This Is Criss!
1966 studio album by Sonny Criss
This is Criss! | ||||
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Studio album by Sonny Criss | ||||
Released | 1966 | |||
Recorded | October 21, 1966 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 39:28 | |||
Label | Prestige 7511 | |||
Producer | Don Schlitten | |||
Sonny Criss chronology | ||||
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This is Criss! is an album by saxophonist Sonny Criss recorded in 1966 and released on the Prestige label.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars with its review by Stephen Cook stating, "Sonny Criss qualifies as one of the most overlooked giants of West Coast jazz. His sound – like most alto players of the bebop and hard bop days – was heavily influenced by Charlie Parker, but Criss still managed to forge an original style featuring a very original melodic bent with loads of bluesy underpinnings. The goods can be optimally previewed on this great Prestige date from 1966."[2]
Track listing
- "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) – 7:52
- "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 3:20
- "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 5:41
- "Greasy" (Walter Davis, Jr.) – 2:28
- "Sunrise, Sunset" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) – 2:52
- "Steve's Blues" (Sonny Criss) – 6:23
- "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mercer) – 5:10
- "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 6:25 (CD bonus track)
Personnel
References
- ^ Sonny Criss discography accessed September 10, 2012
- ^ a b Cook, S. AllMusic Review, accessed September 10, 2012
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
or co-leader
- This Is Criss! (1966)
- Portrait of Sonny Criss (1967)
- Up, Up and Away (1967)
- The Beat Goes On! (1968)
- Rockin' in Rhythm (1968)
- Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool) (1968)
- I'll Catch the Sun! (1969)
- Crisscraft (1975)
- Out of Nowhere (1975)
- Saturday Morning (1975)
- The Hunt (Dexter Gordon, 1947)
- The Swinging Buddy Rich (1955)
- The Wailing Buddy Rich (1955)