CALIFORNIA BOPPIN' 1947
SONNY CRISS

(JAZZSHOWCASE,
5005, FSR-156)

1. Groovin' High
2. Hot House
3. Bebop
4. The Man I Love
5. Ornithology
6. Body And Soul
7. The Creep
8. Out Of Nowhere
9. Blue 'N' Boogie
10. Semi-Quiet (Sonny's Bop)
11. Blue Low
12. Backbreaker
13. Blow Blow Blow

SONNY CRISS, as
AL KILLIAN, tp
HOWARD McGHEE, tp
WARDELL GRAY, ts
TEDDY EDWARDS, ts
DODO MARMAROSA, p
CHARLIE FOX, p
HAMPTON HAWES, p
RUSS FREEMAN, p
BARNEY KESSEL, g
RED CALLENDER, b
SHIFTY HENRY, b
ADDISON FARMER, b
HARRY BABASIN, b
JACKIE MILLES, ds
TIM KENNEDY, ds
ROY PORTER, ds
Recorded
1947/01/29, 1947/06,07, 1947/10/17

THE SONNY CRISS MEMORIAL ALBUM
SONNY CRISS

(XANADU, 200,
CRCJ-5003)

1. Blue Lou
2. The Creep
3. Out Of Nowhere
4. Semi-Quiet
5. Blue'N' Boogie
6. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
7. Strike Up The Band
8. Saturday Morning
9. When Sunny Get Blue
10. The Masquerade Is Over
11. What's New
12. Ursula

SONNY CRISS, as
#1-5 :
AL KILLIAN, tp
WARDELL GRAY, ts
CHARLIE FOX, p
SHIFTY HENRY, b
TIM KENNEDY, ds
Recorded 1947/10/17
#6 :
CLARK TERRY, tp
DEXTER GORDON, ts
WARDEL GRAY, ts
JIMMY BUNE, p
BILLY HADNOTT, b
DHUCK TOMPSON, ds
DAMITA JO, vo
Recorded 1950/08/27
#7 :
GILL BARRIOS, p
DAVE BRYANT, b
BILLY SNYDER, ds
Recorded 1952/09/04
#8-12 :
HAMPTON HOWES, p
CLARENCE JOHNSON, b
FRANK BUTLER, ds
Recorded 1965/06/15

SONNY CRISS
QUARTET 1949-1957
Featuring
HAMPTON HAWES

(FRESH SOUND, FSR-403)

1. The First One
2. Calidad
3. Blues For Boppers
4. Tornade
5. Easy Living
6. Willow Weep For Me
7. Waling For Joe

SONNY CRISS, as
HAMPTON HAWES, p
IGGY SEVACK, b
BUDDY WOODSON, b
CHUCK TOMPSON, ds
Recorded 1949/09/22, 1957/11/25

AN EVENING OF JAZZ
SONNY CRISS
-
TOMMY TURK
-
THE SIX

(VAERVE, POCJ-2600)

1. The Beat
2. By By Blues
3. Encore
4. Two By Four
5. The First One
6. Colidad-Calidad
7. Blues For The Boppers
8. Tornado
9. Take Six
10. In A Blue Fun
11. St.James Infirmary
12. A Foggy Day
13. Little Girl Blue
14. Riverboat Shuffle
15. Music To Sin By
16. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

#5,6,7,8 :
SONNY CRISS, as
HAMPTON HAWES, p
IGGY SHEVACK, b
CHUCK TOMPSON, ds
Recorded 1949/09/23
#1,2,3,4 :
TOMMY TURK, tb
FRANK ROSOLINO, tb
FLIP PHILLIPS, ts
RAY BROWN, b
BUDDY RICH, ds
Recorded 1949/12/01
#9-16 :
THE SIX
JOHNNY GLASEL, tp
PORKY COHEN, tb
BOB WILBER, cl
TOMMY GODMAN, p
BOB PETERSON, b
EDDIE PHYFE, ds
Recorded 1949/04

INTERMISSION RIFF
SONNY CRISS

(PABLO, 2310-929,
OJCCD-961-2)

1. Intermission Riff
2. How High The Moon
3. Perdido
4. Body And Soul
5. High Jump

SONNY CRISS, as
JOE NEWMAN, tp
BENNIE GREEN, tb
EDDIE "LOCKJAW" DAVIS, ts
BODDY TUCKER, p
TOMMY POTTER, b
KENNY CLARKE, ds
Recorded 1951/10/12

JAZZ U.S.A.
SONNY CRISS

(IMPERIAL, 9024,
TOCJ-6127)

1. Willow Weep For Me
2. These Foolish Things
3. Blue Friday
4. Sunday
5. More Than You Know
6. Easy Living
7. Alabamy Bound
8. Something's Gotta Give
9. West Coast Blues
10. Criss Cross
11. Ham's Blues
12. Sweet Georgia Brown

SONNY CRISS, as
BARNEY KESSEL, g
KENNY DREW, p
BILL WOODMAN, b
CHUCK TOMPSON, ds
Recorded :
1956/01/26(#1,6,7,10)
1956/02/24(#2,3,8,9)
1956/03/23(#4,5,11,12)

GO MAN!
SONNY CRISS

(IMPERIAL(LIBERTY),
9006,TOCJ-5310)

1. Summertime
2. Memories Of You
3. Wailin' With Joe
4. How Deep Is The Ocean
5. The Blues For Rose
6. The Man I Love
7. Until The Real Things Come Along
8. Blue Prelude
9. After You've Gone
10. Come Rain Or Come Shine
11. How High The Moon
12. If I Had You

SONNY CRISS, as
SONNY CLARK, p
LEROY VINNEGAR, b
LAWRENCE MARABLE, ds
Recorded 1956/02/24

SONNY CRISS
PLAYS
COLE PORTER

(IMPERIAL, 9024,
TOCJ-6239)

1. I Love You
2. Anything Goes
3. Easy To Love
4. It's All Right With Me
5. In The Still Of The Night
6. Love For Sale
7. Night And Day
8. Just One Of Those Things
9. What Is Thins Thing Called Love
10. I Get A Kick Out Of You

SONNY CRISS, as
LARRY BUNKER, vib
SONNY CLARK, p
BUDDY CLARK, b
LAWRENCE MARABLE, ds
JIMMY BUNN, p(#3,4,5)
TEDDY SMITH, b(#3,4,5)
Recorded 1956/08/21,10/03

AT THE CROSSROADS
SONNY CRISS

(PEACOCK, LP-91,
MVCZ-54)

1. Sweet Lorraine
2. You Don't Know What Love Is
3. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
4. Sylvia
5. Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
6. Butt's Delight
7. Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana)

SONNY CRISS, as
OLA (OLE) HANSEN, tb
WYNTON KELLY, p
BOB CRANSHAW, b
WALTER PERKINS, ds
Recorded 1959/03

THIS IS CRISS!
SONNY CRISS

(PRESTIGE, 7511,
OJC-430)

1. Black Coffee
2. Days Of Wine And Roses
3. When Sunny Gets Blue
4. Greasy
5. Sunrise, Sunset
6. Steve's Blues
7. Skylark
*8. Love For Sale

SONNY CRISS, as
WALTER DAVIS, p
PAUL CHAMBERS, b
ALAN DAWSON, ds
Recorded 1966/10/21

PORTRAIT OF
SONNY CRISS

(PRESTIGE, 7526,
OJC-655)

1. A Million Or More Times
2. Wee
3. God Bless The Child
4. On A Clear Day
5. Blues In The Closet
6. Smile

SONNY CRISS, as
WALTER DAVIS, p
PAUL CHAMBERS, b
ALAN DAWSON, ds
Recorded 1967/03/23

UP, UP AND AWAY
SONNY CRISS

(PRESTIGE, 7530,
VICJ-23577)

1. Up, Up And Away
2. Willow Weep For Me
3. This Is For Benny
4. Sunny
5. Scrapple From The Apple
6. Paris Blues

SONNY CRISS, as
TAL FARLOW, g
CEDAR WALTON, p
BOB CRANSHAW, b
LENNY McBROWNE, ds
Recorded 1967/08/18

THE BEAT GOES ON!
SONNY CRISS

(PRESTIGE, 7558,
VICJ-23672)

1. The Beat Goes On
2. Georgia Rose
3. Somewhere My Love
4. Calidad
5. Yesterdays
6. Ode To Billy Joe

SONNY CRISS, as
CEDAR WALTON, p
BOB CRANSHAW, b
ALAN DAWSON, ds
Recorded 1968/01/12

SONNY'S DREAM
: BIRTH OF
THE NEW COOL
THE SONNY CRISS ORCHESTRA

(PRESTIGE, 7576,
VICJ-23673)

1. Sonny's Dream
2. Ballad For Samuel
3. The Black Apostles
4. The Golden Pearl
5. Daughter Of Chchise
6. Sandy And Niles

SONNY CRISS, as, ss
DAVID SHERR, as
TEDDY EDWARDS, ts
PETE CHARISTLIEB, bs
CONTE CANDOLI, tp
DICK NASH, tb
RAY DRAPER, tuba
TOMMY FLANAGAN, p
AL McKIBBON, b
EVERETT BROWN JR., ds
HORACE TAPSCOTT, arr, conduct
Recorded 1968/05/08

ROCKIN' IN RHYTHM
SONNY CRISS

(PRESTIGE, 7610,
VICJ-23674)

1. Rockin' In Rhythm
2. Eleanor Rigby
3. When The Sun Comes Out
4. Sonnymoon For Two
5. Misty Roses
6. The Masquerade Is Over

SONNY CRISS, as
EDDIE GREEN, p
BOB CRANSHAW, b
ALAN DAWSON, ds
Recorded 1968/07/02

I'LL CATCH THE SUN
SONNY CRISS

(PRESTIGE, 7628,
VICJ-23675)

1. Don't Rain On My Parade
2. Blue Sunset
3. I Though About You
4. California Screamin'
5. Cry Me A River
6. I'll Catch The Sun

SONNY CRISS, as
HAMPTON HAWES, p
MONTE BUDWIG, b
SHELLY MANNE, ds
Recorded 1969/01/20

LIVE IN ITALY
SONNY CRISS

(FRESH SOUND, FSR-401,
DIW-333)

1. Tin Tin Deo
2. Lover Man
3. Sonny's Blues
4. Summertime
5. Willow Weep For Me
6. Sunny

SONNY CRISS, as
GEORGES ARVANTAS, p
JACKY SAMSON, b
CHARLES SAUDRAIS, ds
Recorded 1974/01/28

CRISSCRAFT
SONNY CRISS

(MUSE, 5068,
CRCJ-7015)

1. The Isle Of Celia
2. Blues In My Heart
3. This Is For Benny
4. All Night Long
5. Crisscraft
6. Blues In My Heart (alt.)
7. All The Things You Are

SONNY CRISS, as
RAY CRAWFORD, g (except 7)
DOLO COKER, p
LARRY GALES, b
JIMMY SMITH, ds
Recorded 1975/02/24, 1975/10/20(#7)

SATURDAY MORNING
SONNY CRISS

(XANADU, CRCJ-5001)

1. Angel Eyes
2. Tin Tin Deo
3. Jeannie's Knees
4. Saturday Morning
5. My Heart Stood Still
6. Until The Real Thing Comes Along

SONNY CRISS, as
BARRY HARRIS, p
LEROY VINNEGAR, b
LENNY McBROWNE, ds
Recorded 1975/03/01

OUT OF NOWHERE
SONNY CRISS

(MUSE, 5089,
MCD-5089)

1. All The Things You Are
2. The Dreamer
3. El Tiante
4. My Ideal
5. Out Of Nowhere
6. Brother Can You Spare A Dime
7. The First One

SONNY CRISS, as
DOLO COKER, p
LARRY GALES, b
JIMMY SMITH, ds
Recorded 1975/10/20

WARM AND SUNNY
SONNY CRISS

(IMPULSE, ASD-93129,
MVCZ-80)

1. Cool Struttin'
2. Memories
3. Sweet Summer Breeze
4. The Way We Are
5. Bumpin'
6. That's Way Of The World
7. Blues For Willie

SONNY CRISS, as
with Strings and Orchestra
Recorded 1975

THE JOY OF SAX
SONNY CRISS

(IMPULSE, AS-9326,
MVCZ-81)

1. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
2. Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
3. You Are So Beautiful
4. Turn Me Loose
5. Stolen Moments
6. Have A Talk With God
7. Midnight Mellow

SONNY CRISS, as
BLUE MICHELL, tp
LEE RITENOUR, g
MITCH HOLDER, g
BILL KING, elp
PATRICE RUSHEN, elp
SONNY BURKE, p
CHUCK DOMANICO, b
SCOTT EDWARDS, b
HENRY DAVIS, b
JAMES GADSON, ds
EDDIE BROWN, ds
ESMOND EDWARDS, ds
& Horns, Strings
Recorded 1976-77