Jazz Articles about Kurt Rosenwinkel

Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio: Reflections

by John Kelman
December 9, 2009

After the incendiary The Remedy: Live at the Village Vanguard (ArtistShare, 2008), guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel returns with Reflections, an intimate, ballad-heavy album that couldn't be more different. On the surface, with a set largely composed of standards, and trimmed down to a trio from the quartets and quintets of his past few years, it might appear that Rosenwinkel is returning to the territory of his earliest albums, specifically his live debut as a leader, East Coast Love Affair (Fresh Sound ...

Kurt Rosenwinkel: Reflections from Berlin

by Franz A. Matzner
December 9, 2009

Broadly acknowledged as one of jazz's foremost artists, Kurt Rosenwinkel has established a reputation as an innovator and constant seeker on the guitar. He has carved out a unique sound over many years of experiment and refinement and today commands respect for his singular voice as a player and bandleader. As a follow-up to the successful double live album The Remedy (ArtistShare, 2008), Rosenwinkel recently released Reflections (Wommusic, 2009), an elegant collection of standards. Rosenwinkel spoke about this ...

Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio: Reflections

by Mark Corroto
November 11, 2009

Like an Ian McEwan short story, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel can say more in a few lines than most guitarists manage over the course of an entire recording. On Standard Trio: Reflections he inscribes his signature sound on a set of ballads--all classic tunes except for one original.

His trio of bassist Eric Revis and drummer Eric Harland are perfect companions on a collection where less is truly more; they eschew the pyrotechnics for a steady accompanying swing. Harland--a member of ...

Kurt Rosenwinkel

by Bill Milkowski
October 24, 2009

It's a pleasant Saturday afternoon at Brooklyn Recording in the charming, gentrified neighborhood of Carroll Gardens, the third day of sessions with guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Eric Harland. They've been at it all day, flowing from take to take with wide-open abandon. It's a green light session--there are no mistakes, they just go, trusting their instincts along the way. As they dive headlong into Joe Henderson's “Inner Urge," Rosenwinkel's fluid, warm-toned lines cascade effortlessly over the ...

Kurt Rosenwinkel: The Remedy

by Wilbur MacKenzie
June 11, 2008

This live double CD is Kurt Rosenwinkel's seventh record as a leader and the first to be released on ArtistShare, following five releases on Verve. Such high profile output is notable even without taking into consideration the other forty or fifty releases he's appeared on since his auspicious early departure from Berklee in the early 1990s to join Gary Burton's band. The record was recorded live at the Village Vanguard in January 2006, with a stellar quintet ...

Kurt Rosenwinkel Group: The Remedy: Live at the Village Vanguard

by John Kelman
March 28, 2008

It's been over a decade since Kurt Rosenwinkel's last live album. East Coast Love Affair (Fresh Sound New Talent, 1997) was the guitarist's first as a leader, and much has happened since then. Over the course of five additional albums and countless appearances as a guest on albums by artists including saxophonist Mark Turner and drummers Brian Blade and Paul Motian, he's gone from promising guitarist to one of his generation's most distinctive voices. East Coast was largely standards-based, but ...

Kurt Rosenwinkel Group: The Remedy: Live at the Village Vanguard

by Mark F. Turner
March 19, 2008

It's been a couple of years since Kurt Rosenwinkel's previous release, Deep Song (Verve Music Group, 2005). But as one of modern jazz's most dynamic guitarists, having earned respect and applause from critics and fans, he's back with the stellar double CD, The Remedy: Live at the Village Vanguard. Recorded live and unedited at New York's historic jazz venue, it documents the guitarist and a fiery quintet with over 120 minutes of exciting music, successfully articulating the ...