The Next Step

by Kurt Rosenwinkel

The Next Step cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 9 January 2001
  • Label: Verve
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:01:38
  • Community rating: 3.99/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A landmark release in modern jazz guitar, 'The Next Step' features entirely original compositions played by a staggeringly talented quartet. The album seamlessly integrates fluid, highly technical post-bop improvisation with subtle elements of jazz fusion and incredibly sophisticated, modern harmonic structures.

Genres

Descriptors: guitars, improvisation, atmospheric, long-form, intricate

Tracklist

  1. Zhivago (9:02)
  2. Minor Blues (5:51)
  3. A Shifting Design (7:08)
  4. Path Of The Heart (6:15)
  5. Filters (7:41)
  6. Use Of Light (9:17)
  7. The Next Step (9:55)
  8. A Life Unfolds (6:29)

Credits

  • Ben Street - bass
  • Jeff Ballard - drums, membranophone
  • Mark Turner - tenor saxophone

More from Kurt Rosenwinkel: full discography