★★★★★
The decidedly new age concept for Kurt Rosenwinkel's 10th album as a leader, a cosmology-infused double-disc collection of originals for quartet, came to him in a dream. "The 'Star of Jupiter' was given to me as a key to transcend the cycles of form, illusion, and fear which exist on this earthly plane of existence," he says in the album's press release...
- jazztimes.com
2013-02-08
★★★★★
As listeners it sometimes feels as though we live vicariously through the musical experiences of the artists we cherish?excited by the thrill of discovery, the joy of constant growth, and the sheer emotional wallop that the best music holds. And so it's particularly satisfying to watch an artist emerge as more than merely a talented player and composer, but one of significance and consequence...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2012-05-17
★★★★★
It took long enough, but guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel has outdone himself on Heartcore, co-produced with hip-hopper Q-Tip. Fans of his seemingly ancient 2001 release The Next Step will love Heartcore for its continuity in the "Rosenwinkelian" vein of brashly inventive and original melodies and harmonies (enhanced by ambient noise and the simultaneous echo of his voice mirroring his fluid guitar lines). Very few tunes are in 4/4 time. Very few tunes sound like anything else he's done before...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2012-05-03
★★★★★
Guitarist Rosenwinkel is a regular at N.Y.'s Smalls Jazz Club, where owner Mitchell Borden is dedicated to promoting new talent in jazz (in the notes, Borden reveres Rosenwinkel's storytelling qualities). Along with Mark Turner on sax, Ben Street on bass and Jeff Ballard on drums, he shows character and doesn't need to push you off a sonic cliff to get the music across, coming up with eight consonant yet intriguing titles. He invites us to think "time is an axis... from which to swing." Sure...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-09
★★★★★
Broadly acknowledged as one of jazz's foremost artists, Kurt Rosenwinkel has established a reputation as an innovator and constant seeker on the guitar. He has carved out a unique sound over many years of experiment and refinement and today commands respect for his singular voice as a player and bandleader. As a follow-up to the successful double live album The Remedy (ArtistShare, 2008), Rosenwinkel recently released Reflections (Wommusic, 2009), an elegant collection of standards...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Of the new wave of players that has emerged in the past decade including Adam Rogers, Jacob Young and Jeff Parker, the one most seen to be representing the future of jazz guitar is Kurt Rosenwinkel?a player who is rightfully taking his place alongside other significant contemporary figures like Pat Metheny, John Scofield, John Abercrombie and Bill Frisell...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
It's a pleasant Saturday afternoon at Brooklyn Recording in the charming, gentrified neighborhood of Carroll Gardens, the third day of sessions with guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Eric Harland. They've been at it all day, flowing from take to take with wide-open abandon. It's a green light session?there are no mistakes, they just go, trusting their instincts along the way...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
After nearly a decade in the trenches, Kurt Rosenwinkel is beginning to emerge as the next big thing in the world of jazz guitar. He has just released his second all-original Verve CD, The Next Step, a follow-up to last year's The Enemies of Energy. Two earlier standards albums, Intuit (Criss Cross, 1998) and the hard-to-find East Coast Love Affair (Fresh Sound, 1996) also attest to the scope of the young guitarist's jazz talents...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Track Listing: Reflections; You Go To My Head; Fall; East Coast Love Affair; Ask Me Now; Ana Maria; More Than You Know; You've Changed. Personnel: Kurt Rosenwinkel: guitar; Eric Revis: bass; Eric Harland: drums...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-03-04
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