Join us on a journey through the evolution of jazz guitar, starting with early pioneers like Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt and continuing through to modern masters like Pat Metheny, John Scofield and Julian Lage.
Tag: Kurt Rosenwinkel
The Blue Note Records label continues to speak to the power and poignancy of the…
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Join us on a journey through the evolution of jazz guitar, starting with early pioneers like Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt and continuing through to modern masters like Pat Metheny, John Scofield and Julian Lage.
Alexander Claffy, “Michelle,” from Standards: What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? Ascending…
Take the arrangement of “Michelle,” by the Beatles. It’s rendered here in darker, more nuanced shades. Though the melody is largely intact, it feels entirely new against Claffy’s backdrop of minor harmonies and fractured rhythms. The album is full of similar musical timewarps, including the cross-generational structure of its lineup, which features veterans David Kikoski (piano), Joel Frahm (saxophone) and Kurt Rosenwinkel (guitar) alongside a rotation of promising young artists in Benny Benack III (trumpet), Veronica Swift (vocals) and Adam Arruda, Aaron Kimmel and Mark Whitfield Jr. (drums).