- Night Ark
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Night Ark Genres Jazz[1] Years active 1983 - present Labels Traditional Crossroads Associated acts Arto Tunçboyacıyan (solo) Members Ara Dinkjian
Armen Donelian
Arto Tunçboyacıyan
Marc JohnsonNight Ark is an instrumental jazz quartet formed in 1986. The members are Ara Dinkjian, an American with Armenian descent, a Turkish-Armenian Arto Tunçboyacıyan, and Americans Armen Donelian and Marc Johnson. The quartet's most famous piece is a creation called: "Homecoming". Homecoming was also the theme for the successful satirical Israeli television series 'Hahamishia Hakamerit' ("The Chamber Quintet").
On November 2010 the Night Ark have performed a re-union show in The Jerusalem Oud Festival.
Discography
- 1986 - Picture, RCA/Novus
- 1988 - Moments, RCA/Novus
- 1998 - In Wonderland, Polygram
- 2000 - Petals on your Path, EmArcy
- 2000 - Treasures, Traditional Crossroads
Categories:- American instrumental musical groups
- American jazz ensembles
- Armenian musical groups
- Turkish musical groups
- United States jazz musical group stubs
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