Kronos Quartet

Formed: 1973 in United States

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Genre: Classical

Group Members: Hank Dutt, David Harrington, Joan Jeanrenaud, John Sherba, Jennifer Culp, Jeffrey Zeigler

Biography: Since their founding in 1973, Kronos Quartet have become the foremost ambassador of contemporary chamber music, determined and successful at breaking down barriers between musical genres and between musicians and audiences.

David Harrington, the ensemble's founder and first violinist, was inspired to

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Salome Dances for Peace

Released: 1989

Label: Nonesuch

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There is no string quartet that has ever been written that can compare length and diversity with Terry Riley's Salome Dances for Peace. Morton Feldman has written a longer one, but it is confined to his ...Read full review

Music of Bill Evans with Special Guests Eddie Gomez & Jim Hall

Released: 1985

Label: Savoy

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For their second and final jazz project, the adventurous Kronos Quartet (a top classical string quartet) performed eight Bill Evans compositions, plus "Nardis" (which Evans always claimed Miles Davis stole ...Read full review

More Kronos Quartet albums: Main Albums (39), Compilations (6), Singles & EPs (1), DVD/Video (1)

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