Music We Love: Turkuaz
There’s a saying ‘Less is More’, well for the Brooklyn based funk band, Turkuaz, More is More! Move over Texas because Turkuaz is making Brooklyn look big! Silly jokes aside, Turkuaz is a force to be reckoned with.
The nine-piece band brings together Funk, Soul, Rock, Pop, R&B, everything great about the 80’s, and every color in the rainbow. This band is the definition of FUN. From their wild on-stage presence and colorfully coordinated outfits to their playfully creative lyrics and insane jedi-like music abilities, this band is always a good time.
I had the pleasure and fortune of seeing Turkuaz perform, in the before times, at Brooklyn Steel and can easily say, hands down, was one of the best musical experiences of my life. Blown away by the funky horns, pulled back in by the killer rhythm section, lulled into a false sense of security by the keys and mind exploded by the fantastic earth shattering vocals. I think that covers it all in an extremely preposterous and seemingly unnecessary way, but when you talk about greatness it is quite necessary that you be preposterous!
Learn these names, learn them well … for they are the names of those who bring you the most epic of music and make your ears happy! Thank them and throw rose petals at their feet! All of these musicians are incredible in their own right, but together, together they do something truly amazing!
Dave Brandwein [guitar, vocals], Taylor Shell [bass], Craig Brodhead [guitar, keys], Michelangelo Carubba [drums], Chris Brouwers [trumpet, keys], Greg Sanderson [tenor sax], Josh Schwartz [baritone sax, vocals], Sammi Garett [vocals], and Shira Elias [vocals]
Make sure you check out all their albums!
Just like the Men’s Wearhouse dude: “You’ll like what you hear, I guarantee it!”
Yes I know that’s not how that goes.
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