Kurt Rosenwinkel

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Contents
1 Biography
2 Style
3 Equipment
4 Discography
4.1 Leader
4.2 Collaborator
4.3 Sideman
4.4 Arranger
4.5 Producer
4.6 TV appearances
5 References
6 External links
Biography
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 he began 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 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.[1]

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 f�r Musik Hanns Eisler.
Style
Rosenwinkel's influences include John Coltrane, Pat Metheny, Allan Holdsworth, Tal
Farlow, George Van Eps, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, and Alex Lifeson , among
others.[2]

Equipment
Rosenwinkel plays a number of different guitars, including a D'Angelico New Yorker,
a Sadowsky semi-hollowbody, a Gibson ES-335, guitars made by Italian luthier
Domenico Moffa, and a signature model made by Westville Guitars.

During different periods of his career, 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, among others.[3] He has also used a Lavalier lapel
microphone fed into his guitar amplifier [4] that blends his vocalizing with his
guitar.

Discography

Kurt Rosenwinkel performing with Aarhus Jazz Orchestra dir. Geir Lysne, Denmark
2016
Leader
1996 � East Coast Love Affair (Fresh Sound New Talent)
1998 � Intuit (Criss Cross)
Unreleased � Under It All
2000 � The Enemies of Energy (Verve)
2001 � The Next Step (Verve)
2002 � Everything Will Be Alright (Stunt)
2003 � Heartcore (Verve)
2005 � Deep Song (Verve)
2008 � The Remedy: Live at the Village Vanguard (Wommusic)
2009 � Reflections (Wommusic)
2010 � Our Secret World (Wommusic)
2012 � Star of Jupiter (Wommusic)
2017 � Caipi (Heartcore Records)
Collaborator
1991 � Human Feel � Scatter
1994 � Human Feel � Welcome to Malpesta
1996 � 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
1994 � Mark Turner � Yam Yam
1994 � Paul Motian � 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 � 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 � Myron Walden � Like a Flower Seeking the Sun
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
1999 � Brian Blade Fellowship � Perceptual
1999 � Joe Claussell � Language
1999 � The Miles Donahue Quintet � In the Pocket
2000 � Noah Becker � Where We Are
2000 � Wax Poetic � Wax Poetic
2000 � Danilo P�rez � Motherland
2000 � Brian Blade Fellowship � Perceptual
2000 � TOKU � Everything She Said
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 � Matthias Lupri Group � Same Time Twice
2003 � Eli Degibri Quintet � In the Beginning
2003 � Perico Sambeat � Friendship
2004 � Various � Your Guide to the North Sea Jazz Festival 2004
2004 � Jonathan Townes � Zomo : Colect'd Works 1990�2004
2004 � Phil Grenadier � Playful Intentions
2005 � Charlie Peacock � Love Press Ex�Curio
2005 � Joshua Redman Elastic Band � Momentum
2006 � Barney McAll � Mother of Dreams and Secrets
2006 � Tom Cohen � The Guitar Trio Project
2006 � Aaron Goldberg � Worlds
2006 � Joel Miller � Mandala
2007 � Charlier / Sourisse � Heritage
2007 � Daniel Szabo Trio � Frictions
2007 � Rebecca Martin � The Growing Season
2008 � Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band � Season of Changes
2008 � Jakob Bro � The Stars are All New Songs Vol. 1
2008 � Q-Tip � The Renaissance
2009 � Barney McAll � Flashbacks
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 Api Pipo � Flood Gate
2011 � Various � Disney Jazz Volume 1 Everybody Wants to Be a Cat
2012 � Julian Shore � Filaments
2012 � Donald Fagen � Sunken Condos
2012 � Carolina Brandes' O.M.P. Flowers of the deeper soil
2012 � Iris Ornig � No Restrictions
2013 � Umberto Echo � Elevator Dubs
2013 � Eric Clapton � Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
2014 � Aaron Goldberg � The Now
2014 � Roman Ott � If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now
2014 � Kyra Garey � Desert Road
2014 � Jo�Yu Chen � Stranger
2014 - Olivia Trummer - Fly 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 (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on
October 1, 2009)
References
Kelman, John. "Kurt Rosenwinkel: Star of Jupiter". allaboutjazz. Retrieved 31 July
2013.
Panken, Ted. "IN CONVERSATION WITH KURT ROSENWINKEL". jazz.com. Archived from the
original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
Milkowski, Bill. "Kurt Rosenwinkel". GuitarPlayer. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
Berklee interview with Kurt Rosenwinkel.
External links
Official site
State of Mind - Conversation with Kurt Rosenwinkel - 2008
Kurt Rosenwinkel articles on NPR Music
Jazzfuel - Interview with Kurt Rosenwinkel - 2017