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tiny_tim Oct 21 2023 at 1:41 AM |
I was fortunate enough to be back in Lausanne/CH - 20 Oct ’23 for the day job, and had a chance to see and hear Kurt Rosenwinkel for the very first time....at the legendary Chorus Jazz Club there in the town centre. I know Kurt has been mentioned several times in the AG... and hands up/full disclosure...he was an unknown quantity to me as I stay with the same guitarists I have come to love and appreciate over the decades. Kurt was part of a 4tet with Basel born pianist/composer Jean-Paul Brodbeck who wrote a project of Chopin songs re-imagined...and he wrote them specifically with Kurt in mind to be in a band to perform them. I must say it was one of the most amazing gigs I have ever seen, for sure for all the gigs that I have been to at Chorus Jazz over the decades now. I won’t cast any details of what I heard and witnessed, but to my USA AG friends please catch this gig if you can when they come to NYC, Philly, and Chicago...beginning 07 Nov at the Village Vanguard/NYC.... |
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MarcNebo Dec 03 2023 at 9:44 PM |
tiny_tim I am sorry to report that I missed Kurt’s Chicago show. I worked that day 9-5 (Trader Joe’s) and because it
was the Saturday before Thanksgiving we were extremely busy and I was worn-out. Also I had to rely on Public
Transportation to get home after the show. The next train after the first set was an hour plus later. I won’t have
lasted for the 10:00 show or would have been asked to leave because I was snoring because I was tired from a long
and busy day.
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tiny_tim Oct 28 2023 at 3:16 AM |
Super MarcNebo, the young acoustic bass player is Lukas Traxel - from Basel, Switzerland - and I was very impressed
by his command of his instrument. Kurt’s phrasings at times reminded me of some of my guitar heros (Pat, Alan H)...
as well as Jean-Paul’s phrasings at times reminding me of Lyle... but this being Chopin pretty sure that Lyle was
influenced by that special composer...
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MarcNebo Oct 21 2023 at 2:28 PM |
I will be going to the Chicago show in November. Thank you for the tip, sounds like it was special and excellent. I
haven’t seen Kurt in several years.
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