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Michele Rosewoman's Tribute to Orlando 'Puntilla' Rios
Legendary Cuban percussionist and vocalist Orlando 'Puntilla' Rios passed away August 12, 2008. Along with several tribute concerts to him taking place in the coming months, Puntilla's former student and colleague, pianist Michele Rosewoman, paid tribute to him with the below article. Born in Havana, Cuba, percussionist/vocalist Orlando 'Puntilla' Rios is revered ...
Michele Rosewoman Performs Solo Piano Concert on November 1
As part of the Jazz@Union’s 2nd Annual “Women in Jazz”, the jazz pianist Michele Rosewoman performs a solo concert at the Union United Methodist Church on Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Praised by Downbeat as a “star of American music,” pianist, composer, and educator Michele Rosewoman has made her mark in the jazz world ...
Michele Rosewoman Receives 2008 Chamber Music America New Works: Creation and Presentation Commission
Michele Rosewoman and Quintessence are again recipients of a CMA 2008 New Works: Creaton Presentation Grant. Ms. Rosewoman is being funded to write and present new music for an expanded version of the ensemble encouraging their current evolution as represented on their latest release, “The In Side Out" (Advance Dance Disques AD0353) Besides the core instrumentation ...
Michele Rosewoman: The Inside Out
by Donald Elfman
As Michele Rosewoman and her Quintessence project evolve, the music continually reflects all the influences that have shaped this most intriguing composer and pianist. Take for example the opening minute of “The In Side Out . What sounds like a string section but is, in fact, electronics, leads to some appealingly complex writing for a frontline ...
Michele Rosewoman: Wearing Her Passion With The In Side Out
by Tomas Pena
From Oakland CA, pianist/composer/educator Michele Rosewoman began playing piano at age six. Prior to moving to New York and while still in her late teens she began playing percussion and studied Cuban/Haitian folkloric idioms. In New York Rosewoman formed new ensembles, while nurturing associations with notable New York-based artists such as Julius Hemphill, Carlos Ward, Rufus ...
The In Side Out
Label: Advance Dance Disques
Released: 2006
Track listing: Cuerpolarity; Warm; Link; Guapo; Guapo Remix; Eshu Laroye; With You In Mind; The ER; The Fineness Of; Advance Dance; Life is for Learning.
Michele Rosewoman and Quintessence: The In Side Out
by Mark F. Turner
The In Side Out is stimulating, unpredictable, and groove-centric. Though Michele Rosewoman's recent involvements have included writing big band charts, performing solo piano at Yoshi's, working with Robin Eubanks' EB3 ensemble, duo concerts with Greg Osby and extensive educational activities including a two-day residency at Berklee School of Music, it's been six years since the pianist's ...
Warm
Album: The In Side Out
By Michele Rosewoman
Label: Advance Dance Disques
Released: 2006
Duration: 7:45
Guardians Of The Light
Label: Enja Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Track List:The Thrill Of Real Love; Weird Nightmare; West Africa Blue; Where It Comes From; Free To Be; Fuzz Junk; Ask Me Know; Akomado; Vamp For Ochun.
Michele Rosewoman: Guardians Of The Light
by Mark Corroto
Pianist/composer Michele Rosewoman, born in Oakland, California, should be considered the West Cost Randy Weston. Like Sugar Hill's piano giant, she is steeped in African and Afro-Cuban music, but draws directly from Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus. Rosewoman, an instructor at the New School, has become a New York resident and has fully adopted a New ...
