CRISS CROSS

Embarking on his fourth project for Criss Cross, guitarist Adam Rogers departs from the quartet and quintet formats he explored on prior outings. This time his preference is a pared-down trio session...

New Orleans drummer gained fame in Nicholas Payton's group - here he debuts, feat. Payton on trumpet, as well as Tim Warfield & Anthony Wonsey.1. Dia's Blues 2. Estrella Del Mar 3. Seventy Ninth...

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...

7 tracks from drummer Adonis Rose, joined by Nicholas Payton, Tim Warfield, Anthony Wonsey & Reuben.1. Prince of the Night 2. Dolores 3. The Unity 4. Tonk 5. Anna Maria 6. I Remember You 7. Smooth...

Kurt, who has recorded w. Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band, Gary Burton, Chris Potter & on a few Criss Cross releases - he makes his debut here w. Michael Kanan, Joe Martin & Tim Pleasant.1. How...

Surrounded by his colleagues from the notorious sextet collective One for All (Eric Alexander, Steve Davis, David Hazeltine & others), trumpeter/flugelhornist reaffirms his charter membership in the...

New York-based trumpeter plays w. fire & authenticity; his tunes on this debut represent the essence of modern mainstream jazz, feat. Eric Alexander, Larry Goldings, Dwayne Burno, Billy Drummond...

On his sixth session as a leader for Criss Cross Jazz, One for All trumpeter Jim Rotondi pushes the hard bop envelope, broadening the music's horizons with a new quintet that utilizes veteran...

New York-based trumpeter cranks out some crafty hardbop, backed up by feat. Eric Alexander, Joe Farnsworth & Harold Mabern.1. King of the Hill 2. Last Call 3. El Patito 4. We'll Be Together Again 5...

During his 13-year association with Criss Cross, which includes six prior leader dates and another five with the nonpareil hard bop collective One for All, trumpeter Jim Rotondi has consistently...

Jim Rotondi's fifth Criss Cross album frames the trumpeter's golden tone in a new context - to be specific, longtime Criss Cross guitar-organ team Peter Bernstein and Sam Yahel, omniscient drummer...

By titling his eighth Criss Cross album Over Here!, trumpeter Jim Rotondi picks up on the sentiments he signified with The Move, his seventh for the label. "It doesn't necessarily mean moving...