Jubilation is a groundbreaking collaboration featuring two-time Grammy Award-winning Turtle Island Quartet, the multiple Grammy-nominated saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, and visionary composer and Turtle Island Quartet founder David Balakrishnan. Renowned for their unique blend of jazz, American roots, and contemporary music, Turtle Island Quartet delivers performances praised by The New York Times as “a remarkable blend of technical mastery and heartfelt expression.”

Lakecia Benjamin contributes her signature mix of jazz, funk, and soul, celebrated for her “extraordinary power and musicality” (DownBeat), while Balakrishnan’s innovative compositions continue to expand the possibilities of string quartet performance in contemporary music.

The program spans a rich tapestry of jazz, funk, and contemporary classics alongside original works

• Wapango – Paquito D’Rivera

• A Love Supreme (two movements: Resolution, Pursuance) – John Coltrane

• Who Do You Think You Are – Tower Of Power

• Jubilation – Patrice Rushen

• My Favorite Things (Coltrane version) – Rodgers and Hammerstein

• Straphangin’ – Michael Brecker

• Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix

• Turiya And Ramakrishna – Alice Coltrane

Original music by Lakecia Benjamin:

• New Mornings

• Mercy

• Going Home

Original music by David Balakrishnan:

• Groove In The Louvre

• Skylife

• Fruitcake

It is inevitable that the set will be a celebration of rhythm, melody, and imagination—a concert that bridges jazz, roots, and contemporary composition, inviting audiences into a world of joyous musical exploration.