Jazz
Recorded December 12, 2003 & January 2, 2004 & January 3, 2004 in Brooklyn, NY, USA & Augusta, GA, USA by Max Bolleman
Wycliffe Gordon (Tb / Vc)
Marcus Printup (Tp / Vc)
Victor Goines (Ts / Ss / Cl)
Eric Reed (P / Vc)
Damien Sneed (Org)
Reginald Veal (B / Vc)
Alvin Atkinson Jr. (D / Vc)
In The Cross is trombonist Wycliffe Gordon's fifth outing as a leader on Criss Cross and perhaps his most personal statement.
Augmenting a strong roots-to-modern jazz sextet with a gospel choir from Georgia, his home state, Gordon presents a joyful noise, referencing the vocabularies of Armstrong, Ellington and Jelly Roll Morton with an eye keenly honed in on the present day.
In the band: Marcus Printup on trumpet, Victor Goines on saxes and clarinet, Eric Reed on piano with bassist Reginald Veal and drummer Alvin Atkinson Jr. |
