Jazz Articles about Kurt Rosenwinkel

Kurt Rosenwinkel at Smalls

by William Carey
July 7, 2007

Kurt Rosenwinkel GroupSmallsNew York, NYJune 27, 2007

On one of those oppressively steamy summer nights in Manhattan, with the sky threatening to open up any minute, an overflow of listeners waited on the sidewalk outside of Smalls, hoping to hear the first set by guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel's group featuring tenor saxophonist Mark Turner. The fuss was partially due to the occasion being, as Rosenwinkel mentioned during his set, a homecoming of sorts. By his own recollection, the ...

A Rosenwinkel by Any Other Name

by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius
May 17, 2006

If you were to ask the average jazz fan who the biggest names in jazz are, it is a sure bet that Kurt Rosenwinkel would be among them with 15 letters. Compare that to Sun Ra, or even Al Hirt, and you can see just how big a name that is.For the record, Your Own Personal Genius' name has 14 letters, which certainly places me among the biggest names. And if I really wanted to turn this into ...

Kurt Rosenwinkel: Emerging Brilliance

by David Adler
May 16, 2006

After nearly a decade in the trenches, Kurt Rosenwinkel is beginning to emerge as the next big thing in the world of jazz guitar. He has just released his second all-original Verve CD, The Next Step, a follow-up to last year's The Enemies of Energy. Two earlier standards albums, Intuit (Criss Cross, 1998) and the hard-to-find East Coast Love Affair (Fresh Sound, 1996) also attest to the scope of the young guitarist's jazz talents. All the while Rosenwinkel has maintained ...

Kurt Rosenwinkel: Deep Song

by George Harris
June 20, 2005

Kurt Rosenwinkel's Heartcore caught jazz fans by surprise last year. Despite its wondrous, thick textures and mixtures of rhythms, the disc was initially overlooked, then slowly crawled into the psyche of the jazz community to become one of the most important releases of the year. With Deep Song, the guitarist drops most of his usual band, links up with wunderkinds Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, and Larry Grenadier, and pares down the rhythmic/sonic complexities in order to explore the possibilities of ...

Kurt Rosenwinkel: Latitude

by John Kelman
June 20, 2005

Of the new wave of players that has emerged in the past decade including Adam Rogers, Jacob Young and Jeff Parker, the one most seen to be representing the future of jazz guitar is Kurt Rosenwinkel--a player who is rightfully taking his place alongside other significant contemporary figures like Pat Metheny, John Scofield, John Abercrombie and Bill Frisell. While his body of work as a leader is only beginning to develop, he's worked with a cross-generational who's who of players ...

Kurt Rosenwinkel: Deep Song

by David Adler
May 11, 2005

Kurt Rosenwinkel's fourth Verve release, Deep Song, steps back from the searching electronica of Heartcore and adheres to a jazz quintet aesthetic. For the first time, Joshua Redman appears in place of Rosenwinkel's longtime tenor sax associate, Mark Turner. We also hear Brad Mehldau on piano, Larry Grenadier on bass, and Jeff Ballard and Ali Jackson taking turns at the drums.

Three new originals lead off: “The Cloister," a slow waltz with one of Rosenwinkel's dark and spectral unison melodies; ...

Kurt Rosenwinkel: Deep Song

by John Kelman
February 28, 2005

As listeners it sometimes feels as though we live vicariously through the musical experiences of the artists we cherish--excited by the thrill of discovery, the joy of constant growth, and the sheer emotional wallop that the best music holds. And so it's particularly satisfying to watch an artist emerge as more than merely a talented player and composer, but one of significance and consequence.

Guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel arrived on the scene in the early '90s recording with artists including Gary ...