Michele Rosewoman

Donna Michele Rose Woman ( born March 19, 1953 in Oakland, California) is an American jazz pianist and composer -.

Rosewoman began at the age of 6 years to play the piano and studied as a teenager with pianist Ed Kelly. After working on the west coast as a musician and led his own groups, she moved in 1978 to New York City. There she was soon working with musicians from the avant-garde jazz as Oliver Lake, Billy Bang, Rufus Reid and M -Base activists such as Greg Osby.

Beginning of the 1980s was Rosewoman already internationally known, played a first own plates and also appeared at major European festivals. With her quintet Quintessence it is active for twenty years; played there in the past Osby, Steve Coleman and Gary Thomas. With their big band New Yor - Uba leads to music that is influenced by the cult of the Yoruba Orisha and Latin American music. Furthermore, it plays in Robin Eubanks Trio EB 3

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Albums under his own name

  • The Source ( 1984, Soul Note Records)
  • Spirit ( 1996, Blue Note Records)
  • Harvest ( 1993, Enja Records)
  • Occasion to Rise (1993; Evidence Records)

With Quintessence

  • High Contrast ( 1993, Enja Records)
  • Quintessence ( 1987, Enja Records)
  • Guardians of the Light ( 2005, Enja Records)
  • The In Side Out ( 2006; Advance Dance Disques )

Swell

  • Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; Priestley, Brian. Jazz: The Rough Guide. Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584- X
  • Cook, Richard, Jazz Encyclopedia. Penguin 2005, ISBN 978-0-141-02646-6
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