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SFJAZZ Spring Season 2007 • March 8-June 23, 2007
Assad Brothers with The Turtle Island String Quartet

"String Theory"

Assad Brothers with The Turtle Island Quartet

Saturday, April 21 • 8pm

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    • “The best two-guitar team in existence, maybe in history” - The Washington Post

    Sérgio and Odair’s Assad’s guitar playing is “so precise, so perfectly synchronized that it reaches far beyond musical partnership into a kind of creative symbiosis.” The Brazilian brothers explore compositions by Astor Piazzolla, Chick Corea, Egberto Gismonti, and more with fellow Grammy winners Turtle Island Quartet. Read Complete Program Notes

    Personnel:
      Assad Brothers
    • Sergio Assad, guitar
    • Odair Assad, guitar
      Turtle Island Quartet
    • David Balakrishnan, violin, baritone violin
    • Evan Price, violin
    • Mads Tolling, viola
    • Mark Summer, cello