Kurt Rosenwinkel

Kurt Rosenwinkel (born October 28, 1970) is an American jazz guitarist who came to prominence in the 1990s.

Career

Rosenwinkel's improvising style was initially influenced by guitarists such as Pat Metheny and John Scofield, but has emerged as an individual stylist whose lines are lengthy and linear, akin to the approach of musicians such as John Coltrane, Keith Jarrett and Allan Holdsworth. His chordal language is amongst the more advanced for a guitarist, touching on ideas from George Van Eps and Ben Monder.

He attended the Berklee School of Music for two and a half years before leaving in his junior year to tour with Gary Burton, the dean of the school at the time. Subsequently, he moved to Brooklyn where he continued to develop as one of the leading jazz guitarists of his generation by performing with the Human Feel, Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band, Joe Henderson Group, and the Brian Blade Fellowship.

In 1995 he won the Composer's Award from the National Endowment for the Arts and was eventually signed by Verve Records. Since then he has played and recorded as both a leader and sideman with fellow-alumni such as Mark Turner and Brad Mehldau as well as many others. His latest studio album, Deep Song (2005), features Mehldau and Joshua Redman. Some of his earlier albums include "The Enemies of Energy", "The Next Step" and a more experimental "Heartcore".

Originally from Philadelphia, Kurt Rosenwinkel currently resides in Berlin. Rosenwinkel has just released a new album. The album is entitled "The Remedy - Live at the Village Vanguard" and features Mark Turner, Aaron Goldberg, Joe Martin and Eric Harland.

Discography

Leader

*1996 - Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio - "East Coast Love Affair" - (Fresh Sound New Talent)
*1998 - Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet - "Intuit" - (Criss Cross)
*1999 - Kurt Rosenwinkel - "The Enemies of Energy" - (Verve Records)
*2000 - Kurt Rosenwinkel - "The Next Step" - (Verve Records)
*2002 - Jakob Dinesen / Kurt Rosenwinkel - "Everything Will Be Allright" - (Verve Records)
*2003 - Kurt Rosenwinkel - "Heartcore" - (Verve Records)
*2005 - Kurt Rosenwinkel - "Deep Song" - (Verve Records)
*2008 - Kurt Rosenwinkel - ""

Collaborator

*1994 - Human Feel - "Scatter"
*1994 - Human Feel - "Welcome To Malpesta"
*1995 - Human Feel - "Speak To It"
*1995 - Once Blue - "Once Blue"
*2000 - Metta Quintet - "Going To Meet The Man"
*2007 - Human Feel - "Galore"
*2007 - Rebecca Martin - "The Growing Season"

ideman

*1992 - Gary Burton - "Six Pack"
*1993 - Seamus Blake - The Call (Criss Cross Jazz 1094 CD)
*1994 - Mark Turner - "Yam Yam" (Criss Cross Jazz 1160 CD)
*1994 - Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band
*1995 - Perico Sambeat - 'Ademuz'
*1996 - Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band - "Reincarnation of a Love Bird"
*1996 - Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band - "Flight of the Blue Jay"
*1997 - Chris Cheek Quartet - "I Wish I Knew"
*1998 - Myron Walden - "Like a Flower Seeking the Sun"
*1998 - The Chris Potter Quartet - "Vertigo"
*1998 - Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band - "Monk and Powell"
*1999 - Seamus Blake - "Stranger Things Have Happened"
*1999 - George Colligan - "Unresolved"
*1999 - Jakob Dinesen Quartet - "Around"
*1999 - Chris Cheek - "Vine"
*1999 - Mark Turner - "BBallad Session"
*1999 - Marcy Playground - "Shapeshifter"
*2000 - Noah Becker - Where We Are
*2000 - Wax Poetic - "Wax Poetic"
*2000 - Danilo Pérez - "Motherland"
*2000 - Matthias Lupri GROUP - "Same Time Twice"
*2000 - Kamaal Fareed (FKA Q-TIP) - "Kamaal the Abstract"
*2001 - Rebecca Martin - "Middlehope"
*2001 - Matt Penman - "The UnQuiet"
*2001 - Barney McAll - "Release the Day"
*2002 - Jorg Kaaij Quintet - "Downtown Daze"
*2002 - Kris Bauman Quartet feat. Kurt Rosenwinkel
*2002 - Phil Grenadier - "Playful Intentions"
*2003 - Eli Degibri Quintet - "In the Beginning"
*2003 - Perico Sambeat - "Friendship"
*2007 - Barney McAll - "Flashbacks"
*2008 - Brian Blade - "Season of Changes"

Arranger

*1999 - Guillermo Klein - "Los Guachos II"

Producer

*1997 - Chris Cheek Quartet - "I Wish I Knew"
*2007 - Rebecca Martin - "The Growing Season"

TV Appearances

*2005 - SOLOS: the jazz sessions (Bravo! Canada)

External links

* [http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.crisscrossjazz.com/artist/RosenwinkelKurt.html Criss Cross Jazz artist page]
* [http://www.stateofmindmusic.com/?entry=319 State of Mind - Conversation with Kurt Rosenwinkel - 2008]