Alexander Turnquist

Alexander Turnquist is an American guitarist and composer, born and raised in Idaho and later based in New York State. He works mainly on the 12-string acoustic guitar, often adding vibraphone, piano and samples, and critics have compared him to Jack Rose, James Blackshaw and Philip Glass. He is known for a run of instrumental albums on the VHF label from 2007 onward. Turnquist learned guitar from his father, the singer-songwriter Brian Turnquist, as a child, and later studied with Alex de Grassi.