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| Background information | |
| Born | October 28, 1970 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupations | Bandleader, composer, guitarist, artist |
| Instruments | Guitar, piano |
| Years active | 1990- |
| Labels | Fresh Sound New Talent, Criss Cross Jazz, Verve, artistShare, Word of Mouth Music |
| Website | www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/ |
Kurt Rosenwinkel (born October 28, 1970) is an American jazz guitarist who came to prominence in the 1990s. He is known for his distinct sound and style of improvisation that is influenced by artists as diverse as Allan Holdsworth, George Van Eps, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Bud Powell, Elmo Hope and The Notorious B.I.G.[1]
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 his jazz guitar skills by 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 [2] that blends his vocalizing with his guitar 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 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. During his tenure with Verve he collaborated with Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest who produced his studio album Heartcore (2003) which featured bassist Ben Street, drummer Jeff Ballard and saxophonist Mark Turner and was a departure from the usual compositional process for Rosenwinkel, blending elements of jazz, rock, hip hop and electronica. He would further collaborate with Q-Tip performing guitar on the latter's albums The Renaissance (2008) and Kamaal/The Abstract (2009).
Rosenwinkel has since released a double live album as a band leader. The album is entitled The Remedy - Live at the Village Vanguard (2008) and features Mark Turner, Aaron Goldberg, Joe Martin and Eric Harland. His latest studio album
Originally from Philadelphia, Kurt Rosenwinkel currently resides in Berlin with his wife and two children, and serves as professor of jazz guitar at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler.
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Discography
Leader
- 1996 - Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio -
East Coast Love Affair - (Fresh Sound New Talent) - 1998 - Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet - Intuit - (Criss Cross)
- Unreleased - Kurt Rosenwinkel - Under It All
- 2000 - Kurt Rosenwinkel - The Enemies of Energy - (Verve Records)
- 2001 - Kurt Rosenwinkel - The Next Step - (Verve Records)
- 2002 - Jakob Dinesen / Kurt Rosenwinkel - Everything Will Be Alright - (Verve Records)
- 2003 - Kurt Rosenwinkel - Heartcore - (Verve Records)
- 2005 - Kurt Rosenwinkel - Deep Song - (Verve Records)
- 2008 - Kurt Rosenwinkel - The Remedy: Live at the Village Vanguard - (Wommusic)
- 2009 - Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio -
Reflections - (Wommusic)
Collaborator
- 1994 - Human Feel - Scatter
- 1994 - Human Feel - Welcome To Malpesta
- 1995 - Human Feel - Speak To It
- 2000 - Metta Quintet - Going To Meet The Man
- 2007 - Human Feel - Galore
Sideman
- 1990 - Mimmo Cafiero Quintet - Moon and Twenty Five
- 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 - Once Blue - Once Blue
- 1995 - Perico Sambeat - Ademuz
- 1995 - Once Blue - Once Blue
- 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
- 1996 - Larry Goldings - Big Stuff
- 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 - Play Monk and Powell
- 1998 - Mark Turner - In This World
- 1998 - Jochen Rueckert - Introduction
- 1999 - Seamus Blake - Stranger Things Have Happened
- 1999 - George Colligan - Unresolved
- 1999 - Jakob Dinesen Quartet - Around
- 1999 - Chris Cheek - Vine
- 1999 - Mark Turner - Ballad Session
- 1999 - Marcy Playground - Shapeshifter
- 1999 - Tim Hagans - Animation - Imagination
- 1999 - Jill Seifers - The Waiting
- 2000 - Noah Becker - Where We Are
- 2000 - Wax Poetic - Wax Poetic
- 2000 - Danilo Pérez - Motherland
- 2000 - Matthias Lupri Group - Same Time Twice
- 2000 - Brian Blade Fellowship - Perceptual
- 2001 - Rebecca Martin - Middlehope
- 2001 - Matt Penman - The UnQuiet
- 2001 - Barney McAll - Release the Day
- 2001 - Mark Turner - Dharma Days
- 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
- 2005 - Charlie Peacock - Love Press Ex-Curio
- 2005 - Joshua Redman Elastic Band - Momentum
- 2006 - Barney McAll - Mother of Dreams and Secrets
- 2006 - Aaron Goldberg - Worlds
- 2006 - Joel Miller - Mandala
- 2006 - The Miles Donahue Quintet - In The Pocket
- 2007 - Barney McAll - Flashbacks
- 2007 - Charlier / Sourisse - Heritage
- 2007 - Daniel Szabo Trio - Frictions
- 2007 - Rebecca Martin - The Growing Season
- 2008 - Brian Blade - Season of Changes
- 2008 - Jakob Bro - The Stars are All New Songs Vol.1
- 2008 - Q-Tip - The Renaissance
- 2009 - Brian Blade - Mama Rosa
- 2009 - Roman Ott - Seeing People
- 2009 - Jason Lindner - Now vs. Now
- 2009 - Q-Tip - Kamaal/The Abstract
- 2009 - Alain Apaloo's Apipo - Flood Gate
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)
- 2009 - Appeared with The Roots and Questlove (Jimmy Fallon Show on October 1, 2009)
References
External links
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