Michele Rosewoman

Michele Rosewoman
Birth name	Michele Rosewoman
Born	March 19, 1953
Origin	Oakland, California, U.S.
Genres	Avant-garde jazz Post-bop Free funk Afro-Cuban jazz
Occupations	Pianist, Composer, Educator
Instruments	Piano
Years active	1976--current
Labels	Soul Note Records Enja Records Blue Note Records Evidence Music
Associated acts	Mike Westbrook, National Youth Jazz Orchestra

Michele Rosewoman is an American jazz pianist born in Oakland, CA. She is most notable for her work and recordings with her Quintessence ensemble as well as for several trio and quartet recordings, and for her New Yor-Uba ensemble featuring Orlando 'Puntilla' Rios (although unrecorded), an Afro-Cuban jazz big band since the early 1980s. Rosewoman is also known for her work as sidewoman on the recordings of such artists as Greg Osby, M-Base and Ralph Peterson. Before a move to New York from California in 1978, Rosewoman, who was deeply influenced by Oakland-based pianist/organist Ed Kelly, led several jazz groups in the Oakland area and also performed with Baikida Carroll, Julius Hemphill and Julian Priester. In New York she played with post-avant-garde musicians Oliver Lake and Billy Bang as well as with jazz masters Freddie Waits, Rufus Reid, Billy Hart, Reggie Workman and Latin music greats such as Celia Cruz, Chocalate, Nicky Marrero, Paquito D'Rivera, Daniel Ponce among others.^[1]

Discography

• Spirit (1996; Blue Note Records)
• Occasion to Rise (1993; Evidence Records)
• The Source (1984; Soul Note Records)

As Quintessence:

• The In Side Out (2006; Advance Dance Disques)
• Guardians of the Light (2000; Enja Records)
• Harvest (1993; Enja Records)
• Contrast High (1988; Enja Records)
• Quintessence (1987; Enja Records)

With Billy Bang

• Rainbow Gladiator (Soul Note, 1981)

References

1. ^ Yanow, Scott (2000). Afro-Cuban Jazz. Miller Freeman Books. pp. 107. ISBN 087930619x. 

External links

• http://www.michelerosewoman.com Official Homepage
• http://www.reverbnation.com/michelerosewoman
• http://www.myspace.com/michelerosewoman

Sources

• Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; Priestley, Brian. Jazz: The Rough Guide, 1995, The Rough Guides, ISBN 1-85828-137-7.
• Cook, Richard, Jazz Encyclopedia. Penguin 2005, ISBN 978-0-141-02646-6

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Name	Rosewoman, Michele
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Date of birth	March 19, 1953
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