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Sonny Criss (23 Oct 1927 - 19 Nov 1977)

Male Person - United States

Releases (24)

Official

Album - Live

  1. At the Crossroads 1959

Album

  1. Jazz - U.S.A. 1956
  2. Go Man! 1956
  3. Sonny Criss Plays Cole Porter 1956
  4. Mr Blues pour flirter 1963
  5. Criss Cross 1963
  6. This Is Criss! 1966
  7. Up, Up and Away 1967
  8. Portrait of Sonny Criss 1967
  9. The Beat Goes On! 1968
  10. I'll Catch the Sun 1969
  11. Rockin' in Rhythm 1969
  12. Saturday Morning 1975
  13. Crisscraft 1975
  14. Out of Nowhere 1976
  15. Warm & Sonny 1976
  16. The Joy of Sax 1977

Album - Compilation / Live

  1. The Sonny Criss Memorial Album 1984

Album - Compilation

  1. The Complete Imperial Sessions 27 Jun 2000
  2. Memorial Album 2000
  3. Hampton Hawes Sessions 2000
  4. Essential Jazz Masters 2011
  5. Great Quartets

Other - Live

  1. Intermission Riff 1988

Relationships (5)

Member Of

  1. Sonny Criss Orchestra original
  2. Sonny Criss Sextet original
  3. Sonny Criss Quartet original
  4. Wardell Gray Septet alto saxophone

Supporting For

  1. Sonny Criss Orchestra alto saxophone, soprano saxophone

Recordings by (145)

  1. Ornithology 3:15 (1947)
  2. The Man I Love 5:46 (1947)
  3. Colidad ?:?? (1949)
  4. Tornade ?:?? (1949)
  5. The First One ?:?? (1949)
  6. Blues for the Boppers ?:?? (1949)
  7. Willow Weep for Me 3:52 (1956)
  8. These Foolish Things 6:02 (1956)
  9. Blue Friday 2:45 (1956)
  10. Sunday 3:54 (1956)
  11. More Than You Know 3:10 (1956)
  12. Easy Living 2:25 (1956)
  13. Alabamy Bound 3:13 (1956)
  14. Something's Gotta Give 4:31 (1956)
  15. West Coast Blues 5:03 (1956)
  16. Criss Cross 3:45 (1956)
  17. Ham's Blues 2:35 (1956)
  18. Sweet Georgia Brown 2:52 (1956)
  19. Summertime 4:02 (1956)
  20. Memories of You 3:47 (1956)
  21. Wailin' With Joe 2:42 (1956)
  22. How Deep Is the Ocean 2:57 (1956)
  23. Until the Real Thing Comes Along 4:03 (1956)
  24. Blue Prelude 2:36 (1956)
  25. After You've Gone 3:39 (1956)
  26. Come Rain or Come Shine 3:50 (1956)
  27. How High the Moon 3:07 (1956)
  28. If I Had You 2:41 (1956)
  29. The Blues for Rose 2:33 (1956)
  30. I Love You 4:11 (1956)
  31. Anything Goes 3:10 (1956)
  32. Easy to Love 3:14 (1956)
  33. It's Alright With Me 3:08 (1956)
  34. In the Still of the Night 4:17 (1956)
  35. Love for Sale 2:44 (1956)
  36. Night and Day 4:41 (1956)
  37. Just One of Those Things 2:46 (1956)
  38. What Is This Thing Called Love 5:41 (1956)
  39. I Get a Kick Out of You 2:46 (1956)
  40. Sweet Lorraine 3:43 (1959)
  41. You Don't Know 4:02 (1959)
  42. I Got It Bad 3:53 (1959)
  43. Sylvia 7:45 (1959)
  44. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise 5:40 (1959)
  45. Butt's Delight 4:06 (1959)
  46. Indiana 6:00 (1959)
  47. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 6:15 (1963)
  48. This Can't Be Love 3:28 (1963)
  49. Early and Later, Part 1 4:22 (1963)
  50. Once in a While 3:39 (1963)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Blue Lou 2:48 Wardell Gray (1947) alto saxophone
  2. Semi-Quiet (Sonny's Bop) 3:26 Wardell Gray (1947) alto saxophone
  3. Ornithology 3:15 Sonny Criss (1947) alto saxophone
  4. The Man I Love 5:46 Sonny Criss (1947) alto saxophone
  5. Blues for the Boppers ?:?? Sonny Criss (1949) alto saxophone
  6. Tornade ?:?? Sonny Criss (1949) alto saxophone
  7. Colidad ?:?? Sonny Criss (1949) alto saxophone
  8. The First One ?:?? Sonny Criss (1949) alto saxophone
  9. Something's Gotta Give 4:31 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  10. How Deep Is the Ocean 2:57 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  11. Just One of Those Things 2:46 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  12. These Foolish Things 6:02 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  13. In the Still of the Night 4:17 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  14. If I Had You 2:41 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  15. Willow Weep for Me ?:?? Sonny Criss, Calvin Jackson (1956) alto saxophone
  16. Willow Weep for Me 3:52 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  17. Easy Livin' ?:?? Sonny Criss, Calvin Jackson (1956) alto saxophone
  18. Easy to Love 3:14 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  19. What Is This Thing Called Love 5:41 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  20. Until the Real Thing Comes Along 4:03 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  21. Summertime 4:02 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  22. Criss Cross 3:45 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  23. Alabamy Bound 3:13 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  24. Sunday 3:54 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  25. The Blues for Rose 2:33 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  26. Come Rain or Come Shine 3:50 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  27. I Love You 4:11 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  28. Love for Sale 2:44 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  29. Night and Day 4:41 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  30. It's Alright With Me 3:08 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  31. More Than You Know 3:10 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  32. Blue Friday 2:45 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  33. Sweet Georgia Brown 2:52 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  34. Ham's Blues 2:35 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  35. Memories of You 3:47 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  36. How High the Moon 3:07 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  37. West Coast Blues 5:03 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  38. Wailin' With Joe 2:42 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  39. Blue Prelude 2:36 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  40. Wailing for Joe ?:?? Sonny Criss, Calvin Jackson (1956) alto saxophone
  41. After You've Gone 3:39 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  42. Anything Goes 3:10 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  43. I Get a Kick Out of You 2:46 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  44. Easy Living 2:25 Sonny Criss (1956) alto saxophone
  45. Sylvia 7:45 Sonny Criss (1959) alto saxophone
  46. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise 5:40 Sonny Criss (1959) alto saxophone
  47. Indiana 6:00 Sonny Criss (1959) alto saxophone
  48. You Don't Know 4:02 Sonny Criss (1959) alto saxophone
  49. Sweet Lorraine 3:43 Sonny Criss (1959) alto saxophone
  50. Butt's Delight 4:06 Sonny Criss (1959) alto saxophone

Credited as (35)

  1. Sonny Criss
  2. Sonny Criss, Howard McGhee, Dodo Marmarosa
  3. Sonny Criss,Tommy Turk, The Six
  4. Sonny Criss, Calvin Jackson
  5. Sonny Criss featuring Kenny Drew and Ole Hansen
  6. Memphis Slim with Sonny Criss
  7. Wardell Gray , Sonny Criss
  8. Charlie Parker, Sonny Criss, Flip Phillips, Fats Navarro, Tommy Turk, Hank Jones, Ray Brown, Shelly Manne
  9. Sonny Criss / Kenny Dorham
  10. Sonny Criss, Kenny Drew & Ole Hansen
  11. Sonny Criss & The George Arvanitas Trio
  12. Sonny Criss, Georges Arvanitas & René Thomas
  13. Sonny Criss, René Thomas & Georges Arvanitas
  14. Sonny Criss, Joe Newman & Bennie Green
  15. Sonny Criss, Chuck Thompson & Hampton Hawes
  16. Sonny Criss, Buddy Rich & Kenny Drew
  17. Sonny Criss, Hampton Hawes & Chuck Thompson
  18. Sonny Criss, Philippe Combelle & Georges Arvanitas
  19. Sonny Criss, Henri Renaud & Michel Gaudry
  20. Sonny Criss, Kenny Clarke & Bennie Green
  21. Sonny Criss, Pierre Michelot & Philippe Combelle
  22. Sonny Criss, Hampton Hawes & Buddy Woodson
  23. Sonny Criss, Bobby Tucker & Tommy Potter
  24. Sonny Criss, Michel Gaudry & Henri Renaud
  25. Sonny Criss, Michel Gaudry & Philippe Combelle
  26. Sonny Criss, Hampton Hawes & Iggy Shevack
  27. Sonny Criss, Kenny Drew & Buddy Rich
  28. Sonny Criss, Georges Arvanitas & Pierre Michelot
  29. Sonny Criss, Buddy Woodson & Chuck Thompson
  30. Sonny Criss, Phil Leshin & Kenny Drew
  31. Sonny Criss, Tommy Potter & Kenny Clarke
  32. Sonny Criss, Iggy Shevack & Chuck Thompson
  33. Sonny Criss, Ole Hansen & Phil Leshin
  34. Sonny Criss, Henri Renaud & Philippe Combelle
  35. Sonny Criss, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis & Bobby Tucker

Works (1)

Composed

  1. Semi-Quiet

Links (9)

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n94059709
  2. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6t7340g
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138928386
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134352424
  5. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94059709

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/319761

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000755431

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/5117246

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q353828