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Quartette Indigo

Akua Dixon: Akua Dixon

by Hrayr Attarian
February 22, 2015

Virtuoso cellist Akua Dixon is one of the few exclusive practitioners of the instrument in jazz. Whether in a supportive role or leading her Quartette Indigo she deftly fuses intimate chamber decorum and spontaneous ingenuity for an elegant and vibrant style that is hard to pigeonhole. She spices her eponymous release with Latin passion and an ...

Quartette Indigo

By Quartette Indigo

Label: 32 Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: Rag Time Dance; Naima; Andromeda; Footprints; Efua; A Saturday Night On Beale Street; Come Sunday; The Ladies Blues; Ruby My Dear; Lift Every Voice And Sing.

Quartette Indigo: Quartette Indigo

by Jim Santella
September 1, 1998

A string quartet implies precision and complete adherence to a written manuscript. Quartette Indigo, however, combines the sentiment of the blues with composed jazz music, both improvised and arranged. Cellist Akua Dixon Turre leads the quartet. Her sister Gayle Dixon plays violin, and John Blake plays the second violin part. The three have been together for ...

Afrika! Afrika!

By Quartette Indigo

Label: Savant
Released: 1997