Origin Electric violinist Name David Cross Website www.david-cross.com | Labels Noisy Records Years active 1973 – present | |
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Born April 23, 1949 (age 74)
Plymouth, England ( 1949-04-23 ) Instruments Violin, viola, keyboards, flute Associated acts King Crimson, Radius, Electric Chamber Music, David Cross Band Role Violinist · david-cross.com Music group King Crimson (1972 – 1974) Albums Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Starless Starlight, Alive in the Underworld, Memos From Purgatory, Closer Than Skin Similar People Robert Fripp, John Wetton, Jamie Muir, Bill Bruford, Richard Palmer‑James | ||
David cross band complete concert live at popodium nieuwe nor
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 (particularly on Larks' Tongues in Aspic and Starless and Bible Black). He also plays keyboards.
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- David cross band complete concert live at popodium nieuwe nor
- Interview with david cross violinist composer and performer
- David Cross Band
- Academic work
- With King Crimson
- With Robert Fripp
- Solo David Cross Band
- With Naomi Maki
- With Radius
- With Andrew Keeling
- Collaborations
- Theatre
- References
After King Crimson, Cross formed a jazzy improvising band called They Came from Plymouth. 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. 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.
Interview with david cross violinist composer and performer
David Cross Band
David Cross has also established David Cross Band with Arch Stanton (vocals), Lloyd (drums), Mick Paul (bass), Paul Clark (guitar) and David Cross himself (violin).
In 2006, Joe Crabtree joined (drums) and Alex Hall (keyboards).
In 2008, Jinian Wilde joined in as new lead singer and Craig Blundell (as 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.