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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

Kinetic

By Steven Feifke

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Kinetic; Unveiling of a Mirror; The Sphinx; Until the Real Thing Comes Along; Word Travels Fast; Wollongong; Nica's Dream; On the Street Where You Live; Midnight Beat; Closure.

Steven Feifke: Kinetic

by Dan Bilawsky
July 29, 2021

In terms of physics, kinetic energy is described as a force or power which a body or object possesses by virtue of being in motion. With reference to the aptly named debut from the Steven Feifke Big Band, that ideal is fully applicable. Kinetic, recorded in early 2019 and released in April of 2021, capitalizes on ...

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
December 20, 2020

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
February 20, 2020

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
August 29, 2019

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
March 23, 2018

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 ...