Birth name Michele Rosewoman Years active 1976–present Name Michele Rosewoman | Instruments Piano Website michelerosewoman.com Associated acts Mike Westbrook | |
Occupation(s) Pianist, Composer, Educator Role Musical Artist · michelerosewoman.com Albums Quintessence, Quintessence: Guardians of the Light Similar People Profiles | ||
Michele rosewoman and members of new yor uba perform agayu
Michele Rosewoman is an American jazz pianist living in New York, NY. She is most notable for her work and recordings with her Quintessence ensemble, as well as her New Yor-Uba ensemble.
Contents
- Michele rosewoman and members of new yor uba perform agayu
- Michele Rosewoman solo piano Ask Me Now
- Early years
- Discography
- Songs
- References
Rosewoman has released nine albums, including five with Quintessence and several trio and quartet recordings. Her New Yor-Uba ensemble, featured Orlando "Puntilla" Rios until his death in 2008, is an Afro-Cuban jazz big band that Rosewoman founded in 1983. It finally released its first album in 2013, in celebration of its 30th anniversary.
Rosewoman is also known for her work as a sidewoman on recordings by such artists as Greg Osby, Billy Bang and Ralph Peterson. Before moving to New York from California in 1978, Rosewoman, who was deeply influenced by Oakland-based pianist/organist Ed Kelly, led several jazz groups in the Oakland area and also performed with Baikida Carroll, Julius Hemphill and Julian Priester. In New York she would play with post-avant-garde musicians Oliver Lake and Billy Bang, as well as with straight-ahead jazz masters Freddie Waits, Rufus Reid, Billy Hart, Reggie Workman and Latin music greats such as Celia Cruz, Chocolate Armenteros, Nicky Marrero, Paquito D'Rivera, Daniel Ponce and others.
Michele Rosewoman solo piano. "Ask Me Now"
Early years
Born in Oakland, Rosewoman began playing the piano at age six. In her late teens she studied Cuban and Haitian folkloric rhythms and vocal traditions.
Discography
With Quintessence
As sideman
Songs
The Dream
Contrast High
Vamp For Ochun
For Now And Forever
Where Water Meets Sky [Donde Agua Resuelve Al Cielo]
Earth Secrets [Secretos De La Tierra]
Old Calabar
Divine Passage [Paseo Divino]
Agua Dulce Del Bosque [Sweet Forest Water]
Where It Comes From
Occasion To Rise
The Thrill-Of-Real-Love
For Monk
In A Mood
Wierd Nightmare
West Africa Blue
Fuzz Junk
Akomado
Free to Be
For Agayu
Passion Dance Blues
From Tear To Here
Path To The Shore
Patrick's Mood
Warriors
Natural Light [La Luz Natural]
Egun And The Harvest
Perdon
Rezo a Ochun
In Praise of Spiritual Guides [Elogio De Las Guias Espirituales]
Obalube
Dance for Agayu