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.
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.
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
Heartcore.
Rosenwinkel has since then released a double live album as a
leader. The album is entitled
The Remedy - Live at the
Village Vanguard (2008) and features Mark Turner, Aaron
Goldberg, Joe Martin and Eric Harland. He is about to release a new
studio album
Standards Trio:
Reflections (2009) on Nov. 10, 2009 featuring Eric Revis on
bass & Eric Harland on drums.
Originally
from Philadelphia
, Kurt Rosenwinkel currently resides in Berlin
.
Rosenwinkel currently serves as professor of
jazz guitar at Hochschule für Musik Hanns
Eisler
in Berlin
Discography
Leader
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"
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'
- 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 - Kamaal Fareed (FKA Q-TIP) - Kamaal the
Abstract
- 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
- 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
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)
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