But the string timbres were not unlike what one might hear in a standard contemporary quartet performance, and in the absence of the swishing rhythmic sounds typical of hip-hop, it was difficult to tell what the turntable performance added.
The quartet performance is a joy.
Boccherini put together the first public string quartet performance, with an extraordinary string quartet made up of outstanding Tuscan virtuosos, including himself, Pietro Nardini, Nardini's pupil Filippo Manfredi, and Giuseppe Cambini.
Wednesday at 1 p.m. Jazz quartet performance from the Music Conservatory at Purchase.
Another quartet performance — "Sweet Lorraine," featuring the tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath in mellow, articulate form — was dedicated to Ms. Gordon, the steadfast proprietor of the Village Vanguard.
Through Aug. 9 at the Yale Summer School of Music and Art and its byproduct, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Tokyo String Quartet is coaching gifted young professional musicians in the art of string quartet performance.
Remember his barbershop quartet performance of "When I Say Goodbye?" In Tuxedo he continues his admiration for music's lost genres.
The ballad remained popular during the 1920s, becoming a staple song in many singing acts, including male quartet performances.
Last year's Metheny/Mehldau debut album featured eight duets, plus two quartet performances.
Eight of these 10 tracks are duets, and two are powerful quartet performances (involving Mehldau's drummer and bassist, Jeff Ballard and Larry Grenadier).
For that matter, several other quartets are also indispensable, and I second the general recommendation of the Emerson String Quartet performances from Deutsche Grammophon made elsewhere on this page.
