Kurt Rosenwinkel - This Is What Makes His Style Unique

This Kurt Rosenwinkel Lesson is taking a look at a few phrases from his solo on Nefertiti off the Mark Turner "Ballad Session" album. Kurt has a very unique and strong sense of melody and I am focusing on one aspect of his playing in this video, highlighting melodies that have a large range and move across the barline.

Kurt Rosenwinkel is one of the most influential jazz musicians of the last 20 years. His impact on the scene both as a jazz guitarist and as a band leader/composer has been huge.

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[Learnjazzstandards]

I saw Kurt Rosenwinkel and Mark Turner play at the Village Vanguard sometime last year, and it was next level. Just like those recordings we know and love.

[selimrantapuroguitarist]

Kurt Rosenwinkel is worth checking out if one wants to learn to play post-bop -type of songs with irregular harmonies that are not connected to each other! I liked the never ending scale exercise too, to achieve more modern approach to jazz improvisation in addition to the added chromaticism and interval leaps. Although I've been playing for quite some time, there's always something new to learn. Your channel is a goldmine! Keep it up.

[Morganstudios]

For the second riff, just a note that A altered(or super locrian) is the same thing as Bb melodic minor (Bbmin/maj7), so the line really makes sense over either chords.

[DaveKaplowitz]

I've just started getting into Rosenwinkel and this is helping me understand a little of what he is doing.

[michaelvogt-gitarre]

What a great and inspiring video, thank you Jens! I would prefer a second vid about Kurt's chord shapes and the never ending scale exercise.

[JensLarsen]

Here's a video on Rosenwinkel and some of things I really love about his playing! And of course: Who's next? 🙂

[Avatarx]

@Jens Larsen Kurt's improv more often than not has a haunting dark quality to it...very mysterious brooding subtle mesmerism with flourishes of unconventional beauty throne in....just crazy...

[chrispotter]

Got the opportunity to play on stage with Kurt when he came to perform as a guest artist at my college. He and our bass player played this crazy good rendition of reflections. What’s sad is Im not a guitar player and didn’t really know much about him before then, and I wish I did because he’s a very interesting soloist.

[JazzGuitarScrapbook]

Nonsense, it's all about the hat.

[dbminor]

I was waiting for this video. Thanks a lot Jens. You are great.

[saxwhisper]

Awesome vid. Thanks for doing one on Kurt!

[martinpaddle]

Rick Beato just interviewed him, a good excuse for me to go back to this video :)

[DESIENASHOES]

Nice lesson, I do not know much Rosenwinkel; I will spotify him tomorrow, i was never listen to it,

[tinajackel]

thank you for sharing, Jens! you made a very inspiring video... I know some of the guitar players who studied with Kurt in Berlin (since I live in Berlin...) and they also told me about the never ending scale exercise! such a good exercise but really hard to execute it well :)

[vvblues]

Thanks for turning me on to the Mark Turner album. It's good music.

[alainvosselman]

Crazy about Zhivago !! That is such an incredible piece, entire album infact.

[enkiea]

Great lesson, glad I found your channel. Subbed!

[jroc]

I saw Kurt at the Vangaurd about two years ago, he had a killer band with him, it was so good it actually made me uncomfortable, unbelievable

[juanbusquier]

Aquí en Valencia ( España), hay un profesor que enseña este lenguaje. Se llama Joan Soler... Vivo lejos pero me encantaría aprender este lenguaje.Gracias por este magnífico material Jens...

[lesd]

Oh my, playing a scale up the neck? Wow! 5 minutes of my life ill never get back.