It gets no better than this. This is the debut recording from guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel. The young guitarist has had a lot of attention paid to him from some pretty heavy peers, such as John Scofield, Joshua Redman and Pat Metheny. I think that he is certainly a fresh new voice on the guitar scene and this CD shows why. The band really plays the material well.
Every player is youngish and making a name for themselves on the jazz scene.
Rosenwinkel plays electric and acoustic guitars, 4-string stella and voice, which really adds a different and very interesting sound to the music, taking it into a further realm of originality. I look forward to his next recording with much interest. The recording also has Harvie Swartz on bass and Adam Czerwinski on drums, making this a two guitar, bass and drums configuration which I personally happen to love, if the guitarists are sympathetic, listening players, as both these players are. I have never heard of Jarek Smietana or Adam Czerwinski before and it goes to show you that you don't have to be American and based in New York to be a great jazz player. These two Polish musicians have certainly done their fair share of listening to the modern jazz greats and they demonstrate it here to great success.