Recordings
jazz’s leading string quartet”
Boston Globe
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
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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
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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
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
credits: cellist, string arranger, contractor
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A Rose is Still a Rose (1998)
credits: cellist, string arranger, contractor
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Afrika! Afrika! (1997)
credits: leader, cellist, composer, arranger
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Quartette Indigo (1994)
credits: leader, cellist, composer, arranger
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The Winter in Lisbon (1990)
credit: cellist, contractor
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 |
