| Reflections | ||||
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| Released | November 2009 | |||
| Recorded | June 18–20, 2009 at Brooklyn Recording, Brooklyn, New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 50:56 | |||
| Label | WOMMUSIC | |||
| Producer | Kurt Rosenwinkel | |||
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Reflections is Kurt Rosenwinkel's eighth album as a band leader.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Reflections" | Thelonious Monk | 9:12 |
| 2. | "You Go to My Head" | John Frederick Coots / Haven Gillespie | 3:36 |
| 3. | "Fall" | Wayne Shorter | 4:02 |
| 4. | "East Coast Love Affair" | Kurt Rosenwinkel | 9:53 |
| 5. | "Ask Me Now" | Thelonious Monk | 5:22 |
| 6. | "Ana Maria" | Wayne Shorter | 6:27 |
| 7. | "More Than You Know" | Vincent Youmans / Billy Rose / Edward Eliscu | 8:58 |
| 8. | "You've Changed" | Bill Carey / Carl Fischer | 3:15 |
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