CRISS CROSS

  • Sentimental Journey
    Sentimental Journey

    $19.98

    On his sixth Criss Cross leader date, saxophonist Tim Warfield reconvenes his bandmates - trumpeter extraordinaire Terell Stafford, Hammond B3 master Pat Bianchi, and Joey de Francesco's drummer-of-choice Byron Landham - from the 2007 date...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 18, 2010

  • Update
    Update

    $19.98

    The latest from Steve Davis follows up his previous release of all original material with a rewarding program comprised of some seldom heard gems from the modern jazz canon. The last of the Jazz Messenger...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 23, 2006

  • Cone & T-Staff
    Cone & T-Staff

    $19.98

    On Wycliffe Gordon's eighth effort as a leader for Criss Cross the multi-talented former Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra trombonist who they call Cone teams up with versatile trumpeter Terell Stafford (aka...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: February 16, 2010

  • Hoop Dreams
    Hoop Dreams

    $19.98

    Quartet albums with trumpet as a lead voice are rare and only the most skilled improvisers can tackle such a challenge. In the tradition of iconic masterpieces as Lee Morgan's "Candy" or Kenny Dorham's "Quiet...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 23, 2006

  • True Life Stories
    True Life Stories

    $19.98

    On his third Criss Cross date, tenor saxophonist Jimmy Greene presents a recital of originals and standards as Evidence and My Ideal, with a band of young New York A-listers: Jeremy Pelt (trumpet), Xavier Davis...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 23, 2006

  • Third Wish
    Third Wish

    $19.98

    An increasingly visible force on the New York scene in recent years, guitarist Mike Moreno makes his Criss Cross debut on a program mixing choice selections from the jazz songbook (Shorter, Henderson, Strayhorn) and his...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 20, 2008

  • Cone's Coup
    Cone's Coup

    $19.98

    Wycliffe Gordon's sixth effort for Criss Cross features the trombonist with the biggest sound around in a program comprised predominantly of original blues. Gordon demonstrates his mastery of that most versatile African American art form,...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 23, 2006

  • Cream Of The Crescent
    Cream Of The Crescent

    $19.98

    On his second Criss Cross date, Herlin Riley, drummer with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra since 1992, assembles an all-star lineup from different eras of the band. The front line comprises Criss Cross veteran Wycliffe...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 11, 2005

  • Cookin
    Cookin

    $19.98

    In the grand tradition of such inspired pairings as Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis or Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt, tenor titans Eric Alexander and Grant Stewart team up again as Reeds and Deeds...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: September 19, 2006

  • Conclave
    Conclave

    $19.98

    Nurtured on bebop during long tenures with Art Blakey, Horace Silver and Phil Woods, trumpeter Brian Lynch has learned Latin music from the inside-out during two decades with Eddie Palmieri. Here Lynch and a state-of-the-art...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 11, 2005

  • Grants Stewart + 4
    Grants Stewart + 4

    $19.98

    Grant Stewart's third Criss Cross date as a leader features the spirited interplay between the tenor saxophonist and his longtime band mate, guitarist Joe Cohn. Stewart's brawny, expressive solos contrast nicely with Cohn's fleet yet...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 11, 2005

  • Obligation
    Obligation

    $19.98

    From Latin romps through Coltrane territory to updating the two bone lead first launched by Kai and J.J., Conrad Herwig's musical diversity over the course of his six previous Criss Cross releases has been nothing...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 11, 2005

  • Limits
    Limits

    $19.98

    This is pianist David Kikoski's seventh and perhaps most ambitious recording for Criss Cross. Helping the leader navigate seven harmonically rich originals with melodies that stick are tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake, who performed on two...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: September 19, 2006

  • On The Verge
    On The Verge

    $19.98

    Burnouts, ballads and the blues coexist felicitously on drummer Adonis Rose's third Criss Cross date, on the Verge. As he did on Song for Donise and the Unity, the New Orleans born drummer deploys former...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 22, 2007

  • Standards From Film
    Standards From Film

    $40.98

    Like a well - wrought character in a Hollywood movie, Standards From Film, guitarist Mike Moreno's fourth Criss Cross album, exists atop a solid, cogent back story. Recorded in December 2021, when the world and...


    Format: Vinyl

    Release Date: September 29, 2023