Violinist Darol Anger (b. 1953) has played in dozens of groups since he first rose to fame playing fiddle to David Grisman's mandolin in The David Grisman Quintet's (DGQ) 1977 debut. He co-founded the Turtle Island String Quartet with David Balakrishnan in 1985 and performed, composed, and arranged for the chamber jazz group. He frequently collaborates with fellow DGQ alumnus Mike Marshall. David Grisman David Grisman (born 1945 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is a noted bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. ... David Grisman David Grisman (born 1945 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is a noted bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. ... The Turtle Island String Quartet is a jazz musical ensemble formed in 1985 and still active as of 2005, comprised of the normal pieces of a string quartet. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Using classical, folk, and jazz music as springboards, he currently leads Republic Of Strings, with Scott Nygaard. He also co-founded The Duo (with Mike Marshall), Psychograss (the bluegrass group including Mike Marshall, mandolin; Todd Phillips, bass; David Grier, guitar; and Tony Trischka, banjo), and Fiddlers Four (with Michael Doucet, Bruce Molsky, violins; and Rushad Eggleston, cello). This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article [[{{{1}}}]] may not be sufficiently well-known to merit articles of their own. ... Tony Trischka is one of the most innovative banjoists alive. ... Michael Doucet (b. ... Bruce Molsky (b. ... Rushad Eggleston, born September 1979, is a cellist and member of the Grammy Award nominated bluegrass string quartet called The Fiddlers 4. ...

Darol Anger met pianist Barbara Higbie in Paris and formed a musical partnership with her. Together they released an early record on Windham Hill called Tideline (1982) (he played violin, she played piano). Two years later they formed a group called (briefly) The Darol Anger/Barbara Higbie Quintet with Mike Marshall, Todd Phillips, and Andy Narrel. This group performed at the 1984 Montreux Jazz Festival. The quintet became a musical group taking the name Montreux. After two studio releases, Darol Anger left the group and founded the Turtle Island String Quartet. He still collaborates with Montreux and fellow Psychograss collegue, Mike Marshall, and ocassionally also collaborates with Barbara Higbie and Michael Manring. Pianist Barbara Higbie (b. ... Windham Hill Records is a record company, founded in the 1976 by guitarist and carpenter William Ackerman and wife Anne Robinson. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Poster designed by Keith Haring The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland. ...

Anger also plays frequently with pianist Phil Aaberg. He has performed and/or recorded with musicians ranging from Tony Rice, Stephane Grappelli and Mark O'Connor to Marin Alsop, Bill Evans, Nickel Creek and Béla Fleck. Tony Rice Tony Rice (born June 8, 1951 in Danville, Virginia) is an influential bluegrass guitarist. ... Stephane Grappelli (January 26, 1908 - December 1, 1997) was a pioneer jazz violinist who founded the quintet of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with Django Reinhardt. ... Mark OConnor (born August 5, 1961 in Seattle, Washington) is widely considered to be the most prominent fiddler of his generation. ... Nickel Creek is an American acoustic trio with roots in bluegrass, though is now sometimes described as Progressive Acoustic. ... Béla Fleck (born July 10, 1958 in New York City, New York) is an American virtuoso banjo player. ...

Anger is currently headlining The Republic of Strings and the anonymous 4 (with fellow "Republic" guitarist Scott Nygaard) and is doing a North American tour with both groups in 2006. Anonymous 4 is a female a cappella quartet, based in New York City. ...

External links

• Official website
• Compass Records Artist Page