Mike LeDonne

Criss Cross Jazz documents LeDonne's early leader catalog across quintet, trio, and sextet settings, beginning with 'Bout Time and continuing through The Feeling of Jazz, Common Ground, Soulmates, and Waltz for an Urbanite. The Django's biography distinguishes that piano work from the Hammond B-3 direction he developed around the turn of the century.[1][2]

LeDonne's organ practice centers on the Groover Quartet, while a separate large ensemble carries his writing into big-band form. Jazz at Lincoln Center's 2026 birthday program identifies him as the pianist, organist, composer, and arranger leading that orchestra rather than treating the group as an extension of the quartet.[2][3]