# Parker Quartet
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parker-quartet/609581
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 15, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parker-quartet/609581 "2012-01-15T06:35:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parker-quartet/609581/1 "2012-01-15T06:35:59Z")
For my birthday, I popped down to Grand Marais to attend a concert by the Parker Quartet. Wow! They were extraordinary! Four virtuosi of a single mind when interpreting the music, each bringing out the best in the others. Exhilarating, exhausting, and deeply satisfying.
Here’s a [youtube link](http://youtu.be/_f9ugcGqJoQ)to them, but as you know, no recording compares to being only a few feet away. At the conclusion of the concert, many people had tears in their eyes, and difficulty expressing themselves. [GRAMMY WINNERS Parker String Quartet plays Ligeti for NAXOS records - YouTube](http://youtu.be/_f9ugcGqJoQ)
Here’s a [link to their website](http://www.parkerquartet.com/biography/): [http://www.parkerquartet.com/biography/](http://www.parkerquartet.com/biography/)
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### Author:  [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parker-quartet/609581/2 "2012-01-15T13:21:03Z")
Terrific, thanks for that. I hope to catch them live somewhere, sometime. Meanwhile, maybe I’ll check out how they interpret those great Bartok quartets on their recording.
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### Author:  [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parker-quartet/609581/3 "2012-01-15T13:22:24Z")
ETA: When I saw the thread title, I assumed this was about some Charlie Parker tribute jazz band! (A la Charlie Watts’ sometimes combo.)
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### Author:  [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parker-quartet/609581/4 "2012-01-15T14:11:52Z")
Yeh, what’s with “Parker” when it comes to quartets: Parker Quartet, Charlie Parker Quartet, Jason Parker Quartet, William Parker Quartet, Jane Parker Quartet?
> [@JKellyMap](#):
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> I hope to catch them live somewhere, sometime.
[Omaha, 19 Feb.](http://www.dpcomaha.org/music-arts/crescendo/)?