CRISS CROSS

Terry,Yosvany Todays Opinion CD1. Summer Relief 2. Contrapuntistico 3. Inner Speech 4. Returning Home 5. Harlem Matinee 6. Suzanne 7. Another Vision of Oji 8. Son Contemporaneo

For his Criss Cross debut, pianist Misha Tsiganov presents a program of ten reimagined songs culled from both the Great American Songbook and the lexicon of post-bop hardcore jazz. Born in St...

Misha Tsiganov, who lived in Leningrad in the former Soviet Union until he emigrated to the U.S. in 1991, has never shied away from a challenge. That's apparent from the level's of complexity that...

For his third Criss Cross album, pianist Misha Tsiganov presents a nine-tune program of four original compositions and kaleidoscopic arrangements of two Wayne Shorter classics, two Great American...

For his second Criss Cross release, Spring Feelings, pianist Misha Tsiganov presents a program containing five originals and four standards, each bearing Tsiganov's sui generis arranging stamp,...

Album pairs 2 stylistically different tenor players on a program of 9 iconic ballads, feat. Kevin Hays, Larry Grenadier & Billy Drummond.1. A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing 2. Autumn in New York 3. Blue...

Tenor saxman's first date as a leader, w. quintet, Kurt Rosenwinkel-gtr, Brad Mehldau-pno, Jorge Rossy-dms, Seamus Blake-ts & Terence Dean-ts, original tunes +.1. Tune Number One 2. Cubism 3. Yam Yam...

2013 Grammy-nominated pianist and composer Manuel Valera is a 34-year-old powerhouse who has taken New York by storm since relocating there from his native Cuba in 2000. Having worked with many of...

Manuel Valera advises his students at New York University to write music every day. "I tell them that composition is essentially another instrument - the more you practice, the better you get at it,"...

Award winning Dutch guitarist Jesse Van Ruller changes gears on his second Criss Cross outing, fronting a stellar quartet with Seamus Blake on tenor sax, Sam Yahel on organ, and Bill Stewart on drums...

Joined by an assortment of New York's finest, 29-year-old star guitarist Jesse Van Ruller, Holland's first Thelonious Monk Competition Award-winner, emphatically stamps his voice on a meaty program...

It's been ten years now since Jesse Van Ruller won the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition (the first European artist to do so), and yet audiences have yet to fully appreciate his immense talents. Criss...