Kurt Rosenwinkel

[thedwork]

looks to me like it's got some potential. i'm a big fan of kurt's and love his writing and playing. i kinda wish he had written the arrangements himself but i guess he wanted it otherwise (or probably just didn't have the time to devote to such a project?).

anyone interested can read up, order, or just listen to short clips here.

[AllenLowe]

great guitarist, but like all jazz guys, doesn't get a real sound.

[CJ Shearn]

This should be good. "The Cloister" is an insane composition.

[Free For All]

I'm looking forward to it. I'll be interested to hear how the arrangers treat those complex tunes.

[thedwork]

I'm looking forward to it. I'll be interested to hear how the arrangers treat those complex tunes.

This should be good. "The Cloister" is an insane composition.

yep. and CJ - i agree on "The Cloister." it's a terrific piece of music, one of my favorite compositons of his, and i think one of his best. i wrote this about it when i reviewed it back in 2005: "...the ending sections of this opening track exemplify what’s so intriguing about many of these compositions. Listening to this tune is like opening a set of Chinese boxes in reverse. Where many writers would be satisfied w/ the large amount of material already covered in this piece, Rosenwinkel keeps writing because it was there to be discovered." [he spoke earlier in the review about feeling like an 'archeologist' when it came to composition - 'discovery']

don't know if you guys checked this out yet, but from the page i linked to in the OP:

Ohad Talmor, a saxophonist and gifted composer in his own right, was approached by OJM to arrange two of Rosenwinkel’s pieces, “The Cloister” (from Deep Song) and “Path of the Heart” (from The Next Step). “Ohad was a special case,” says Rosenwinkel, “because he did something completely radical. We met before the session and I told him, ‘Go ahead, make new sections, do whatever you want.’ And he ran with it. His arrangements are like a cubist reorganization of my songs, using what I wrote as RAM. He put it in a bag, shook it up, and saw where it came out.”

we will see...