This time the exceptional pianist Luis Perdomo reaches back to the earliest influences he grew up listening to: South American and Afro Caribbean Rhythms, on this, his second outing for Criss Cross... more

The highly sought after New York based pianist-composer contues his musical journey with Links. This high octane CD brings together three musicians with whom pianist Luis Perdomo has long standing... more

For his Criss Cross debut, the Venezuelan born, New York based pianist Luis Perdomo has to chosen a program that includes eight originals, two Broadway stage compositions and Bud Powell tune. With... more

For his fourth Criss Cross recording, pianist Luis Perdomo offers a swinging affair, on which a crackling quintet of New York first-callers interprets 7 originals by the leader (the centerpiece is... more

One of the more difficult aspects of being a modern musician is acknowledging forebears while developing a unique identity. Trumpeter Diego Urcola pays tribute to his heroes and contemporaries on his... more

Nurtured on bebop during long tenures with Art Blakey, Horace Silver and Phil Woods, trumpeter Brian Lynch has learned Latin music from the inside-out during two decades with Eddie Palmieri. Here... more

Criss Cross is proud to present the leader debut of bassist Joe Sanders, who is most widely known on the international scene for his long association with pianist Gerald Clayton's Trio, and is often... more

The 2008 Latin Grammy Award winners for "Latin Jazz Album of the Year," return with their all-star fueled big band for another powerful recording of dynamic new compositions. With special guests... more

John Beasley, Ruben Blades, Pedro Martinez, Marie Daulne, Takuma Watanabe, Jerry Gonzalez, Yosvany Terry, Inner soul, Kelley Sae, Bobby Franceschini, Xiomara Laugart, Richie Flores, Larry Baeder,... more

An ambitious 10-movement Latin Jazz suite composed by percussionist and bandleader Samuel Torres, dedicated to the victims of political violence in Colombia.

At first, there was the Blues and Jazz and then there was Latin music-lots of it-traditional Cuban, Purto Rican, Caribbean, Brazilian and more. Once Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo joined their... more