Results for "Criss Cross"

J.D. Allen: Pharoah's Children

by C. Andrew Hovan
June 25, 2003

When it comes to recordings of mainstream excellence, it's hard to ignore the impressive battery of titles that producer Gerry Teekens has built up for his Criss Cross imprimatur. The label has established an consistently reliable reputation among experienced musicians, most recently shifting towards documenting some cutting edge musicians of a younger age. Case in point, ...

Mike DiRubbo: Human Spirit

by David A. Orthmann
May 17, 2003

On his second Criss Cross release, alto saxophonist Mike DiRubbo thrives on the challenges posed by a great rhythm section. Pianist David Hazeltine, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Joe Farnsworth, most notably of the cooperative sextet One For All, have lit a fire under dozens of significant jazz recordings over the past decade. Full of inspired ...

Wycliffe Gordon Quintet: United Soul Experience

by David A. Orthmann
February 13, 2003

The brainchild of producer Gerry Teekens, United Soul Experience extricates trombonist Wycliffe Gordon from the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra orbit and teams him with some of the most interesting young talent in the Criss Cross stable. Tradition-minded but not predictable, the music alludes to several jazz and funk styles without settling into any one of them. ...

Land of Shadow

By Conrad Herwig

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2002
Track listing: Lullaby Of The Leaves; The Dream Master; Land Of Shadow; Forbidden Pool; Shadows Of The Past; Gypsy Without A Song; Homeward Bound.

Criss Cross

By Thelonious Monk

Label: Sony Music
Released: 2002

Hieroglyphica

By Conrad Herwig

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2002
Track listing: Hieroglyphica: Hieroglyphica, The Orange Dove, Solar Circle, Quiet Mountain, Island of the Day Before, The Intruder, The Antipodes, The Eleventh Hour

Shades of Light: Three Flowers, Tones For Joan's Bones, Crystal Silence, Bessie's Blues, If You Never Come To Me, Shades of Light, Black Narcissus, Think On Me, African Flower, In Your Own Sweet Way

Soul Proprietor

By Ralph Bowen

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2002
Track listing: Invitation, Soul Proprietor, My Ideal, Spikes, Under a Cloud, The First Stone, Inner Urge, Meltdown, Peace

Here and There

By Jesse van Ruller

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2002
Track listing: The Best Things In Life Are Free, Christina, Bye Bye Baby, Subconcious-Lee, Prelude to a Kiss, Debits and Credits, Everything I Love, In Walked Bud, Ballad of the Sad Young Men, Cedar's Blues

Man of Many Colors

By Walt Weiskopf

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2002
Track listing: Triangle Dance, Haunted Heart, Together, Man Of Many Colors, People, NYC, Petal, When Your Lips Meet Mine

Systems Blue

By Steve Davis

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2002
Track listing: Surrey With The Fringe On Top; Spirit Waltz; Systems Blue; A Nightingale Sang In Berleley Square; If I Love Again; Who Can I Turn To; Speak Low; 8. Namely You; Three and One; My Old Flame.