Earl Cross

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Earl Cross (born December 8, 1933 in St. Louis , Missouri , † 1987 ) was an American jazz trumpeter (also mellophone , piano ).

Cross worked in the New York free jazz scene in the late 1960s a . a. with Noah Howard , with whom the first recordings were made ( The Black Ark , 1969). In the early 1970s he played in the quintet of the drummer Rashied Ali and had his own sextet , in which Juma Sultan , Ronnie Boykins , Roger Blank , Jimmy Vass and Daoud Haroon played; a concert recording from 1973 appeared on the album Jazz of the Seventies / Una Muy Bonita on Circle Records . In 1980 he played with Rashied Al Akbar , Muhammad Ali and Idris Ackamoor ; The live recording Ascent of the Nether Creatures was made during a performance in the Netherlands (published on NoBusiness Records 2014). From the mid-1970s he was a member of the Charles Tyler Quintet. In the field of jazz he was involved in 11 recording sessions between 1969 and 1981.

Discography

  • Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society: Father of Origin (Eremite, 1970)
  • Rashied Ali Quintet: Rashied Ali Quintet (Survival, 1973), with John Dana, James Blood Ulmer , Bob Ralston
  • Charles Tyler: Voyage from Jericho (AK.BA, 1974), with Arthur Blythe , Ronnie Boykins, Steve Reid
  • Charles Tyler: Saga of the Outlaws (Nessa, 1976), with John Ore , Ronnie Boykins, Steve Reid
  • Charles Tyler: Definite, Volume 1 & 2 (Storyville, 1981), with Kevin Ross, Steve Reid (d)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Review of the album in Dusted
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed May 1, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Cross, Earl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz trumpeter (also mellophone, piano)
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH 1987