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Crosscurrent

David Giesel

Born: April 8, 1996

David Giesel is a German drummer, composer and bandleader from Basel who works mainly in the fields of jazz, pop and improvised music. The unmistakable characteristics of his sound are the clarity, the dynamic spectrum, followed by the urge to constantly rediscover himself without losing the focus on the music.

David Giesel grew up near Freiburg and completed his bachelor's degree in 2023 at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts. He studied with Eckhard Stromer, Fabian Arends, Rainer Tempel and Alexander "Sandi" Kuhn.

David Giesel released his first albums as a sideman with the "Lukas Wögler Quartett" (Alba, Plastic Jazz), the "Simon Bremen Quartett" (Reflections on Predictability, Unit Records) and others. In 2021 he received the "BMBF Deutschlandstipendium" and found the band "Larceny" with which he released the EP "Shapes" 2022 and the album "Crosscurrent" (2023) on "XJAZZ!MUSIC" Berlin.

Crosscurrent

By David Giesel

Label: XJAZZ Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: 1. Travelogue 2. Crosscurrent 3. Dedication 4. Wet Dry Wet 5. Aldur 6. Cheap Sheep 7. Overnight Trip 8. Warning Devide by Zero 9. Midnight Cinema

Greg Yasinitsky

Born: October 3, 1953

Greg Yasinitsky, saxophonist and composer, leader of the YAZZ Band, winner of the American Prize for Composition, has hundreds of pubiished musical works, which are performed in over forty countries world-wide, and is a recipient of grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Commission Project of New York, Meet the Composer West, ASCAP, Artist Trust, Washington State Music Teachers Association (WSMTA) and the Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA). Yasinitsky has written music especially for David Sanborn, Clark Terry, David Liebman, Sean Jones, Tia Fuller, Jeff Coffin and the USAF “Airmen of Note” big band

Crosscurrent

By Chase Baird

Label: Junebeat Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Fifth Direction; Crosscurrent; Infinite Motion; What's New; Lunessensce; The Traveler; Cascade; Dusk; All of You.

Chase Baird: Crosscurrent

by Bruce Lindsay
October 7, 2010

Crosscurrent is 22 year-old tenor saxophonist/composer Chase Baird's debut as a leader. These are the basic facts, but they fail to convey anything meaningful about the music to be found here. Crosscurrent doesn't sound like a debut album: Baird's sax playing doesn't sound like it comes from a 22 year-old. This is a beautifully assured recording, ...

Crosscurrent

By Jake Shimabukuro

Label: Black Label Records
Released: 2003

Rituals

By Crosscurrent

Label: Laugh & Jangle
Released: 2001
Track listing: Intersections, North March, Firefly, Guinnevere, Stop & Go, Crosscurrent, Mirrormere, Seven Of Mine, Ritual, Now The Day Is Gone

Crosscurrent: Rituals

by Glenn Astarita
April 1, 2001

Touted as contemporary/jazz/world outfit, the six instrumentalists who comprise “Crosscurrent”, live up to the band’s moniker as they indeed fabricate jazz grooves that are often commingled with windswept choruses, bubbling rhythms and sprightly soloing amid an altogether organic approach. However, the first piece, “Intersections” incorporates a motif that rings of the 80’s Pat Metheny songbook, due ...