage he was the solo violinist in San Francisco’s two-year production of Forever Tango and toured nationally with the Broadway production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. He has toured and recorded with the Turtle Island String Quartet.

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Pacific Premieres

By Quartet San Francisco

Label: ViolinJazz Recordings
Released: 2013
Track listing: California Pictures For String Quartet-Oakland, Carmel, Venice; String Quartet No. 1: Funky Diversions In Three Parts-Mike And Randy, Towner, Maurice White; The Bay Is Deep Blue; Three Stages For String Quartet-Focus, Contemplation, Resolution; Guamba.

Article: Album Review

Quartet San Francisco: Pacific Premieres

by Dan Bilawsky
November 24, 2013

Gone are the days of the insular string quartet that turns its back on anything and everything outside of the classical canon. In many respects, the world can thank the venerable Kronos Quartet, which celebrates its fortieth anniversary in 2013, for opening eyes, ears and minds to the fact that the string quartet is just like ...

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"Pacific Premieres: New Works By California Composers," New CD From Quartet San Francisco

August 30, 2013

Quartet San Francisco, the acclaimed cross-genre string quartet, received Grammy nominations for their 2006 Látigo, 2007 Whirled Chamber Music, and 2009 QSF Plays Brubeck. Now they are preparing to release a dazzling new CD, Pacific Premieres: New Works by California Composers, on ViolinJazz Recordings. The disc, due out September 24, delivers a program featuring two swinging ...

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Quartet San Francisco's Brubeck CD a Double Grammy Nominee

December 3, 2009

Quartet San Francisco received two Grammy nominations yesterday for their latest Violinjazz Recordings CD, QSF Plays Brubeck. The CD, which is the first all-Brubeck string quartet recording, was nominated in the Classical Crossover category and is the group's third consecutive Best Album nomination. QSF Plays Brubeck was also nominated as Best Engineered Classical CD. The disc ...