Here are the two new Criss Cross Jazz releases for May 2018, which will be available around May 6. All details can be found on the website:

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CRISS 1399 CD  WILL VINSON - IT'S ALRIGHT WITH THREE - For his second Criss Cross leader date, Will Vinson presents one of the most venturesome albums in the label's long and distinguished catalog. Joined by world class partners Antonio Sanchez on drums and Gilad Hekselman on guitar, the alto saxophone master navigates four originals and four pearls from the Great American Songbook with melodic focus, rhythmic legerdemain and an open spirit, matched every step of the way by his ingenious bandmates. The proceedings will repay multiple listenings. https://www.crisscrossjazz.com/album/1399.html

CRISS 1400 CD  TIM WARFIELD - JAZZLAND - Jazzland is Tim Warfield's ninth Criss Cross album, and his third encounter on the label --- following 2007's One For Shirley (Criss 1304) and 2010's Sentimental Journey (Criss 1324) --- on which he frames his singular tenor and soprano saxophone sound with the magisterially funky and swinging rhythm section of Hammond B3 master Pat Bianchi, Philadelphian drum titan Byron "Wookie" Landham, augmented --- as on Sentimental Journey --- by Bronx-born percussion wizard Daniel Sadownick. Trumpet titan Terell Stafford, a frequent Warfield partner, shares the front line. Over the course of 69 minutes, this group of mid-career modern masters offers a state-of-the-art view of inspired 21st century groove-focused improvisation. https://www.crisscrossjazz.com/album/1400.html