Criss Cross Jazz new releases September 2011

Here are the new Criss Cross Jazz releases for September 2011, which will
be available from September 27. All details can be found on the website:

         https://www.crisscrossjazz.com/

The 30-second sound samples will be available soon after the release.


CRISS 1339 CD    OPUS 5 - INTRODUCING OPUS 5 -

An empathetic power of five is at work in the collaborative project known
as Opus 5, working in the long shadow of the great vintage quintets, ala
Blakey and pre-electric Miles Davis.

On the front line, tenor saxist Seamus Blake and rising star trumpeter
Alex Sipiagin - a Russian in NYC - are bolstered by pianist David Kikoski,
drummer Donald Edwards and another bold Russian emigre, bassist Boris Kozlov.

In the song set are compositions by bandmembers, George Cables'
"Think of Me", Braziliana by Toninho Horta, and the reborn Russian
folk tune "Sokol". Honoring the Russian roots within the band.

https://www.crisscrossjazz.com/album/1339.html


CRISS 1340 CD   JOHN ESCREET QUARTET - EXCEPTION TO THE RULE -

John Escreet's Criss Cross debut is one of the singular recordings in
the Criss Cross catalog.

Out of Doncaster, England, and a New Yorker since 2006, the 26-year-old
pianist-composer deploys the talents of New York first-callers David Binney,
who incorporates live electronics into the flow as well as his alto sax,
Eivind Opsvik on bass, and Nasheet Waits on drums.

Synthesizing a broad template of sources into his own sonic vision,
Escreet presents a stimulating, kinetic, heady program that solidifies
his reputation as a musical groundbreaker rooted in the verities of
groove and high craft.

https://www.crisscrossjazz.com/album/1340.html


CRISS 1341 CD   JOE COHN QUARTET - FUEGO -

Joe Cohn's second Criss Cross outing is a swinging affair.

Joined by Dutch master pianist Peter Beets, and New York A-Listers,
bassist John Webber and drummer Kenny Washington, the young guitar veteran
(who is the son of the iconic tenor saxophonist-composer Al Cohn) addresses
a strong program of first-rate, less traveled jazz and songbook standards,
uncorking a string of inspired solos that blend polish and vigor with a
style that traverses a broad timeline of vocabulary on his instrument -
he reaffirms his position as a major voice on today's playing field.

https://www.crisscrossjazz.com/album/1341.html