This Is Criss!

This is Criss!
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
Mr. Blues Pour Flirter
(1963) Mr. Blues Pour Flirter1963		 This is Criss!
(1966)		 Portrait of Sonny Criss
(1967)Portrait of Sonny Criss1967

This is Criss! is an album by saxophonist Sonny Criss recorded in 1966 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

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

  1. "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) - 7:52
  2. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 3:20
  3. "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) - 5:41
  4. "Greasy" (Walter Davis, Jr.) - 2:28
  5. "Sunrise, Sunset" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) - 2:52
  6. "Steve's Blues" (Sonny Criss) - 6:23
  7. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mercer) - 5:10
  8. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 6:25

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Sonny Criss discography accessed September 10, 2012
  2. 1 2 Cook, S. Allmusic Review, accessed September 10, 2012
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