Guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel is not your ordinary jazz guitarist, in a few different ways. Nevertheless, he made it to Jimmy Fallon's show last night. (Word Of Mouth Music)
by Patrick Jarenwattananon
Note: Patrick Jarenwattananon is the master of ceremonies and poobah nerd over at NPR's charming jazz blog, A Blog Supreme. As part of our continuing efforts to eliminate cultural separations by brow (high, middle, low), we are mixing our jazz into our pop culture today, as we may be mixing some pop culture into the jazz over there in the future -- stay tuned for possible future experiments in which Patrick attempts to make me jazz-literate. -- Linda Holmes
If you were watching NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallonlast night, you may have noticed the presence of another guitarist in the house band. Save for an afterthought of a shout-out before Miranda Lambert's performance, he wasn't prominently featured on screen. His name is Kurt Rosenwinkel, and he is good at music.
Many of us jazz folk hold Kurt Rosenwinkel in high esteem. He's something of a people's champion; he's easily the most influential guitarist of his generation. (Which is X, if you're wondering.) His dedicated following is legion -- they're the kind who transcribe his solos and post them on the Internet, the kind who care enough to shout down haters in YouTube comment sections. Put it this way -- he's big-time enough to be pranked, Sacha-Baron-Cohen-style, by a (seemingly cut-rate) French performance artist.
Come on, you know you want to see the video. And also hear more about this "Kurt Rosenwinkel." After the jump.
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