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David Cross (musician)

<p><b>David Cross</b> (born 23 April 1949 in <a href="/en/Turnchapel" title="Turnchapel" class="mw-redirect wl">Turnchapel</a> near <a href="/en/Plymouth" title="Plymouth" class="wl">Plymouth</a>, <a href="/en/England" title="England" class="wl">England</a>) is an English electric violinist and keyboardist best known for playing with <a href="/en/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock" class="wl">progressive rock</a> band <a href="/en/King_Crimson" title="King Crimson" class="wl">King Crimson</a> from 1972 to 1974.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-allmusic_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> He appears on their studio albums <i><a href="/en/Larks'_Tongues_in_Aspic" title="Larks' Tongues in Aspic" class="wl">Larks' Tongues in Aspic</a>,</i> <i><a href="/en/Starless_and_Bible_Black" title="Starless and Bible Black" class="wl">Starless and Bible Black</a></i>, and a single track on <i><a href="/en/Red_(King_Crimson_album)" title="Red (King Crimson album)" class="wl">Red</a></i>. Cross also appears on numerous other live recordings from 1973 &amp; 1974 that have been released by <a href="/en/Robert_Fripp" title="Robert Fripp" class="wl">Robert Fripp</a>'s <a href="/en/Discipline_Global_Mobile" title="Discipline Global Mobile" class="wl">Discipline Global Mobile</a> label in the decades since, including <a href="/en/USA_(King_Crimson_album)" title="USA (King Crimson album)" class="wl"><i>USA</i></a> (1975) and <a href="/en/The_Night_Watch_(album)" title="The Night Watch (album)" class="wl"><i>The Night Watch</i></a> (1997).<i></i></p>

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.infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: David Cross, Background information, Born, In...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard plainlist mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above notheme" style="background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="">David Cross</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:King_Crimson_Playing_in_1973_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Cross performing with King Crimson in 1974." data-hash="File:King_Crimson_Playing_in_1973_cropped.jpg"><img loading="lazy"alt="Cross performing with King Crimson in 1974." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/King_Crimson_Playing_in_1973_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="97" data-file-height="177" data-file-type="bitmap" height="177" width="97"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Cross performing with King Crimson in 1974.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1949-04-23</span>) </span>23 April 1949<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age<span>&nbsp;</span>73)</span><br><span class="nowrap"><a href="/en/Plymouth" title="Plymouth" class="wl">Plymouth</a>, England, United Kingdom</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data">David Cross Band</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly of</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/en/King_Crimson" title="King Crimson" class="wl">King Crimson</a></li><li>Radius</li><li>Electric Chamber Music</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="http://www.davidcrossband.com" class="external text" target="_blank">www<wbr>.davidcrossband<wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt16">Musical artist</div>
<p>After his time with King Crimson, Cross travelled extensively, eventually returning to music through work in the theatre. In 1987 he formed an ensemble called Low Flying Aircraft with <a href="/en/Keith_Tippett" title="Keith Tippett" class="wl">Keith Tippett</a> on piano. In 1988, he was invited by keyboardist Geoff Serle to join Radius, with whom he has recorded five studio albums.</p>

<p>Since the late 1980s, he has toured and recorded with his own eponymous band (see below). Over a 30 year period, the group has included saxophonist Pete McPhail, guitarists Paul Clark and Peter Claridge, bassists Simon Murrell, John Dillon (who also sang lead vocals) and Mick Paul, drummers Dan Maurer, Lloyd, <a href="/en/Craig_Blundell" title="Craig Blundell" class="mw-redirect wl">Craig Blundell</a>, Steve Roberts and Pat Garvey, keyboardists Sheila Maloney and Alex Hall, and lead singers Arch Stanton and Jinian Wilde. Former (and current) King Crimson musicians <a href="/en/John_Wetton" title="John Wetton" class="wl">John Wetton</a>, <a href="/en/Robert_Fripp" title="Robert Fripp" class="wl">Robert Fripp</a> and <a href="/en/Pat_Mastelotto" title="Pat Mastelotto" class="wl">Pat Mastelotto</a>, as well as former Crimson lyricists <a href="/en/Peter_Sinfield" title="Peter Sinfield" class="wl">Peter Sinfield</a> and <a href="/en/Richard_Palmer-James" title="Richard Palmer-James" class="wl">Richard Palmer-James</a> have all contributed to David’s albums.</p>

<p>Prominent session work includes recordings with Clearlight, <a href="/en/Jade_Warrior_(band)" title="Jade Warrior (band)" class="wl">Jade Warrior</a> and <a href="/en/Tony_Levin" title="Tony Levin" class="wl">Tony Levin</a>’s <a href="/en/Stick_Men_(prog_band)" title="Stick Men (prog band)" class="wl">Stick Men</a> (with whom Cross toured).</p>

<p>Recently, Cross has released a series of duo recordings with <a href="/en/Robert_Fripp" title="Robert Fripp" class="wl">Robert Fripp</a>, <a href="/en/Andrew_Keeling" title="Andrew Keeling" class="wl">Andrew Keeling</a>, Andrew Booker (of <a href="/en/No-Man" title="No-Man" class="wl">No-Man</a>), <a href="/en/David_Jackson_(rock_musician)" title="David Jackson (rock musician)" class="mw-redirect wl">David Jackson</a> (formerly of <a href="/en/Van_der_Graaf_Generator" title="Van der Graaf Generator" class="wl">Van der Graaf Generator</a>) and <a href="/en/Peter_Banks" title="Peter Banks" class="wl">Peter Banks</a> (formerly of <a href="/en/Yes_(band)" title="Yes (band)" class="wl">Yes</a>), the latter two including a full band.</p>

<p>Cross has composed music for theatre and worked as an actor as well. He runs his own record label, Noisy Records.</p>



David Cross is an English electric violinist and keyboardist best known for playing with progressive rock band King Crimson from 1972 to 1974. He appears on their studio albums Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black, and a single track on Red. Cross also appears on numerous other live recordings from 1973 &amp; 1974 that have been released by Robert Fripp's Discipline Global Mobile label in the decades since, including USA and The Night Watch . After his time with King Crimson, Cross travelled extensively, eventually returning to music through work in the theatre. In 1987 he formed an ensemble called Low Flying Aircraft with Keith Tippett on piano. In 1988, he was invited by keyboardist Geoff Serle to join Radius, with whom he has recorded five studio albums. Since the late 1980s, he has toured and recorded with his own eponymous band . Over a 30 year period, the group has included saxophonist Pete McPhail, guitarists Paul Clark and Peter Claridge, bassists Simon Murrell, John Dillon and Mick Paul, drummers Dan Maurer, Lloyd, Craig Blundell, Steve Roberts and Pat Garvey, keyboardists Sheila Maloney and Alex Hall, and lead singers Arch Stanton and Jinian Wilde. Former King Crimson musicians John Wetton, Robert Fripp and Pat Mastelotto, as well as former Crimson lyricists Peter Sinfield and Richard Palmer-James have all contributed to David’s albums. 