Deep Song (album)

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Deep Song
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Studio album by
Kurt Rosenwinkel
ReleasedMarch 1, 2005
Genre Jazz
Length74:10
Label Verve
Producer Kurt Rosenwinkel, Anders Chan-Tidemann, Joshua Redman, James Farber
Kurt Rosenwinkel chronology
Heartcore
(2003)		Deep Song
(2005)		 The Remedy
(2008)
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Deep Song is Kurt Rosenwinkel's sixth album as a band leader. The album features a new band, composed of pianist Brad Mehldau, tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummers Ali Jackson and Jeff Ballard. While the all-star cast appearing on the record was seen as an attempt at commercial success, [3] the players had all previously worked together and were part of the underground jazz scene in New York City during the 1990s. Among the tracks on Deep Song are two jazz standards, "If I Should Lose You" and "Deep Song". Of the eight original compositions on Deep Song, three were previously recorded and appeared on The Next Step and The Enemies of Energy .

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Cloister" (Kurt Rosenwinkel) – 8:30
  2. "Brooklyn Sometimes"(Rosenwinkel) – 8:22
  3. "The Cross" (Rosenwinkel) – 7:35
  4. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 4:51
  5. "Synthetics" (Rosenwinkel) – 6:16
  6. "Use of Light" (Rosenwinkel) – 8:26
  7. "Cake" (Rosenwinkel) – 9:17
  8. "Deep Song" (George Cory, Douglass Cross) – 3:54
  9. "Gesture (Lester)" (Rosenwinkel) – 7:29
  10. "The Next Step" (Rosenwinkel) – 9:30

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1238. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ Conrad, Thomas. "Jazz Reviews: Deep Song". Jazz Times. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
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