Kurt Rosenwinkel

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Kurt Rosenwinkel
Rosenwinkel performing in November 2018
Rosenwinkel performing in November 2018
Background information
Birth nameKurt Peter Rosenwinkel
Born (1970-10-28) October 28, 1970 (age 53)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Guitar, piano
Years active1990–present
LabelsVerve, ArtistShare, Wommusic, Heartcore
Websitekurtrosenwinkel.com

Kurt Rosenwinkel (born October 28, 1970) is an American jazz guitarist, composer, bandleader, producer, educator, keyboardist and record label owner.

Biography

Born in Philadelphia to a musical family, Rosenwinkel began taking piano lessons when he was nine years old. When he was 12, he began studying

Brian Blade Fellowship
.

In 1995 he won the Composer's Award from the

Kamaal/The Abstract
.

Rosenwinkel in April 2010

In 2008

Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler
.

In 2016, Rosenwinkel formed the independent music label Heartcore Records and began producing as well as performing. He produced his eleventh album, Caipi (2017), and was a producer and guitarist on Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Pedro Martin's album Vox (2019).

Rosenwinkel's musical contributions have extended beyond jazz. He has been a member of the Crossroads Guitar Festival family since 2013, when he was invited by guitarist

The Renaissance (2008) and Kamaal the Abstract (2009). He appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon with The Roots, and collaborated with Domi and JD Beck
.

Style

Rosenwinkel's influences include John Coltrane, Bud Powell, David Bowie, Joe Henderson, Charlie Parker, Keith Jarrett, Pat Metheny, Allan Holdsworth, Tal Farlow, George Van Eps, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, and Alex Lifeson.[3]

The Jazz Book calls Rosenwinkel "a visionary composer, with an infinitely sensitive way of layering electronic sounds, borrowed from ambient music, dub, and drum and bass, and manipulating them intelligently."[1]

Equipment

Rosenwinkel has played a D'Angelico New Yorker, a Sadowsky semi-hollow body, a Gibson ES-335, guitars made by Italian luthier Domenico Moffa, a Yamaha SG, a Gibson SG, and a signature model made by Westville Guitars.

Rosenwinkel has used a variety of effects, including: Neunaber WET Stereo Reverb, Strymon Timeline, Strymon Mobius, Strymon Blue Sky Reverb, Strymon El Capistan dTape Echo, Digitech Vocalist, Thegigrig HumDinger, Rockett Allan Holdsworth, Empress ParaEQ, Pro Co RAT distortion, TC Electronic Nova Reverb, Lehle D. Loop Effect-loop/Switcher, Malekko Echo 600 Dark, Old World Audio 1960 Compressor, Electro-Harmonix HOG Polyphonic Guitar Synthesizer, Eventide TimeFactor Delay, Xotic X-Blender Effects Loops, Empress Tremolo, Lehle Parallel line mixer, TC Electronic SCF stereo chorus flanger, and Boss Corporation OC-3 octave, Strymon Riverside, Eventide H9, EHX Pog 2, Source Audio EQ, among others.[4] He has also used a Lavalier lapel microphone fed into his guitar amplifier[5] that blends his vocalizing with his guitar.

Discography

Rosenwinkel performs in Denmark in 2016 with Aarhus Jazz Orchestra, directed by Geir Lysne

As leader/co-leader

As group

Human Feel With Chris Speed, Andrew D'Angelo, and Jim Black

  • Scatter (GM, 1991)
  • Welcome to Malpesta (New World, 1994)
  • Speak to It (Songlines, 1996)
  • Galore (Skirl, 2007)
  • Gold (Intakt, 2019)

As sideman

With Brian Blade

With Seamus Blake

  • The Call (Criss Cross, 1994)
  • Stranger Things Have Happened (Fresh Sound, 1999)

With Chris Cheek

  • I Wish I Knew (Fresh Sound, 1997)
  • Vine (Fresh Sound, 2000)

With Aaron Goldberg

  • Worlds (Sunnyside, 2006)
  • The Now (Sunnyside, 2014)

With Rebecca Martin

  • Middlehope (Fresh Sound, 2001)
  • The Growing Season (Sunnyside, 2008)

With Barney McAll

  • Release the Day (Transparent Music, 2000)
  • Mother of Dreams and Secrets (Research, 2018)

With Paul Motian

With Q-Tip

With Mark Turner

  • 1994: Yam Yam (Criss Cross, 1995)
  • 1998: In This World (Warner Bros., 1998)
  • 1999: Ballad Session (Warner Bros., 2000)
  • 2001: Dharma Days (Warner Bros., 2001)

With others

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-1-55652820-0
    .
  2. ^ Kelman, John (10 December 2012). "Kurt Rosenwinkel: Star of Jupiter". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  3. ^ Panken, Ted. "IN CONVERSATION WITH KURT ROSENWINKEL". Jazz.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  4. ^ Milkowski, Bill. "Kurt Rosenwinkel". Guitarplayer.com. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Kurt Rosenwinkel: Emerging Brilliance". Allaboutjazz.com. 16 May 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  6. ^ Newcomb, Brian Q. (February 11, 2019). "Crane Like the Bird: Crane Like the Bird". thefirenote.com.

External links

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