Kurt Rosenwinkel: Reflections from Berlin

Franz A. Matzner

Columnist since 2002

Franz Matzner has contributed interviews and coverage from the Kennedy Center since 2002.

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Published: December 9, 2009

AAJ: You included only one composition of your own, something you have been playing for quite a while. Why just one, and why this one?

KR: I felt that this one song of mine fits with this repertoire and perhaps I like the fact that its presence illuminates my idea of what a standard is, or what music and tradition are—a continuum!

AAJ:What are you most satisfied about the project?

KR: I guess I am happy about having made a ballads album without having planned to make one.

KR: Do you have another project in mind already?

AAJ: I have many things in mind and in development. The next thing is a big band album of my music.

Selected Discography

Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio, Reflections (Wommusic, 2009)
Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Remedy: Live at the Village Vanguard (Artist Share, 2008)
Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, Season of Changes (Verve, 2008)
Kurt Rosenwinkel, A Deep Song (Verve, 2005)
Kurt Rosenwinkel, Heartcore (Verve, 2003)
Matt Penman, The Unquiet (Blue Moon, 2002)
Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Next Step (Verve, 2001)
Brian Blade Fellowship, Perceptual (Blue Note, 2000)
Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Enemies of Energy (Verve, 1999)
Kurt Rosenwinkel, Intuit (Criss Cross, 1998)
Kurt Rosenwinkel, East Coast Love Affair (Fresh Sound, New Talent, 1996)