NEW RELEASES : In Brief

* * * Turtle Island String Quartet, “Who Do We Think We Are?,” Windham Hill. Continuing to blend the best of two worlds, the TISQ here brings together its own daringly different interpretations of works by Parker, Monk, Victor Feldman and McCoy Tyner, along with a couple of in-house originals. The furthest-out cut is an experimental treatment of Jimi Hendrix’s “Gypsy Eyes.” Tyner’s “Blues on the Corner” is the strongest jazz track and “You’ve Changed,” with an expendable vocal by Vicki Randle, the weakest. David Balakrishnan, as always, was a key figure in the writing of a generally inspiring set.

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