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August 1, 2008
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Turtle Island Quartet takes the 'Trane to Europe and discovers kindred spirits
Dear Reader,
My recent trip to Germany and Austria began with an exercise in frustration. After schlepping my cello, computer bag, and another carry-on bag to three different gates at the San Francisco airport, and sitting on a plane for more than two hours, my flight to Frankfurt was delayed (airline speak for canceled) until the next day. We always build .an extra travel day into our schedule for this very reason, so at least I made it in time for our first concert in Villingen-Schwenningen on the eastern edge of the Black Forest in Northern Germany.
All totaled, I had sat on a plane for 11 hours; waited in the ...
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