David Cross (musician)
David Cross (born 23 April 1949 in Turnchapel near Plymouth, England) is an English electric violinist, best known for playing with progressive rock band King Crimson during the 1970s[1] (particularly on Larks' Tongues in Aspic and Starless and Bible Black). He also plays keyboards.[2]
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| Born | 23 April 1949 Plymouth, England, United Kingdom |
| Origin | Electric violinist |
| Instruments | Violin, viola, keyboards, flute |
| Years active | 1973–present |
| Labels | Noisy Records |
| Associated acts | King Crimson, Radius, Electric Chamber Music, David Cross Band |
| Website | www |
After King Crimson, Cross formed a jazzy improvising band called They Came from Plymouth.[3] With Keith Tippett (piano), Dan Maurer (drums) and Jim Juhn (guitar, bass, percussion), he formed a short-lived project in 1987 called Low Flying Aircraft. In 1998, he was invited by Geoff Serle to join Radius. Besides Cross and Serle (keyboards, electronics, samples), Radius included Sheila Malony (on keyboards), Maxine Braham and Carlo Lucius Asciutti (vocals).
Since the mid-1980s, he has also led his own band, the earlier incarnations of which featured American drummer Dan Maurer, English keyboard player Sheila Maloney and the Liverpool bassist/vocalist John Dillon (Johnny Quadrio). Former and current King Crimson members John Wetton, Robert Fripp, and Peter Sinfield, as well as guest lyricist Richard Palmer-James, have all guested on his solo projects.
Cross has also worked in theatre both musically and as an actor. In 1999, he formed Noisy Records, his own record label.
David Cross Band
David Cross established the David Cross Band with Arch Stanton (vocals), Lloyd (drums), Mick Paul (bass), Paul Clark (guitar) and himself (violin). In 2006, Joe Crabtree joined on drums, and Alex Hall on keyboards. In 2008, Jinian Wilde joined as the new lead singer and Craig Blundell joined as the new drummer. The band has released five albums to date.
Academic work
Cross is currently a senior lecturer in Music Education at London Metropolitan University.
Discography
With King Crimson
- Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)
- Starless and Bible Black (1974)
- Red (1974)
- Live albums
- USA (1975), recorded live June 1974
- The Great Deceiver (1992), recorded live 1973–1974
- The Night Watch (1997), recorded live 23 November 1973
With Robert Fripp
- Starless Starlight (2015)
Solo / David Cross Band
- Memos from Purgatory (1989)
- The Big Picture (1992)
- Testing to Destruction (1994)
- Exiles (1997)
- Closer Than Skin (2005)
- Alive in the Underworld (2008) (David Cross Band)
- Sign of the Crow (2016) (David Cross Band)
- Crossing the tracks (2018)
With Naomi Maki
- Unbounded (2006)
With Radius
- Arc Measuring (1988)
- Sightseeing (1989)
- Elevation (1992)
- There Is No Peace (1995)
- Civilisations (2000)
With Andrew Keeling
- English Sun (2009)
Collaborations
- The Butterfly Ball (With Rod Edwards and Roger Hand) (1975)
- Clearlight: Forever Blowing Bubbles (1975)
- Paul Egan: Island of Dreams (1978)
- Shock Headed Peters: Life Extinguisher EP (1986)
- Low Flying Aircraft: Low Flying Aircraft (1987)
- Danielle Dax: "Blast The Human Flower" (1990)
- Jade Warrior: Distant Echoes (1993)
- Rime of the Ancient Sampler: A Mellotron Compilation (1993)
- Joe Hisaishi: Chijou no Rakuen (1994)
- Stick Men + featuring David Cross: Midori (2016)
- David Cross and Sean Quinn: Cold Sky Blue (2016)
- David Cross and David Jackson: Another Day (2018)
- David Cross and Andrew Booker: Ends Meeting (2018)
- David Cross and Peter Banks: Crossover (2020)
Theatre
- 1995: That World by Dean Allen - role of 'Shades' (Hades)[3]
References
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