Recordings

jazz’s leading string quartet

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Akua's Dance - Album Cover

Akua’s Dance

2017
Track Listing

01 I Dream a Dream 5:16
02 Dizzy’s Smile 3:27
03 If My Heart Could Speak to You 7:07
04 Orion’s Gait 5:17
05 Akua’s Dance 5:25
06 Throw It Away 5:53
07 Afrika! Afrika! 6:51
08 The Sweetest Taboo 5:45
09 I’m Gonna Tell God All of My Troubles 5:26
10 Don’t Stop 4:31

01 I Dream a Dream 5:16
02 Dizzy’s Smile 3:27
03 If My Heart Could Speak to You 7:07
04 Orion’s Gait 5:17
05 Akua’s Dance 5:25
06 Throw It Away 5:53
07 Afrika! Afrika! 6:51
08 The Sweetest Taboo 5:45
09 I’m Gonna Tell God All of My Troubles 5:26
10 Don’t Stop 4:31

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Akua Dixon - Album Cover

Akua Dixon

2015
Track Listing

01 Haitian Fight Song 4:06
02 Alone Together 5:35
03 Freedom 4:49
04 It Never Entered My Mind 3:17
05 A Gozar Con Mi Combo 5:18
06 Moon River 5:18
07 Libertango 6:18
08 Lush Life 4:23
09 Besame Mucho 7:30
10 Poinciana 4:42

01 Haitian Fight Song 4:06
02 Alone Together 5:35
03 Freedom 4:49
04 It Never Entered My Mind 3:17
05 A Gozar Con Mi Combo 5:18
06 Moon River 5:18
07 Libertango 6:18
08 Lush Life 4:23
09 Besame Mucho 7:30
10 Poinciana 4:42
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Moving On - Album Cover

Moving On

2012
Track Listing

01 Determination 5:52
02 Manha De Carnaval 7:05
03 Moving On 6:07
04 Black is Beautiful 5:45
05 A Gozar Con Mi Combo 4:49
06 Confirmation 5:44
07 With All My Heart 6:02
08 Whatever 3:50

01 I Dream a Dream 5:16
02 Dizzy’s Smile 3:27
03 If My Heart Could Speak to You 7:07
04 Orion’s Gait 5:17
05 Akua’s Dance 5:25
06 Throw It Away 5:53
07 Afrika! Afrika! 6:51
08 The Sweetest Taboo 5:45
09 I’m Gonna Tell God All of My Troubles 5:26
10 Don’t Stop 4:31

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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Album Cover

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)

credits: cellist, string arranger, contractor

A Rose is Still a Rose - Album Cover

A Rose is Still a Rose (1998)

credits: cellist, string arranger, contractor

Afrika! Afrika! - Album Cover

Afrika! Afrika! (1997)

credits: leader, cellist, composer, arranger

Quartette Indigo - Album Cover

Quartette Indigo (1994)

credits: leader, cellist, composer, arranger

The Cry of My People - Album Cover

The Cry of My People (1972)

credit: cellist

The Winter in Lisbon - Album Cover

The Winter in Lisbon (1990)

credit: cellist, contractor

The Winter in Lisbon - Album Cover

Foreststorn (2001)

credit: cellist

Betty Carter The Music Never Stops - Album Cover

The Music Never Stops (2019)

credit: cellist

Also Appears On…

Year Album Artist Credit
2020 Eternal Dance Monika Herzig Cello
2018 Fandango at the Wall: Creating Harmony Between the United States and Mexico Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra / Arturo O’Farrill Cello
2015 Things Have Got to Change Archie Shepp Cello
2014 The Box Set Series Aretha Franklin String Arranger, Cello, Contractor
2014 Everybody’s Dancin’ Kool & The Gang Cello
2012 Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998 Aretha Franklin String Arranger, Cello, Contractor
2012 Oasis Mighty Pirates Troubadours / Papo Vazquez Cello, Contractor
2011 Caribbean Rhapsody James Carter Cello
2011 The Complete Columbia Albums Collection Woody Shaw Cello, Contractor
2011 Love Has No Recession Kindred the Family Soul Cello
2010 The Music of Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin String Arranger, Cellist, Contractor
2009 Kind of Blue Revisited: The Miles Davis Songbook Miles Davis Leader, Cellist, String Arranger
2008 Rhythms of the Sea Earth Jazz Agents Cello
2008 Beautiful Ballads & Love Songs Aretha Franklin String Arranger, Cello, Contractor
2006 Keep Searchin’ Steve Turre Baritone Violin
2004 Village in Bubbles Kazumi Watanabe Cello, Contractor
2004 The Spirits Up Above Steve Turre Chorus
2003 It’s Me Abbey Lincoln Cello
2002 Feelin’ It Ray Chew Cello
2001 Cuisine Nationale: Brazil Dom Um Rumao Cello
2001 Mahogany Soul Angie Stone Cello
2001 Tu Bien Lo Sabes Héctor Lavoe Cello
2001 Gilberto Santa Rosa Gilberto Santa Rosa Cello, Contractor
2001 Extended Family, Vol. 3: Family Values Avery Sharpe Cello
2001 Come What May Paula West Cello, Contractor
2000 Escucha! Luis Bonilla Cello, Contractor
1999 Lotus Flower Steve Turre Cello
1999 Jazz Samba Vol. 2 Cello
1999 Transcendence Archie Shepp Cello
1999 Lo Que No Fue No Sera Rafael de Jesus Cello
1999 A Rosie Christmas Rosie O’Donnell Cello
1998 Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The Songs of Pete Seeger Tim Robbins Cello, Contractor
1998 Lazy Days of Jazz Tom Harrell Cello
1998 Collected Antonio Hart Antonio Hart Cello
1998 Art of Rhythm Tom Harrell Cello
1998 Everlasting Love CeCe Winans Cello, Contractor
1997 Feelings David Byrne Cello
1997 Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall Clint Eastwood Cello
1996 Steve Turre Steve Turre Conductor, Cello
1995 Makin’ A Move Henry Threadgill Cello
1995 Rhythm Within Steve Turre Conductor
1995 Forever Jackie & Roy Cello
1995 Faith Faith Evans Cello
1995 En Vivo Desde El Carnegie Hall Gilberto Santa Rosa Cello, Contractor
1995 Clockers: Original Orchestral Score Terence Blanchard Cello
1994 It’s All Good Antonio Hart Cello
1993 Sanctified Shells Steve Turre Conductor
1993 Harmolodic Guitar with Strings Cello, Contractor
1992 Uh-Oh David Byrne Cello
1991 Right There Steve Turre Vocals, Cello
1990 Punto de Vista Gilberto Santa Rosa Cello, Contractor
1989 Come Together as One Will Downing Cello
1989 15th Anniversary Stash Sampler Stash, Akua Dixon Cello, Leader
1988 Fire and Ice Steve Turre Cello, Leader
1987 Viewpoints and Vibrations Steve Turre Cello
1987 Viewpoint Steve Turre Cello
1985 Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill Henry Threadgill Cello
1984 Haiku Tania Leon Cello
1981 I’m Coming Home Again Carmen McRae Cello, Contractor
1981 No Me Provoques Nestor Torres Cello
1981 La Cama Rota Gene Hernandez Cellist
1981 Dreams Come True Buster Williams Cello, Contractor
1980 For Sure! Woody Shaw Cello, Contractor
1980 El Dulce Aroma Del Exito Orchestra Harlow Cello
1980 En Algo La Lupe Cello
1980 Que Viva El Son Montuno Orquesta Novel Cellist
1979 Dos Cachao Cello
1979 Rumbambola Orchestra Harlow Cello
1979 Attica Blues Big Band Archie Shepp Vocals, Cello, Piano
1979 Heartbeat Buster Williams Cello
1979 Attica Blues Big Band(live at the Palais des Glaces) Archie Shepp Cello, Voice, Piano
1978 It Don’t Mean A Thing Eddie Drennon Cellist
1977 Cachao y su descarga Cachao Cello
1977 A Fifth of Beethoven Walter Murphy Cello
1976 A Fifth of Beethoven Walter Murphy Cellist
1976 Music Inc. & Orchestra Charles Tolliver Cello
1976 Hotmosphere Dom Um Romao Cello
1976 The Prime Element Carlos Franzetti Cello, Voice
1974 Come Sunday Volume 2 Ellingtonia Cello
1973 Dark of Light Norman Connors Cello
1973 Relativity Suite Don Cherry Cello
1972 Archie Shepp Archie Shepp Cello
1972 Sound Awareness Brother Ahh Cello