CRISS CROSS

Terrible Animals is perhaps the most compositionally ambitious and daringly performed of Lage Lund's five albums on Criss Cross Joined by a never-before-convened, top-of-the-pyramid rhythm section...

On his third leader release for Criss Cross, guitarist Lage Lund returns to the quartet format that he navigated on the brilliant 2010 release Unlikely Stories (CRC 1321), recruiting young piano...

Terrible Animals is perhaps the most compositionally ambitious and daringly performed of Lage Lund's five albums on Criss Cross. Joined by a never-before-convened, top-of-the-pyramid rhythm section...

Guitarist Lage Lund made his first Criss Cross leader debut in 2008 with the brilliant Early Songs (CRC 1307). Paring down from a quintet to quartet, he returns with Unlikely Stories, a vibrant set...

A versatile trumpeter able to navigate in both the Jazz and Latin music fields, Grammy Award winner Brian Lynch returns to the Criss Cross fold with ConClave Volume 2, a tour-de-force for his...

Trumpet player's quintet/sextet w. Ralph Moore, Pe Bernstein, Melvin Rhyne, and Kenny Washington, recorded Dec. 29, 1991.1. Dance the Way U Want to 2. At the Main Event 3. Blues for Woody and Khalid...

Trumpet player's quintet w. Javon Jackson, David Hazeltine, Peter Washington, and Lewis Nash, recorded December 30, 1989.1. Back Room Blues 2. I Waited for You 3. One for Mogie 4. Chandeks's Den 5. C...

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...

Trumpet/flugelhorn player's sextet w. Ralph Moore, Jim Snidero, Kirk Lightsey, Jay Anderson, Victor Lewis, recorded Dec. 27, 1986.1. Thomasville 2. Park Avenue Petite 3. Peer Pressure 4. The Outlaw 5...

Recorded in New York City in 1994 by the collective quintet M.T.B., this album is a snapshot of 5 elite young improvisers - pianist Brad Mehldau, tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, guitarist Peter...

Unsung trumpet heroes Joe Magnarelli and John Swana, each Criss Cross veterans, battled to a draw on the stirring 1998 opus "Philly New York Junction" (CRC #1150), an album so good that Gerry Teekens...

Trumpeter shines w. innate melodicism, lyrical sensibility & impressive musicality on this varied session in a quintet & sextet setting, feat. Gary Smulyan, Jim Snidero, Larry Goldings, Dennis Irwin...