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Another Living Jazz Talent

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Posted on June 12, 2016 at 14:58:30
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Rosenwinkel attended the Berklee College 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, Rosenwinkel moved to Brooklyn, where began performing with Human Feel, Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band, Joe Henderson Group, and the Brian Blade Fellowship. During that time he began using a Lavalier lapel microphone fed into his guitar amplifier [4] that blends his vocalizing with his guitar—much like George Benson—and has become a trademark of his sound, both live and in the studio.

In 1995 he won the Composer's Award from the National Endowment for the Arts and was signed by Verve Records. Since then, he has played and recorded as both a leader and sideman with Mark Turner, Brad Mehldau, Joel Frahm, and Brian Blade, as well as many others. During Rosenwinkel's tenure with Verve he collaborated with Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest, who co-produced his studio album Heartcore that features bassist Ben Street, drummer Jeff Ballard, and saxophonist Mark Turner. He would further collaborate with Q-Tip, performing guitar on the latter's albums The Renaissance and Kamaal/The Abstract.

Rosenwinkel has since released several albums. In 2008 The Remedy - Live at the Village Vanguard was released, featuring saxophonist Mark Turner, pianist Aaron Goldberg, bassist Joe Martin and drummer Eric Harland. On November 10, 2009, Rosenwinkel released a trio recording, Standards Trio: Reflections, which features bassist Eric Revis, and drummer Eric Harland. On September 7, 2010, Rosenwinkel released his ninth album as a leader, entitled Kurt Rosenwinkel & OJM: Our Secret World and featuring OJM an 18-piece big band from Porto, Portugal. His latest release Stars of Jupiter features pianist Aaron Parks, bassist Eric Revis, and drummer Justin Faulkner.[5]

Originally from Philadelphia, Rosenwinkel attended the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts. Rosenwinkel currently resides in Berlin, Germany. He has two sons and is on the faculty at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler.

 

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RE: Another Living Jazz Talent, posted on June 12, 2016 at 18:26:36
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Very nice.

 

RE: Another Living Jazz Talent, posted on June 12, 2016 at 18:30:42
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Check out Mike Moreno and Lage Lund...I like those guys, as well as Jesse Van Ruller and Jonathan Kreisberg.

 

RE: Another Living Jazz Talent, posted on June 12, 2016 at 20:15:31
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See?

Not so hard.


First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass

 

RE: Another Living Jazz Talent, posted on June 13, 2016 at 06:20:39
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Thanks.

 

I always enjoy your posts, but not that one so much..., posted on June 13, 2016 at 06:35:20
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I wasn't familiar with Rosenwinkel, and this video is all I've heard, so this isn't a knock on his talent but...that performance was--to me--a bit painful and boring. His timing seemed off occasionally, and it seemed he was struggling with the playing, and his playing wasn't clean. It just wasn't that interesting for me, but I will investigate him further. I'm always happy and appreciate what you post though...

 

RE: I always enjoy your posts, but not that one so much..., posted on June 13, 2016 at 07:07:00
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No problem. He was warming up for a master class session. Check out his latest CD, Star of Jupiter or any of his early Criss Cross & Verve stuff. There are a lot of guitarist out there now. Peter Bernstein is another guy I like.

 

RE: Another Living Jazz Talent, posted on June 13, 2016 at 09:57:19
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Yep, big fan of JK !

 

Give me Ed Bickert for a guitar trio. , posted on June 14, 2016 at 01:53:22
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He had that bit of magic that went past technique. Beautiful voicings.

He's 83 - not playing but still alive I hope!

 

RE: I always enjoy your posts, but not that one so much..., posted on June 14, 2016 at 03:17:20
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"he was warming up..." OK, makes sense now. I will check out his stuff. I haven't heard it yet, but have you heard the new Jeremy Pelt..I think it is called High Art?

 

RE: Give me Ed Bickert for a guitar trio. , posted on June 14, 2016 at 16:03:33
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Thanks for posting.....Is that Neal Swanson? Don't know him but I do know Neal Swainson. Very good player. I don't have a lot of recording with him but I first started listening to him in the early 90s.

 

RE: Another Living Jazz Talent, posted on June 26, 2016 at 20:30:06
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There are many, many living jazz talents. There maybe more talented musicians than talented listeners to pay attention to them, and there in lies the problem. Here's a perceptive article (although I don't buy the New York centric aspect, but hey, it's the Village Voice. I think the major advantage of New York (the potential advantage of "exposure,") now translates at best the opportunity for well paying sideman gigs with older pop stars. Nothing to sneeze at, but not he jazz scene of olden days. High rent really kills a scene . . . )

 

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