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Kurt Rosenwinkel: Star of Jupiter
by John Kelman
How time flies. While he's been busy with a number of other projects--his collaboration with the Portuguese Orchestra de Jazz de Mataosinhos on the ambitious Our Secret World (Wommusic, 2010) and the intimate, standards-laden Reflections (Wommusic, 2009)--it's been four years since guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel last released a small group record focusing largely on new original music. 2008's The Remedy (Wommusic) was an exhilarating live recording from New York City's The Village Vanguard, and if his subsequent releases have been as ...
Continue ReadingKurt Rosenwinkel: Our Secret World
by AAJ Italy Staff
Kurt Rosenwinkel è uno dei migliori chitarristi della sua generazione. Quella generazione chiamata ad approfondire le evoluzioni sulle sei corde di maestri come Pat Metheny, John Scofield e Bill Frisell, a loro volta discendenti diretti di Jim Hall e Wes Montgomery, senza dimenticare gli eretici John McLaughlin e Jimi Hendrix. Rosenwinkel è partito dalla Berklee e, con l'aiuto iniziale di Gary Burton e Paul Motian, ha intrapreso una strada rilassata che non lo vede particolarmente interessato ai salti in avanti, ...
Continue ReadingKurt Rosenwinkel Monvínic Experience in Barcelona
by Roan Clay
Kurt RosenwinkelMonvínic42nd Barcelona Voll-Damm International Jazz FestivalNovember 15, 2010The Berlin based guitarist and composer Kurt Rosenwinkel spent two days performing in Barcelona this week in two markedly different contexts. His loyal fans turned out en mass at the famed Luz de Gas, an intimate club in the Eixample neighborhood, to hear his trio, resulting in an illuminating set of standards featuring drummer Ted Poor and bassist Eric Revis (look for more information in our ongoing ...
Continue ReadingKurt Rosenwinkel and OJM: Our Secret World
by John Kelman
Kurt Rosenwinkel and OJM Our Secret World Wommusic 2010 With the creative possibilities offered by its expanded palette, it's no surprise that so many artists who traditionally work in the context of more pliant, small ensembles turn to larger settings at least once in their career. For those already predisposed to greater compositional complexity, the intrinsic challenges are many; but so, too, are the ultimate rewards. It's no surprise, then, that Kurt Rosenwinkel--perhaps his generation's ...
Continue ReadingKurt Rosenwinkel: Reflections
by Stuart Broomer
Kurt Rosenwinkel has a well-earned reputation for aggressive guitar playing that's both rhythmically astute and harmonically exploratory, a talent that he's applied with Mark Turner and Brad Mehldau as well as with hiphop producer Q-Tip. With Reflections, he has reined in his sometimes-divergent impulses for an unusual collection of standards and tunes by Thelonious Monk and Wayne Shorter that's almost all at ballad tempo, with the sturdy support and interaction of bassist Eric Revis and drummer Eric Harland.
Continue ReadingKurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio: Reflections
by AAJ Italy Staff
Reflections mette in evidenza il lato più mansueto e devozionale di Kurt Rosenwinkel, che in meno di un'ora si misura con una manciata di standard e ripropone il suo “East Coast Love Affair," tratto dall'omonimo disco d'esordio del 1996. Il chitarrista americano è affiancato dai validissimi Eric Revis al contrabbasso e Eric Harland alla batteria, i quali offrono un supporto implacabile e lo assistono in maniera partecipativa nelle riletture dense e appassionate di autentici gioielli. Si va da capitoli di ...
Continue ReadingKurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio: Reflections
by Greg Camphire
A warm and understated trio record, Kurt Rosenwinkel's Reflections zeroes in on an approach to standard repertoire, marking an interesting career turn for the guitarist in the process. With support from drummer Eric Harland and bassist Eric Revis, the six-string innovator opens a window to another side of his playing, featuring quiet meditations on the blues, ballads, and swing. It's a curious listening experience, coming long after Rosenwinkel has already established an original voice as a composer ...
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