Shawangunk

About the Artist
“...a distinct and compelling acoustic voice. ...Rolf is also a master of scrumptious chord motion... Shawangunk is the pure expression of his nylon-strung artistry." TONY TRISCHKA

Rolf Sturm is a NY/NJ area guitarist who has performed and/or toured with banjo pioneer Tony Trischka, drummer Billy Martin, country singer Eddy Arnold, the Argentinean tango group New York-Buenos Aires Connection, the Grateful Dead big band Illuminati, Rob Henke's Washington Street Players, klezmer clarinetist Giora Feidman, and the Walter Thompson Orchestra. He also leads his own New York City area bands Feed The Meter and Just Cause.

Rolf has toured North America and Europe, performing at the World Expo 2000 in Hannover, Germany, and at Lincoln Center and Town Hall in New York City. He has performed on soundtracks for both film and television and has released many CDs on the Water Street Music label. Rolf has recorded dozens of CDs as a sideman, appearing on recordings with Loudon Wainwright, Glen Velez, Maggie Roche, Ike Willis, Dave Douglas, Cameron Brown, Jorma Kaukonen, David Johansen, and Pat Boone!?!

Rolf graduated from Ithaca College, with a BFA in Jazz Guitar. He has studied with John Abercrombie, Jim Hall, Bill Frisell, and Joe Pass.

Product Description
"Shawangunk is a hugely satisfying blend of heartfelt impulses and technical expertise. Rolf brings these qualities to bear on a sterling array of tunesâ€"mostly originals, with a smattering of music by Mancini, Garcia/Hunter, and Herbie Hancock--august company, and Rolf’s compositions more than hold their own. If I’m waxing laudatory, it’s because I spent five years playing electric bluegrass-jazz-rock (or whatever you call it) with Rolf. I can’t think of that many guitarists that could effectively split all those different atoms with such aplomb. He would continually wipe me away with his note choices and tasteful and effective use of effects and whammy bar. Every solo possessed potent emotional contentâ€"whether a blazing distortion riven tear-down, or a sotto-voce implication! Over the years, Rolf has created a strikingly original electric sound (and about how many guitar players can you say that?), as well as fielding a distinct and compelling acoustic voice. Shawangunk is the pure expression of his nylon-strung artistry. In Rolf’s not-plugged hands “Watermelon Manâ€? maintains its vivid funk pedigreeâ€"no small feat for one person sans amp. “Margie,â€? written for his mother, is achingly beautiful and deserves to be a standard. Rolf has a sturdy melodic sense, imbued with a sense of inevitability. Witness “Alexander,â€? “Oh Father,â€? and “Winter Solsticeâ€? . Rolf is also a master of scrumptious chord motion, as the above tunes and many others on this disc bear witness. In addition, Rolf has chops to burn. But his technique never overpowers the music. It just acts in its service. Having spent not a few hours in cramped, highway quarters with Senor Sturm, it quickly became obvious that he is a decent, ethical person with an oceanic heart. To my ears these traits permeate the music on this album, as well as all of the other wondrous sounds he spins out of his guitars." Tony Trischka 4/05

Shawangunk,Rolf Sturm,Water Street Music,Jazz,New Age

Jazz Music:

1. Six Fuchs
2. Six String Santa
3. Snapshot
4. Solid Ground
5. Sonny's Crib
6. Soul Time [Import]
7. Soul With Longing for Dim Hills
8. Sunshine Clouds & Rain [Import]
9. That Lucky Old Sun [Import]
10. The Congregation

Jazz Music

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Jazz Music

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Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 2; Six Pieces from Cinderella

Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 26, 27, 28, 30 & 32

Music: Sunlit Peaks and Dark Valleys

Radio Clyde [Live] [Import]

Oktoberfest Music

Moment to Moment [Box set] [Import]

Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Die Jugendsymphonien No. 11, 12; Symphonic Movement in C minor

My Life is My Sun Dance

Lucumi

Road to Ruin [Original recording remastered]

Purpose of Soul

Los Esenciales [Import]

Timeless Groove Holmes

A Few Incidences