Kurt Rosenwinkel

Caipi Heartcore Hypnotic, virtuosic guitar heralds a new generation of jazz If you’re not familiar with the playing of jazz guitar heavyweight Kurt Rosenwinkel, then do yourself a favour and seek out his expectationdefying new long-player. Produced by Paul Stacey, a wonderful player in his own right, Caipi is part jazz fusion, part latin pop, part ambience – and yet deftly dodges the bullet of pretension to deliver one of the most hypnotically melodic, sun-filled guitar recordings we’ve heard in a long time – with some spellbinding flights of guitar. From the title track’s 60s bossa-on-LSD optimism to the breathy and meandering Interscape, there’s an almost utopian vision being unrolled here. But it’s not all breezy refrains, there’s daring excursions into the wide blue – just listen to Rosenwinkel effortlessly tear it up, reaching further than most players to explore the full range of melodic possibilities in Little B’s slowly evolving chord progressions. In Caipi, Rosenwinkel has achieved a rare thing – an album at once enigmatic and accessible, virtuosic yet light in touch. [JD] Standout track: Little B For fans of: João Gilberto, Larry Carlton, John McLaughlin, Frank Zappa, Quantic