Kurt Rosenwinkel
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Kurt Rosenwinkel is an American jazz
guitarist
and keyboardist
who came to prominence in the 1990s.
, 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. During that time he began using a Lavalier lapel microphone
fed into his guitar amplifier
that blends his vocalizing with his guitar and has become a trademark of his sound both live and in the studio.
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. During his tenure with Verve he collaborated with Q-Tip
of A Tribe Called Quest
who co-produced his studio album Heartcore
(2003) which featured bassist Ben Street
, drummer Jeff Ballard
and saxophonist Mark Turner
and was a departure from the usual compositional process for Rosenwinkel, blending elements of jazz
, rock
, hip hop
and electronica
. He would further collaborate with Q-Tip
performing guitar on the latter's albums The Renaissance
(2008) and Kamaal/The Abstract (2009).
Rosenwinkel has since released a double live album as a band leader. The album is entitled The Remedy - Live at the Village Vanguard
(2008) and features Mark Turner
, Aaron Goldberg
, Joe Martin and Eric Harland
. On November 10, 2009, Rosenwinkel released a trio recording: Standards Trio: Reflections
(2009) which features Eric Revis
on bass and Eric Harland
on drums. On September 7, 2010 he released his ninth album as a leader entitled Kurt Rosenwinkel & OJM: Our Secret World (2010) and features OJM an 18 piece big band from Porto, Portugal.
Originally from Philadelphia, Kurt Rosenwinkel currently resides in Berlin
, Germany
raising his two sons Silas and Ezra and serving as professor of jazz guitar at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler
.
, George Van Eps
, Duke Ellington
, John Coltrane
, Bud Powell
, and Elmo Hope
and The Notorious B.I.G.
distortion, TC Electronic
reverb, Lehle D. Loop effect-loop/switcher, Electro-Harmonix
HOG polyphonic guitar synthesizer, two Empress ParaEq equalizers, Eventide TimeFactor delay, four 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. Most often seen playing his D'Angelico New Yorker semi-hollow guitar, Kurt also plays a Sadowsky
semi-hollow, a cherry red Gibson ES-335
, and more recently two custom guitars made for Kurt by Italian guitar maker and master luthier Domenico Moffa.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
and keyboardist
Keyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
who came to prominence in the 1990s.
Biography
He attended the Berklee School of Music for two and a half years before leaving in his junior year to tour with Gary BurtonGary Burton
Gary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...
, the dean of the school at the time. Subsequently, he moved to Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
where he continued to develop his jazz guitar skills by performing with Human Feel
Human Feel
Human Feel is a collaborative jazz quartet that consists of clarinet/tenor saxophone player Chris Speed, bass clarinet/alto saxophone player Andrew D'Angelo, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and drummer Jim Black...
, Paul Motian
Paul Motian
Stephen Paul Motian was an American jazz drummer, percussionist and composer of Armenian extraction.He first came to prominence in the late 1950s in the piano trio of Bill Evans, and later led several groups...
's Electric Bebop Band, Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. In a career spanning more than forty years Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day and recorded for several prominent labels, including Blue Note.-Early life:From a very large family with five sisters and nine...
Group, and the Brian Blade Fellowship. During that time he began using a Lavalier lapel microphone
Microphone
A microphone is an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. In 1877, Emile Berliner invented the first microphone used as a telephone voice transmitter...
fed into his guitar amplifier
Guitar amplifier
A guitar amplifier is an electronic amplifier designed to make the signal of an electric or acoustic guitar louder so that it will produce sound through a loudspeaker...
that blends his vocalizing with his guitar and has become a trademark of his sound both live and in the studio.
In 1995 he won the Composer's Award from the National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
and was eventually signed by Verve Records
Verve Records
Verve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve...
. Since then he has played and recorded as both a leader and sideman with fellow-alumni such as Mark Turner
Mark Turner (musician)
Mark Turner is a jazz saxophonist and clarinetist with several recordings to his credit.-Biographical information:Born in Fairborn, Ohio, and raised in Southern California, Turner originally intended to become a commercial artist. In elementary school he played the clarinet, followed by the alto...
and Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau is an American jazz pianist. Besides leading his own group, the Brad Mehldau Trio, he has performed with many renowned artists, including Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, Larry Grenadier, Peter Bernstein, Jeff Ballard, Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Michael Brecker, Chris Potter, Kurt...
as well as many others. During his tenure with Verve he collaborated with Q-Tip
Q-Tip (rapper)
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed , better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American hip hop artist, producer, singer, and actor from St. Albans, Queens, New York, part of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest...
of A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip hop group, formed in 1985, and is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, left the group after their first album but rejoined in 2006...
who co-produced his studio album Heartcore
Heartcore (Kurt Rosenwinkel album)
Heartcore is Kurt Rosenwinkel's fifth album as a band leader. The album was fully produced by Rosenwinkel and Q-Tip_ of popular hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest.-Track listing:# "Heartcore" – 8:39# "Blue Line" – 6:11...
(2003) which featured bassist Ben Street
Ben Street
Ben Street is a New York-area jazz double bassist. He has played with many great jazz artists, notably Kurt Rosenwinkel on the album Next Step, Ben Monder on the album Dust and Sam Rivers on the album Violet Violets...
, drummer Jeff Ballard
Jeff Ballard
Jeffrey Scott Ballard is a former Major League Baseball pitcher, playing from to .Following his career, Ballard returned to his hometown of Billings, where he has become an instrumental part of local American Legion Baseball programs...
and saxophonist Mark Turner
Mark Turner (musician)
Mark Turner is a jazz saxophonist and clarinetist with several recordings to his credit.-Biographical information:Born in Fairborn, Ohio, and raised in Southern California, Turner originally intended to become a commercial artist. In elementary school he played the clarinet, followed by the alto...
and was a departure from the usual compositional process for Rosenwinkel, blending elements of jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
and electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
. He would further collaborate with Q-Tip
Q-Tip (rapper)
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed , better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American hip hop artist, producer, singer, and actor from St. Albans, Queens, New York, part of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest...
performing guitar on the latter's albums The Renaissance
The Renaissance (Q-Tip album)
The Renaissance is the second studio album by American hip hop artist Q-Tip, released November 3, 2008, on Universal Motown Records. The follow-up to his solo debut album, Amplified , it was recorded after Q-Tip's Kamaal/The Abstract was initially shelved in 2002 by his former label Arista Records...
(2008) and Kamaal/The Abstract (2009).
Rosenwinkel has since released a double live album as a band leader. The album is entitled The Remedy - Live at the Village Vanguard
The Remedy (Kurt Rosenwinkel album)
The Remedy is Kurt Rosenwinkel's seventh album as a leader and his first project with ArtistShare. It is a 2-disc album recorded live at the Village Vanguard in January 2006...
(2008) and features Mark Turner
Mark Turner (musician)
Mark Turner is a jazz saxophonist and clarinetist with several recordings to his credit.-Biographical information:Born in Fairborn, Ohio, and raised in Southern California, Turner originally intended to become a commercial artist. In elementary school he played the clarinet, followed by the alto...
, Aaron Goldberg
Aaron Goldberg
Aaron Goldberg is a jazz pianist based in New York City. He began studying piano at seven and studied under Bob Sinicrope of Milton Academy and saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi...
, Joe Martin and Eric Harland
Eric Harland
Eric Harland is an American jazz drummer.Besides leading his own group Harland has performed with many renowned artists, including Wynton Marsalis, McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Joshua Redman, Ravi Coltrane, Kenny Garrett, Dave Holland, Charles Lloyd, Michael Brecker, Terence Blanchard, Walter Smith...
. On November 10, 2009, Rosenwinkel released a trio recording: Standards Trio: Reflections
Reflections (Kurt Rosenwinkel album)
-Track listing:-Personnel:*Kurt Rosenwinkel - Guitar*Eric Revis - Bass*Eric Harland - Drums-External links:**...
(2009) which features Eric Revis
Eric Revis
Eric Revis is a jazz bassist and composer. Revis came to prominence as a jazz bassist with the legendary Betty Carter in the mid-1990s and since 1997 has been a solid member of Branford Marsalis's ensemble...
on bass and Eric Harland
Eric Harland
Eric Harland is an American jazz drummer.Besides leading his own group Harland has performed with many renowned artists, including Wynton Marsalis, McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Joshua Redman, Ravi Coltrane, Kenny Garrett, Dave Holland, Charles Lloyd, Michael Brecker, Terence Blanchard, Walter Smith...
on drums. On September 7, 2010 he released his ninth album as a leader entitled Kurt Rosenwinkel & OJM: Our Secret World (2010) and features OJM an 18 piece big band from Porto, Portugal.
Originally from Philadelphia, Kurt Rosenwinkel currently resides in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
raising his two sons Silas and Ezra and serving as professor of jazz guitar at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler
The " in Berlin, Germany is one of the leading music conservatories in Europe. It was established in East Berlin in 1950 as the ' because the older was in West Berlin...
.
Style
Rosenwinkel is known for his distinct sound and style of improvisation. He describes his influences as artists as diverse as Allan HoldsworthAllan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth is an English guitarist and composer. He has released twelve studio albums as a solo artist and played many different styles of music over a period of four decades, but first drew attention for his work in jazz fusion...
, George Van Eps
George Van Eps
George Van Eps was an American swing and Mainstream jazz guitarist noted both for his recordings as a leader, and for his work as a session musician. He was also the author of instructional books that explored his approach to guitar-based harmony...
, Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
, John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
, Bud Powell
Bud Powell
Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell was an American Jazz pianist. Powell has been described as one of "the two most significant pianists of the style of modern jazz that came to be known as bop", the other being his friend and contemporary Thelonious Monk...
, and Elmo Hope
Elmo Hope
St. Elmo Sylvester Hope was an American jazz pianist, performing chiefly in the bop and hard bop genres. His highly individual piano-playing and, especially, his compositions have led a few enthusiasts and critics such as David Rosenthal to place him alongside his contemporaries Bud Powell and...
and The Notorious B.I.G.
The Notorious B.I.G.
Christopher George Latore Wallace , best known as The Notorious B.I.G., was an American rapper. He was also known as Biggie Smalls , Big Poppa, and The Black Frank White .Wallace was raised in the Brooklyn borough...
Equipment
Kurt simultaneously utilizes a wide variety of effects units, each with a very specific function and effect on the guitar's sound. Included in his pedal chain is the Pro Co RATPro Co Rat
The Pro Co "The RAT" is a guitar effects pedal produced by Pro Co Sound. The original RAT was developed in the basement of Pro Co's Kalamazoo, Michigan facility in 1978...
distortion, TC Electronic
TC Electronic
TC Electronic is a Danish audio equipment manufacturer.Its current product ranges include guitar effects, bass amplification, computer audio interfaces, audio plug-in software, live sound equalisers, studio and post production equipment, studio effect processors and broadcast loudness processors...
reverb, Lehle D. Loop effect-loop/switcher, Electro-Harmonix
Electro-Harmonix
Electro-Harmonix is a New York-based company that makes high-end electronic audio processors. The company was founded by Mike Matthews in 1968. They are most famous for a series of popular guitar effects pedals introduced in the 1970s and 1990s....
HOG polyphonic guitar synthesizer, two Empress ParaEq equalizers, Eventide TimeFactor delay, four Xotic X-Blender effects loops, Empress Tremolo, Lehle Parallel line mixer, TC Electronic
TC Electronic
TC Electronic is a Danish audio equipment manufacturer.Its current product ranges include guitar effects, bass amplification, computer audio interfaces, audio plug-in software, live sound equalisers, studio and post production equipment, studio effect processors and broadcast loudness processors...
SCF stereo chorus flanger, and Boss Corporation
Boss Corporation
Boss is a manufacturer of effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar. It is a division of the Roland Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer that specializes in musical equipment and accessories...
OC-3 octave, among others. Most often seen playing his D'Angelico New Yorker semi-hollow guitar, Kurt also plays a Sadowsky
Sadowsky
Sadowsky Guitars Limited is a Queens, New York based high-end guitar, bass guitar, and preamp manufacturer. The company took its name from the company founder, Roger Sadowsky. Sadowsky is an alumnus of SUNY Geneseo, and built the business from the ground up, in 1979, after 7 years of guitar...
semi-hollow, a cherry red Gibson ES-335
Gibson ES-335
The Gibson ES-335 is the world's first commercial thinline arched-top semi-acoustic electric guitar. Released by the Gibson Guitar Corporation as part of its ES series in 1958, it is neither hollow nor solid; instead, a solid wood block runs through the center of its body...
, and more recently two custom guitars made for Kurt by Italian guitar maker and master luthier Domenico Moffa.
Leader
- 1996 - Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio - East Coast Love Affair - (Fresh Sound New Talent)
- 1998 - Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet - IntuitIntuit (Kurt Rosenwinkel album)-Track listing:-Personnel:*Kurt Rosenwinkel - Guitar*Michael Kanan - Piano*Joe Martin - Bass*Tim Pleasant - Drums-External links:*...
- (Criss Cross) - Unreleased - Kurt Rosenwinkel - Under It All
- 2000 - Kurt Rosenwinkel - The Enemies of Energy - (Verve Records)
- 2001 - Kurt Rosenwinkel - The Next StepThe Next Step (Rosenwinkel album)-Track listing:# "Zhivago" – 9:04# "Minor Blues" – 5:54# "A Shifting Design" – 7:11# "Path of the Heart" – 6:15# "Filters" – 7:43# "Use of Light" – 9:17# "The Next Step" – 10:01# "A Life Unfolds" – 6:31-Personnel:*Kurt Rosenwinkel – Guitar, Piano...
- (Verve Records) - 2002 - Jakob Dinesen / Kurt Rosenwinkel - Everything Will Be Alright - (Verve Records)
- 2003 - Kurt Rosenwinkel - HeartcoreHeartcore (Kurt Rosenwinkel album)Heartcore is Kurt Rosenwinkel's fifth album as a band leader. The album was fully produced by Rosenwinkel and Q-Tip_ of popular hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest.-Track listing:# "Heartcore" – 8:39# "Blue Line" – 6:11...
- (Verve Records) - 2005 - Kurt Rosenwinkel - Deep SongDeep Song (album)Deep Song is Kurt Rosenwinkel's sixth album as a band leader.-Track listing:# "The Cloister" – 8:30# "Brooklyn Sometimes" – 8:22# "The Cross" – 7:35...
- (Verve Records) - 2008 - Kurt Rosenwinkel - The Remedy: Live at the Village VanguardThe Remedy (Kurt Rosenwinkel album)The Remedy is Kurt Rosenwinkel's seventh album as a leader and his first project with ArtistShare. It is a 2-disc album recorded live at the Village Vanguard in January 2006...
- (ArtistShare/Wommusic) - 2009 - Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio - ReflectionsReflections (Kurt Rosenwinkel album)-Track listing:-Personnel:*Kurt Rosenwinkel - Guitar*Eric Revis - Bass*Eric Harland - Drums-External links:**...
- (Wommusic) - 2010 - Kurt Rosenwinkel & OJM - Our Secret World - (Wommusic)
Collaborator
- 1994 - Human Feel - Scatter
- 1994 - Human Feel - Welcome To Malpesta
- 1995 - 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 BurtonGary BurtonGary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...
- Six Pack - 1993 - Seamus Blake - The Call (Criss Cross Jazz 1094 CD)
- 1994 - Mark TurnerMark Turner (musician)Mark Turner is a jazz saxophonist and clarinetist with several recordings to his credit.-Biographical information:Born in Fairborn, Ohio, and raised in Southern California, Turner originally intended to become a commercial artist. In elementary school he played the clarinet, followed by the alto...
- Yam Yam (Criss Cross Jazz 1160 CD) - 1994 - Paul MotianPaul MotianStephen Paul Motian was an American jazz drummer, percussionist and composer of Armenian extraction.He first came to prominence in the late 1950s in the piano trio of Bill Evans, and later led several groups...
- Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop BandPaul Motian and the Electric Bebop BandPaul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band is an album of bebop jazz standards by Paul Motian originally released on the German JMT label. Recorded in 1992, it was released in 1993 and features performances by Motian with Joshua Redman, Brad Schoeppach, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Stomu Takeishi...
(JMT) - 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 JayFlight of the Blue JayFlight of the Blue Jay is an album by Paul Motian released on the German Winter & Winter label in 1997 and featuring performances of bebop jazz standards by Motian with the Electric Bebop Band...
- 1996 - Larry GoldingsLarry Goldings-Life and career:Goldings was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was a classical music enthusiast, and Larry studied classical piano until the age of twelve. While in high school at Concord Academy, he attended a program at the Eastman School of Music. During this period Erroll Garner,...
- Big Stuff - 1997 - Chris CheekChris CheekChris Cheek is an American jazz saxophonist. He has worked as a sideman on more than sixty albums in his career, and has been bandleader of four critically acclaimed solo albums.-Biography:Cheek was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri...
Quartet - I Wish I Knew - 1998 - Myron Walden - Like a Flower Seeking the Sun
- 1998 - The Chris PotterChris Potter (jazz saxophonist)Chris Potter is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist.-Biography:Born in Chicago, Illinois, Potter spent most of his childhood in Columbia, South Carolina where his mother taught psychology at the University of South Carolina...
Quartet - Vertigo - 1998 - Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band - Play Monk and PowellPlay Monk and PowellPlay Monk and Powell is an album by Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band released on the German Winter & Winter label in 1999 and featuring performances of tunes by Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell...
- 1998 - Mark Turner - In This World
- 1998 - Jochen Rueckert - Introduction
- 1999 - Seamus Blake - Stranger Things Have Happened
- 1999 - George ColliganGeorge ColliganGeorge Colligan is a New York-based jazz pianist, organist, drummer, trumpet player, educator, composer and bandleader. He was born in New Jersey, and raised in a suburb of Baltimore, Maryland. He attended the Peabody Institute, majoring in classical trumpet and music education...
- Unresolved - 1999 - Jakob Dinesen Quartet - Around
- 1999 - Chris Cheek - Vine
- 1999 - Mark Turner - Ballad Session
- 1999 - Marcy PlaygroundMarcy PlaygroundMarcy Playground is an American alternative rock band consisting of three members: John Wozniak , Dylan Keefe , and Shlomi Lavie . The band is best known for their 1997 hit "Sex and Candy".-Early years:...
- Shapeshifter - 1999 - Tim HagansTim HagansTim Hagans is a jazz trumpeter and composer.He has been nominated for Grammys for Best Instrumental Composition for "Box of Cannoli" from The Avatar Session ; and Best Contemporary Jazz CD for Animation*Imagination and Re-Animation .He grew up in Dayton, Ohio...
- Animation - Imagination - 1999 - Jill Seifers - The Waiting
- 1999 - Brian Blade FellowshipBrian BladeBrian Blade in Shreveport, Louisiana is an American jazz drummer, composer, session musician, and singer-songwriter.-Early years:...
- PerceptualPerceptual (album)-Track listing: All tracks composed by Brian Blade; except where indicated# "Perceptual" – 6:28# "Evinrude-Fifty " – 7:56# "Reconciliation" – 6:44# "Crooked Creek" – 9:10# "Patron Saint of Girls" – 2:40... - 2000 - Noah BeckerNoah BeckerNoah Becker is a painter, art writer and publisher. Becker is also a jazz saxophonist. He has exhibited his paintings in the Vancouver Art Gallery group exhibition How Soon is Now in 2009...
- Where We Are - 2000 - Wax PoeticWax PoeticWax Poetic is a New York-based trip-hop band. The band came together in 1997 founded by Turkish music guru Ilhan Ersahin who is still a current member, playing tenor saxophone and keys...
- Wax Poetic - 2000 - Danilo PérezDanilo PérezDanilo Pérez is a Panamanian pianist and composer.-Early life:Danilo Pérez was born in Panama in 1965. He is considered one of the finest contemporary pianists and jazz composers of our era....
- Motherland - 2000 - Matthias LupriMatthias LupriMatthias Albrecht Lupri is a jazz musician who plays the vibraphone.-History:Lupri grew up in Manhattan, Kansas and Alberta, Canada. Initially he played the drums, and played as a teenager in blues, rock and country music bands...
Group - Same Time Twice - 2000 - Brian BladeBrian BladeBrian Blade in Shreveport, Louisiana is an American jazz drummer, composer, session musician, and singer-songwriter.-Early years:...
Fellowship - Perceptual - 2001 - Rebecca MartinRebecca Martin((Rebecca Martin (born April 24, 1969, Portland, Maine) is an American singer and songwriter from Rumford, Maine. She and Jesse Harris formed Once Blue in the early 1990s and released a self-titled debut. In 1998, she released the solo album Thoroughfare....
- Middlehope - 2001 - Matt Penman - The UnQuiet
- 2001 - Barney McAllBarney McAllBarney McAll is a jazz pianist and composer.Barney McAll completed a Bachelor of Music at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, studying with pianists Paul Grabowsky, Tony Gould and Mike Nock and with guitarist Doug Devries.He moved to New York City from Australia in 1997 to join...
- 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 DegibriEli DegibriEli Degibri is an Israeli jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger.-Early life:Degibri first began playing the mandolin at age 7 in an after school music program at the Jaffa Conservatory of Music...
Quintet - In the Beginning - 2003 - Perico Sambeat - Friendship
- 2005 - Charlie PeacockCharlie PeacockCharlie Peacock is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, record producer, session musician and author. While growing up in California Peacock was inspired by John Coltrane and began playing the piano. After completing his education, Peacock formed a band and began a career as a professional...
- Love Press Ex-Curio - 2005 - Joshua RedmanJoshua RedmanJoshua Redman is an American jazz saxophonist and composer who records for Nonesuch Records. He won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in 1991.-Biography:...
Elastic Band - Momentum - 2006 - Barney McAll - Mother of Dreams and Secrets
- 2006 - Aaron GoldbergAaron GoldbergAaron Goldberg is a jazz pianist based in New York City. He began studying piano at seven and studied under Bob Sinicrope of Milton Academy and saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi...
- 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
- 2007 - Rebecca Martin - The Growing Season
- 2008 - Brian Blade and the Fellowship BandBrian BladeBrian Blade in Shreveport, Louisiana is an American jazz drummer, composer, session musician, and singer-songwriter.-Early years:...
- Season of ChangesSeason of ChangesSeason of Changes is a studio album by Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band. While the name has been changed from the original name, Brian Blade Fellowship, the group still remains essentially the same, minus founding member Dave Easley.-Track listing:... - 2008 - Jakob Bro - The Stars are All New Songs Vol.1
- 2008 - Q-TipQ-Tip (rapper)Kamaal Ibn John Fareed , better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American hip hop artist, producer, singer, and actor from St. Albans, Queens, New York, part of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest...
- The RenaissanceThe Renaissance (Q-Tip album)The Renaissance is the second studio album by American hip hop artist Q-Tip, released November 3, 2008, on Universal Motown Records. The follow-up to his solo debut album, Amplified , it was recorded after Q-Tip's Kamaal/The Abstract was initially shelved in 2002 by his former label Arista Records... - 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 Apipo - Flood Gate
Producer
- 1997 - Chris Cheek Quartet - I Wish I Knew
- 2007 - Rebecca MartinRebecca Martin((Rebecca Martin (born April 24, 1969, Portland, Maine) is an American singer and songwriter from Rumford, Maine. She and Jesse Harris formed Once Blue in the early 1990s and released a self-titled debut. In 1998, she released the solo album Thoroughfare....
- 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)