Artist: Kurt Rosenwinkel

Kurt Rosenwinkel is an American jazz guitarist, composer, bandleader, producer, educator, keyboardist and record label owner. 

Rosenwinkel attended the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts alongside classmates including Christian McBride, Joey DeFrancesco, and future Roots drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. He studied at Berklee College of Music before leaving in his third year to tour with Gary Burton, the dean of the school at the time.

In 1995 he won the Composer's Award from the National Endowment for the Arts and was signed by Verve. Since then, he has played and recorded as a leader and sideman with Mark Turner, Brad Mehldau, Joel Frahm, and Brian Blade.

In 2008 The Remedy was released, recorded with saxophonist Mark Turner, pianist Aaron Goldberg, bassist Joe Martin, and drummer Eric Harland. On November 10, 2009, he released a trio recording, Standards Trio: Reflections, with bassist Eric Revis and drummer Eric Harland. On September 7, 2010, he released Kurt Rosenwinkel & OJM: Our Secret World and with OJM an 18-piece big band from Porto, Portugal.

In 2016, Rosenwinkel formed the independent music label Heartcore Records and began producing as well as performing. He produced his eleventh album, Caipi (2017), and was a producer and guitarist on Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Pedro Martin's album Vox (2019). 

Rosenwinkel's musical contributions have extended beyond jazz. He has been a member of the Crossroads Guitar Festival family since 2013, when he was invited by guitarist Eric Clapton to share the stage.

Clapton appeared on Rosenwinkel's Caipi (2017), playing on the song “Little Dream”. Rosenwinkel played in a hip hop setting with Q-Tip on The Renaissance (2008) and Kamaal the Abstract  (2009).

Further information about Kurt Rosenwinkel is found at KurtRosenwinkel.com.