title: Heartcore (Kurt Rosenwinkel album)
text: # Heartcore (Kurt Rosenwinkel album)
  
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  Heartcore is Kurt Rosenwinkel's fifth album as a band leader. The album was fully produced by Rosenwinkel and Q-Tip of popular hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest. The album is a departure musically from Rosenwinkel's previous work, as he contributes keyboard, drums, and voice, at times creating soundscapes completely on his own in his personal studio. Says Rosenwinkel, "There is a place, musically, that’s above the categories. This record – it’s jazz. And it’s much more". While much of the album features varied instrumentation and personnel, a few tracks rely on a live performance aspect, reminding the listener of the connection to the jazz tradition. Rosenwinkel cites the influence of Arnold Schoenberg in the harmonic textural construction on Heartcore.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Heartcore" – 8:39
  * "Blue Line" – 6:11
  * "All the Way to Rajasthan" – 6:59
  * "Your Vision" – 8:36
  * "Interlude" – 2:45
  * "Our Secret World" – 6:13
  * "Dream/Memory?" – 3:26
  * "Love in the Modern World" – 8:15
  * "dcba//>>" – 7:52
  * "Thought About You" – 5:44
  * "Tone Poem" (Rosenwinkel, Nathan Street, Ben Street) – 3:07
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Kurt Rosenwinkel – Guitar, Keyboards, Drums, Programming
  * Mark Turner – Tenor Saxophone (1, 2, 6, 9), Bass Clarinet (11)
  * Ben Street – Bass (2, 3, 6, 8, 11)
  * Jeff Ballard – Drums (2, 3, 6, 9, 11)
  
  With:
  
  * Ethan Iverson – Piano (9), Keyboards (6)
  * Andrew D'Angelo - Bass clarinet (4)
  * Mariano Gil - Flute (5, 8)
  