Kurt Rosenwinkel Weighs In
Wong Notes
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🗓️ 31 May 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This time on Wong Notes, guitar legend Kurt Rosenwinkel joins Cory Wong to go deep on all things jazz. The genre has always been a haven for free-thinkers and adventurers, so it’s little surprise when Rosenwinkel reveals that he’s incorporated a Fractal FM9 into his live rig—though it’s still working in tandem with a good ol’ Fender tube amp.
Rosenwinkel divulges the details on his “softer, darker” attack, which combined with his approach to tone—including a fair bit of top-end roll-off—constitutes a big piece of his signature sound. Rosenwinkel’s forthcoming live record, The Next Step Band (Live at Smalls 1996), captures this sound in the place that formed it: New York City. Rosenwinkel takes Wong back to the halcyon days of the city’s kinetic 1990s “hardcore” bebop and free-jazz scene, where Mitch Borden’s legendary Smalls Jazz Club was an artistic hotbed (and crash pad) for players of all stripes.
Nowadays, more and more artists are forming their connections online rather in a jazz club. But can TikTok and Instagram replace an all-night jazz joint for up-and-coming players?
Tune in, and be sure to check out Kurt’s career-spanning new Ultimate Book of Compositions.
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| 0:00.0 | What's happening? Welcome to Wong Notes podcast. I'm your host, Corey Wong. I hope you're doing well today. I'm feeling good today. I did a good day mixing. You know, sometimes just good practice day, good performance day, whatever. Dude, I've been mixing my new record and it is sounding dope. I'm very excited. |
| 0:21.8 | Very fun project I've been working on, and it's about done now. |
| 0:25.0 | It's about done. |
| 0:26.5 | And it's about time, because it's been taking me a lot of work and hours. |
| 0:31.6 | So I'm feeling good. |
| 0:32.6 | Guess what? |
| 0:33.2 | Because of that, I'm feeling nice. |
| 0:34.6 | I'm feeling generous. |
| 0:35.5 | I got a guitar course out there. |
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| 0:53.4 | practice more efficient, if you want actual one-hour practice routines, If you want to learn how to practice better, practice more efficient, if you want |
| 0:55.1 | actual one hour practice routines, if you want some real world advice about how to approach |
| 1:01.8 | playing in jam sessions, in recording sessions, how to show up to rehearsal prepared, |
| 1:08.1 | if you want to learn how to play better rhythm guitar, play better lead |
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| 1:27.2 | I'm also about to go on tour this fall. |
| 1:30.1 | I got an East Coast and Midwest tour. |
| 1:32.9 | A lot of people are asking, |
| 1:33.9 | oh, you went to the Midwest? |
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