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Kurt Rosenwinkel (born October 28, 1970) is a jazz guitarist who came to prominence in the 1990s. His improvising style was initially influenced by guitarists such as Pat Metheny and John Scofield, but has emerged as an individual stylist whose lines are lengthy and linear, recalling the styles of Lennie Tristano in the 1940s and 50s. His chordal language is amongst the more advanced for a guitarist, touching on ideas from George Van Eps and Ben Monder. He attended the Berklee School of Music for two and a half years before leaving in his sophomore year to tour with Gary Burton, the dean of the school at the time. Subsequently, he moved to Brooklyn where he continued to develop as one of the leading jazz guitarists of his generation by performing with the 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 album, Deep Song (2005), features Mehldau and Joshua Redman. Some of his earlier albums include The Enemies of Energy, The Next Step and a more experimental Heartcore.

Originally from Philadelphia, Kurt Rosenwinkel currently resides with his wife in Switzerland.

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1	Use Of Light full track	136
2	Minor Blues full track	118
2	Zhivago full track	118
4	The Cross full track	110
5	The Next Step full track	104
6	Filters full track	90
6	Path Of The Heart full track	90
8	A Shifting Design full track	83
9	A Life Unfolds full track	78
10	Blue Line full track	69
11	Synthetics full track	59
12	Brooklyn Sometimes full track	57
12	The Cloister full track	57
14	If I Should Lose You full track	50
15	Deep Song full track	47

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jplovecraft wrote:
October 2009

He is amazing

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zapatosgrandes wrote:
September 2009

just now discovering this. need explore his work.

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eryk2000 wrote:
August 2009

"Zhivago" is one of the most beautiful guitar stuff I've heard.Have you noticed that Kurt started his career in Gary Burton's band - the same as Pat Metheny and John Scofield (he played there also, after Pat)

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axss wrote:
July 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0YBH0U0TT8 i watched this and i want this CD. sadly, it is completely unavailable in Poland. the only way is to buy it via ebay in US and ship across the ocean. just great. want to buy some shit - go to music store. want to buy some serious musicianship - now you have a problem. <i haz a mad>

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stream9 wrote:
April 2009

Nice video, Nemesis composed by Aaron Parks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHDVTB0x8VI

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Atmomusician wrote:
April 2009

great

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xgeorgx wrote:
April 2009

great tunes!

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quietlistner wrote:
April 2009

love this dude his music is so laid back need that in times like these

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up2speed wrote:
March 2009

"use of light"...yes indeed; wonderful!

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gakko wrote:
February 2009

For anyone who really likes Kurts playing, the album "The Unquiet" by Matt Penman, should be of great interest. From All About Jazz: "...with The Unquiet (Fresh Sound Records 133) Penman makes his first complete offering as a leader, writing all the tunes and producing. This project sees him in gifted company with frequent collaborator Chris Cheek on sax, Kurt Rosenwinkel on guitar, Aaron Goldberg on piano and Rhodes, and Jeff Ballard on drums. Of his sidemen Penman states “I couldn’t have asked for a more vital crew. These guys live and play in the here and now and really brought my tunes to life”. I seriously recommend this album! The odd thing is that Matt Penman only have 309 listeners here on lastfm...

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aktsizr wrote:
January 2009

Oh... forgot that link, haha: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98982233

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aktsizr wrote:
January 2009

Gonna make a lot of you guys lucky now...: 2/1/2h Kurt Rosenwinkel set @ the Vanguard in 192kbit mp3 quality. Great stuff. Others in the band are Aaron Parks (p), Ben Street (b) and Kendrick Scott. Have fun.

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selim714 wrote:
December 2008

Deep Song, Heartcore and Eastcoast Love Affair all great stuff.

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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
September 2008

Kurt Rosenwinkel—now playing in the brandnew ➤ j a z z | h a u s ➤

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sarajevo_lasher wrote:
June 2008

kurt = so good it hurts.

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kevinsthirdarm wrote:
April 2008

the remedy is so good

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due_friday wrote:
March 2007

He has become my favorite. Nothing is as light weighted, refreshing and still intelligent as The Next Step! It's good background music, but still complex and versatile enough to be in the foreground, too. It really does it for me!

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Rapscallion87 wrote:
July 2006

a class act

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