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Criss Cross Jazz

Criss Cross Jazz
Founded1981 (1981)
FounderGerry Teekens
GenreJazz
Country of originNetherlands
LocationEnschede
Official websitewww.crisscrossjazz.com

Criss Cross Jazz is a Dutch record company and label specializing in jazz.

Criss Cross was established in 1981 in Enschede, Netherlands by Gerry Teekens, a professional drummer and linguistics professor.[1] Teekens founded the label after organizing tours for jazz musicians such as Jimmy Raney and Warne Marsh. Early issues included Raney and Marsh, Chet Baker, Pete Christlieb, Stan Getz, Tom Harrell, and Clifford Jordan. Criss Cross issued its first compact disc in 1987 in response to international demand.[2] Teekens retired from his position as a professor to work full time on Criss Cross in 1991. [2] The label has released over 400 albums.[3]

Teekens focused on giving talented but underrecorded jazz musicians "considerable artistic freedom", and was also known for introducing musicians as band leaders for the first time, such as Mark Turner, Seamus Blake, and Peter Bernstein.[4]

Gerry Teekens died on October 31, 2019 at the age of 84. Criss Cross was taken over by his son, Jerry Teekens Jr., who has since released new music on the label.[5] Teekens Jr.'s daughters also help manage the label.[3]

  1. ^ Criss Cross Records. All About Jazz, March 13, 2003.
  2. ^ a b Gardner, Mark; Kernfeld, Barry (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 532. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
  3. ^ a b Yalçın, Turgay (July 18, 2022). "Criss Cross Jazz: Today and Tomorrow". Dark Blue Notes.
  4. ^ Kwon, Jiwon (2022). Freedom and Control: Musicians’ Autonomy and Record Labels’ Influence in Producing the Sound of Contemporary Jazz [Thesis]. Washington University in St. Louis.
  5. ^ "Gerry Teekens, Founder of Criss Cross Jazz Label, Dies at 83". DownBeat. DownBeat. November 5, 2019.

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