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Alex Wintz

Born in California and raised in New York and New Jersey, Alex Wintz began playing guitar at the age of four. Over the years he has had the opportunity to learn and play numerous genres of music including jazz, pop/rock, and electronic music. Alex enrolled at the Berklee College of Music on a full tuition scholarship in the fall of 2006. Over the years he has been mentored by some of the best music educators across the country including Vic Juris, Hal Crook, Dave Santoro, Rick Peckham, Dave Stryker, and Joe Lovano. Alex is continued his studies at the Juilliard School where he graduated from the Master's Jazz program under the tutelage of Rodney Jones, Frank Kimbrough, Kenny Washington, Ben Wolfe, Ron Blake, and Frank Kimbrough. At a young age he has already had the opportunity to perform across the country and around the world, including Singapore, Switzerland, Canada and U.S

Live To Tape

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Idris; On a Summr Day; What Me Worry; Ely, MN; Cadeques; I'm All Smiles.

Live To Tape

By ALEX WINTZ

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Idris; On a Summr Day; What Me Worry; Ely, MN; Cadeques; I'm All Smiles.

Cast Of Characters

By NICK FINZER

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: A Sorcerer; Intro to...; Evolution of Perspective; Brutus; Intro to...; Patience, Patience; A Duke; (Take The) Fork In the Road; The Weatherman; Venus; Intro to...; You'll Never Know The Alternative; The Guru; We're More Than The Sum Of Our Influences.

Alex Wintz Trio: Live To Tape

By DAN MCCLENAGHAN

Back in the day (the 1960s), when guitarist Grant Green stepped into the studio to record for Blue Note Records, they rolled the tape. Literally. Pushed a button and the spools began to spin, the left circle feeding the right. On Live To Tape, that is how guitarist Alex Wintz rolls, too, taking his modern sound ...

Nick Finzer: Cast Of Characters

By DAN MCCLENAGHAN

A cryptic element lurks beneath trombonist Nick Finzer's Cast Of Characters. The theme of the album is artistic influences. But who are they... “We laugh, we cry, we celebrate, we learn, and we forge our own path on the shoulders of those who came before us. We are both the sum of our experience ...

Roxy Coss: Quintet

By PAUL RAUCH

At times, saxophonist Roxy Coss can appear to be a whirlwind. Over the past decade, Coss has firmly established herself as a saxophonist, bandleader, composer, and activist. She has toured extensively, most notably with trumpeter Jeremy Pelt. She founded Women In Jazz Organization (WIJO) to combat misogyny in jazz culture, and create gender equity in terms ...

Roxy Coss: The Future is Female

By PAUL RAUCH

Saxophonist/composer Roxy Coss migrated east ten years ago from her native Seattle, seeking a life and career in jazz in New York City. That time has seen her develop a strong and focused voice both as a musician and as an advocate and activist for female artists in America's quintessential art form. Coss gained ...

LifeCycle

By ALEX WINTZ

Label: Culture Shock Music
Released: 2017
Track listing: Action/Reaction; Sweet And Lovely; Life Cycle; I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You; Seeing Distance; The Low Country; Taking Sides; Shared Stories; Locust Ave.

Roxy Coss: Standing Out

By PAUL RAUCH

All About Jazz: You have recently released a new CD, Chasing the Unicorn (Posi-Tone, 2017), just a year after the release of Restless Idealism (Origin, 2016). Albums are like a snapshot of a timeframe, how has that musical image changed in a year? Roxy Coss: More back story is it was recorded more than ...