Release Date: 29 June 2009
Label: Criss Cross Jazz
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8712474131426
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 29 June 2009
Label: Criss Cross Jazz
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8712474131426
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
On his Criss Cross debut, tenor saxophonist Marcus Strickland offers a program of ballads, mixing original compositions and interpretations of classics - the songbook standard What's New, Wayne Shorter's Pinocchio, James Brown's It's a Man's Man's World.
Not yet thirty at the time of the recording date, Strickland displays a ravishing tone and a lyric sensibility that belies his youth. In the band: pianist David Bryant, bassist Ben Williams, and drummer E.J. Strickland Harpist Brandee Q.Younger appears on the ballad Djorolen.
Tracklisting
Antonio Farao
Gregory Groover Jr.
Michael Thomas
Warne Marsh
Walt Weiskopf
Tad Shull Quintet
Steve Nelson
Steve Davis
Matyas Gayer
Emmet Cohen
Threeway & John Etheridge
Gary Smulyan & Frank Basile
Chris Byars
Trialogue
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Tomasz Stanko Quartet