Much better than Heartcore
drum6282 | 02/24/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Kurt Rosenwinkel has a distinct sound and style. I first heard him on Chris Potter's 1998 album, Vertigo. His playing is mellow and fierce at the same time. His technique and phrasing is outstanding. Sometimes it's hard to be inspired by the tunes on this album. Overall, it's a great record. Brad Mehldau's playing is phenomenal. I love his use of harmony. There's just something missing to put this album over the top. I'm glad Kurt Rosenwinkel went back to the post-bop sound rather the programming/bass/drum/techno sound from Heartcore."
Rosenwinkel the new voice in jazz guitar
Bounty14 | 04/11/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Well let me start by saying, I've been listening to Rosenwinkel ever since i was at a Berklee Guitar Camp and he was a clinition. I had no idea who he was when I went to go see him. It was an incredible experience and very shortly later I bought all of his albums under his name. Now I've studied very closely every album under his name, Inuit, Eastcoast, Next step, deep song, heartcore, enimies. I am very closely attached to The Next Step and feel it is better than Deep Song and is his best album to date. Although DEEP SONG is a very close second. I do have to agree at points in this album with another reviewer about the very differnt style of Redman. I was very used to hearing Turner play with rosenwinkel and i feel the two styles (rosen and Redman) tend to clash at times. Now don't get me wrong, im a huge Redman fan and have seen him live as a trio setting with brian blade, and a bass player (mind escapes me now), but i dont feel that mixing these 2 very different voices was as successful as the turner thing, but it was definately refreshing to hear new things happening in Rosenwinkels Style. I feel very strongly that Rosenwinkel will be the next generation Jazz guitarist (if he isnt already) and will quite possibly bring a new voice to jazz. Everyone else on the album kept to the very keen style of rosenwinkel."