Non-traditional in their delivery, Quartet San Francisco redefines the sound
of chamber music.

Grammy nominees for their last two releases (2006 and 2007) and International Tango competition winners (New York, 2004), Quartet San Francisco expresses itself in its agility and standout virtuosic playing. Quartet San Francisco is Jeremy Cohen and Kayo Miki, violinists, Keith Lawrence, violist, and Joel Cohen, cellist. As crossover specialists they excel in multiple styles - from jazz to tango, pop to funk, blues to bluegrass, gypsy swing to big band and beyond.

Since its concert debut in 2001, Quartet San Francisco has offered its exclusive and ground-breaking literature to local, national and international audiences in a variety of venues that include tango and concert halls, jazz festivals, museums, and classrooms. In 2002 the quartet began its on-stage collaborations with tango dancers. In the 2004-06 academic years the quartet was in residence at Mills College
in Oakland, CA .

Quartet San Francisco's recent seasons include performances at the Corning Museum of Glass (Corning, NY); Troy Music Hall (Troy, NY); Yoshi's Jazz Club (Oakland, CA); Herbst Theatre (San Francisco); Cafe Tortoni (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Portland Friends of Chamber Music (Portland, OR); La Jolla Music Society (La Jolla, CA); Martha's Vineyard Chamber Music Society Summer Music Festival; University of Vermont Lane Series; San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival (San Luis Obispo, CA); St. Peter's Church (New York, NY); Dumbarton Concert Series (Washington, DC); Manhattan School of Music; Berklee College of Music (Boston); The Jazzschool (Berkeley, CA); Ford Amphitheatre (Los Angeles); Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival (Redlands, CA); and the University of the Pacific's Brubeck Festival at Mills College
(Oakland, CA).

Their Latin and tango CD, "Latigo" (2006), was honored with Grammy nominations for Best Classical Crossover and Best Engineered, Classical. The quartet members are current Classical Crossover nominees for "Whirled Chamber Music" (2007), "...what could easily be the most cheerful and brilliantly-executed release of 2007" (Judith Schlesinger, All About Jazz, 22 October 2007).

Repertoire List
Armando's Rhumba Chick Corea*
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen Sholom Secunda*
Blue Rondo a la Turk Dave Brubeck*
Cachita Trad./Juan Garcia Esquivel*
Cool Leonard Bernstein,
arr. David Balakrishnan
Strange Meadowlark Dave Brubeck*
Crowdambo Jeremy Cohen
Dawg's Bull David Grisman*
Felipe Evan Price
Gee, Officer Krupke Leonard Bernstein*
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Charles Mingus,
arr. Michael Radanovics
Harlem Nocturne Earle Hagen*
I Hear Music Frank Loesser,
arr. Cory Combs
It Ain't Necessarily So George Gershwin*
It Had Better Be ... Just Me Mancini and Greenan, arr. Evan Price
Jubilee Stomp Duke Ellington*
The Mooche Duke Ellington*
Pink Panther Henry Mancini*
St. Louis Blues William Christopher Handy*
Spain Chick Corea*
Tchavalo Swing Dorado Schmidtt*
Pop/Funk
Martha My Dear John Lennon/
Paul McCartney*
Pick Up the Pieces Roger and Hamish*
Sir Duke Stevie Wonder*
What is Hip? Kupka/Castillo/Garabaldi*
Tango
A Los Amigos Armando Pontier*
Comme Il Faut Eduardo Arolas*
El Dia Que Me Quieras Carlos Gardel*
Felicia Enrique Saborido*
Gallo Ciego Augustin Bardi*
La Cumparcita Gerald H. Matos Rodriguez*
Libertango Astor Piazzolla*
Melodia en la Astor Piazzolla*
Milongueando en el '40 Armando Pontier*
Muerte del Angel Astor Piazzolla*
Nuevo Tango Astor Piazzolla*
Tango
Tanguori Jeremy Cohen
Taquito Militar Mariano Mores*
Verano y Primavera Astor Piazzolla*
Americana
Boy Scout in Switzerland Raymond Scott, arr. Bob Gilmore
Celebration on the Planet Mars
Raymond Scott*
Dawg's Bull David Grisman*
Penguin Raymond Scott*
Peter Tambourine Raymond Scott*
Powerhouse Raymond Scott*
Siberian Sleighride Raymond Scott*
Toy Trumpet Raymond Scott*
Under the Sea Alan Menken*
Classical/Contemporary
Three Themes for Guitar and String Quartet (2006) Jeremy Cohen and Alex DeGrassi
Four Studies from American Dreams
Peter Schickele
* arrangement by Jeremy Cohen