Star of Jupiter is Kurt Rosenwinkel's tenth album as a band leader. This album includes a new band and is Rosenwinkel's first quartet album since The Next Step (2001). The album includes mostly new songs with a remake of an old composition, "A Shifting Design". A review at All About Jazz called the album "a contemporary classic."[2] Transcriptions of the album have been published by Mel Bay.[3]

Star of Jupiter
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 13, 2012 (2012-11-13)
RecordedMarch 6–9, 2012
StudioThe Clubhouse Studio, New York
GenreJazz
Length91:36
LabelWommusic
ProducerKurt Rosenwinkel
Kurt Rosenwinkel chronology
Our Secret World
(2010)
Star of Jupiter
(2012)
Caipi
(2017)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[1]

Track listing

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All pieces by Kurt Rosenwinkel.

Disc 1:

  1. "Gamma Band" – 7:03
  2. "Welcome Home" – 4:46
  3. "Something, Sometime" – 6:21
  4. "Mr. Hope" – 5:30
  5. "Heavenly Bodies" – 11:25
  6. "Homage A'Mitch" – 7:47

Disc 2:

  1. "Spirit Kiss" – 8:39
  2. "kurt1" – 6:51
  3. "Under It All" – 7:27
  4. "A Shifting Design" – 5:59
  5. "Deja Vu" – 10:54
  6. "Star of Jupiter" – 8:58

Personnel

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References

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  1. Jurek, Thom. "Star of Jupiter". AllMusic. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. Kelman, John. "Star of Jupiter Album Review". All About Jazz.
  3. Rosenwikel, Kurt. "Kurt Rosenwinkel – Star of Jupiter".