Breaking The Ice, Pardon The Interruption, and Born Into This
Recorded 5/08 NY, NY
1005 North Productions
Breaking The Ice (Alex Wintz)
Alex Wintz - Guitar
Julian Smith - Bass
Hamir Atwal - Drums
Pardon The Interruption (Alex Wintz)
Alex Wintz - Guitar
Frank Silva - Tenor Sax
Hamir Atwal - Drums
Julian Smith - Bass
Born Into This (Alex Wintz)
Alex Wintz - Guitar
Joe Santa Maria - Alto Sax
Hamir Atwal - Drums
Julian Smith Bass
Storm King and Without a Song
Both recorded 08/07
Produced by Mike Smith
Released on debut Subtext CD "Snakes and Ladders"
Alex Wintz - Guitar
Joe Santa Maria - Alto
Hamir Atwal - Drums
Julian Smith - Bass
Influences
Lots and lots of music....too many to name but some are
Wayne Shorter, Radiohead, Jim Hall, Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Squarepusher, Bob Dylan, Bjork, Gyorgy Ligeti, Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Sonny Rollins, De La Soul, Hal Crook, Jay Z, Hendrix, Joni Mitchell,, M.I.A., Massive Attack, Milton Nascimento, NAs, Otis Redding, Paul Simon, Miles, Trane, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade Felloship, John Scofield, Bill Evans, Woody Shaw, Air,Plaid, Toots and the Maytals, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian, Joe Lovano, Joe Henderson, Bach, Beethoven, Wes, Madlib Quasimoto, , Sonic Youth, Talking Heads, Ravi Shankar, Aphex Twin, The Clash, Sigor Ros, Chick Corea, Aphex Twin, Battles, Bad Brains, Beastie Boys, Mingus, Something that'll make me fly, the list goes on and on...
Guitar player originally from Jersey, and recently more proud of it! Workin on my second year at Berzerklee, you know how it is.
Born in California, and raised in New York and nothern New Jersey, Alex began learning guitar at the age of 4 after hearing Paitience by Guns and Roses on the radio. He has had the oppurtunity to be mentored by some great teachers including Vic Juris, Mick Goodrick, Tim Miller, Hal Crook, and Dave Santoro. Awards and recognition acheivedinclude the New Jersey All State Jazz Band, the New York Youth Symphony Jazz Band Classic, NJPAC Composition award, 2006 Level II ARTS awards Winner, 2006 Clifford Brown/Stan Getz Fellowship, a full scholarship to the Berklee School of Music before entering his senior year, New Jersey Region Band, 2006 Most Outstanding Jazz Soloist in High School catagory in the Downbeat Student Music Awards, and Outstanding soloist at the NJ-IAJE jazz festival for 2 years straight! He has also performed at NJPAC, the Knitting Factory, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, The Dancing Goat, IAJE, the Monterrey Jazz Festival, and the Borgata Casino. He is extremely proud of these awards however he also knows that these awards MEAN NOTHING and that it is the search for enlightenment in music that is most gratifying.
yo man. good hang the other night! great playing with you again. i'll hit you up when i'm back around the mighty mighty bosstone. that was the worst joke i've ever made.
yeah man, i'm gonna be in NYC this Nov so def gonna head up to boston for a day to see some people, we'll get together for some serious beveragisation. Keep in touch, M
check out as many lee ritenour records as possible, copy his licks and no doubt you will be named 2008 guitar man @ montreux, GO GET EM! AND PLAY THOSE LICKS!
