By George Cole, Jazz Views Sometimes, it’s good to go back to basics. In these days of limitless multi-track recording, endless Pro-Tools tweaking and relentless overdubbing, it’s easy for the music to become secondary to the technology. So hats off to Alex Wintz for going into the studio with a stripped-down band and recording the … Read More
By Dee Dee McNeil, Musicalmemoirs’s Blog Mariel and her quintet recorded this project just before news of the pandemic, in January of 2019. Things were looking hopeful, happy and prosperous back then. Read all this reviews here.
By Nate Chinen, WBGO Peruse the credits on some standout straight-ahead jazz releases of the last several years, and there’s a good chance you’ll encounter guitarist Alex Wintz. A Morristown, N.J. native, he appears on recent albums by Jeremy Pelt, Roxy Coss, Nick Finzer and Etienne Charles. Read more here.
By Richard B. Kamins, Step Tempest Guitarist, composer, and educator Alex Wintz is one busy person. Between gigs with Etienne Charles, Roxy Coss, and Nick Finzer, his own trio, and private lessons, the California native (raised in New Jersey) stays quite busy. Read this article here.
By Preston Frazier, Something Else! Guitarist, composer and educator Alex Wintz’s Live to Tape, set to arrive on Nov. 6, 2020, is is his first on Outside Music. It’s a compelling display of Wintz’s chops, taste and improvisational powers. Working with bassist Dave Baron and drummer Jimmy Macbride. Read this review here.
Celebrated Guitarist Alex Wintz Announces his Sophomore Release, Live to Tape Out November 6th On Outside in Music Acclaimed guitarist Alex Wintz is pleased to announce the November 6th release of Live to Tape, a follow-up to his lauded debut LifeCycle. The album juxtaposes a modern musical approach with the recording techniques of the Blue … Read More
Outside In Music is thrilled to welcome ASCAP-award winning saxophonist Roxy Coss to their roster with the release of her fifth album, Quintet. This exciting video project serves to rearrange and reimagine a collection of previously heard Coss-penned tunes. Rather than a “greatest hits” package, Quintet offers fans an invigorating compilation of fresh new takes … Read More
Dick Metcalf, Improvijazzation Nation Trio Ciclos: Mobiles: Vol. 1 A most interesting improvisational set in from Brazil… release in April, 2017, it features some fantastic acoustic bass by Bruno Migotto; drums & electronics from Alex Buck and piano by Edison Santanna… in fact, it’s some of the most intriguing jazz improvisation I’ve listened to (yet) … Read More
Woodrow Wilkins, The Jazz Writer Being one with the world, one with humanity is the logic behind Alex Wintz’s LifeCycle (Culture Shock Music, 2017). Personnel are Wintz, guitar; Lucas Pino, tenor saxophone; Jimmy MacBride, drums; Victor Gould, piano; Ben Williams, bass on three tracks; and Dave Baron, bass. The title songs is an energetic piece. All players … Read More
