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William Sonny Criss was a US-American alto saxophonist during the bebop era.
Born October 23, 1927 in Memphis,
died November 19, 1977 in Los Angeles.

ALBUMS

Six Classic Albums

2017, 4xCD, Comp, Dlx, RM, Real Gone Music Company

The Joy Of Sax / Warm And Sonny

2011, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Impulse!,

Soul-Jazz/Smooth Jazz

Blues In My Heart

2009, CD, Comp, Jazz Ball Records

Sonny Criss With Barry Harris (2) And Hampton Hawes

2009, CD, Comp, Jazz Lips

Four Classic Albums

2008, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Avid Entertainment, Avid Jazz,

The Lost Recordings

2004, CD, Comp, Lone Hill Jazz,

2004, CD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Howard McGhee, Sonny Criss

Bopland: The Legendary Elks Club Concert L.A. 1947

2004, 3xCD, Comp, Mono, Savoy Jazz,

Hampton Hawes Sessions

2000, CD, Comp, The Jazz Factory

2000, CD, Album, The Jazz Factory

The Complete Imperial Sessions

Bob Andrews (2) Presents Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Richie Kamuca, Gabe Baltazar, Teddy Edwards, Sonny Criss

West Coast Sax Mode

1995, CD, Norma,

Wardell Gray , Featuring Count Basie, Chet Baker, Sonny Criss, Buddy DeFranco, Clark Terry

How High The Moon

1995, CD, Comp, Moon Records (4)

California Boppin' 1947

1991, CD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records

Art Pepper, Sonny Criss, Bud Shank

1991, LP, Mono, Vantage Records (2),

Sonny Rollins / Sonny Criss

Sonny Rollins / Sonny Criss

Saturday Morning

1989, CD, Comp, Xanadu Records,

Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Sonny Criss

Intermission Riff

In Paris - The Complete 1962-1963 Recordings – "Mr Blues Pour Flirter"

1987, 2xLP, Comp + Box, Fresh Sound Records, Polydor, Brunswick,

Sonny Criss with Georges Arvanitas Trio

"Live" In Italy

Al Haig, Chet Baker, Sonny Criss, Jack Montrose

Live In Hollywood

Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Sonny Criss, Hampton Hawes, Barney Kessel, Howard McGhee, Al Killian

Jazz Concert - West Coast

The Sonny Criss Memorial Album

Buddy Rich With Sonny Criss, Kenny Drew, Ole Hansen* And Phil Leshin

Blues Pour Flirter Volume 2

1980, LP, Polydor

Sonny Criss / Kenny Dorham

Sonny Criss / Calvin Jackson

1976, LP, Calliope (3)

Sweet Summer Breeze

1976, 7", Single, Mono, Promo, ABC Impulse!

Sweet Summer Breeze

1976, 7", Single, ABC Impulse!

Sonny Criss, Slim Gaillard, Roy Porter Big Band With Eric Dolphy, Helen Humes, Harold Land, Hampton Hawes, Art Pepper

Black California (The Savoy Sessions)

Soul-Jazz/Smooth Jazz

Saturday Morning

The Best Of Sonny Criss/Hits Of The '60's

1970, Cass, Comp, Prestige

The Best Of Sonny Criss/Hits Of The '60's

I'll Catch The Sun!

Rockin' In Rhythm

The Beat Goes On!

Up, Up And Away

Portrait Of Sonny Criss

Greasy / Sunrise, Sunset

Sonny Criss Et Son Alto-Sax*

Blues Pour Flirter

1963, 7", EP, Polydor,

Sonny Criss, Gerald Wiggins, Erroll Garner, Stan Getz

Sonny Criss - Gerald Wiggins - Erroll Garner - Stan Getz

Mr Blues Pour Flirter

Blues Pour Flirter

1962, 7", EP, Polydor,

Blues Pour Flirter 2

Bop/Easy Listening

Stan Getz, Erroll Garner, Sonny Criss, Buddy Collette

Stan Getz, Erroll Garner, Sonny Criss, Buddy Collette

Blues Pour Flirter

1960, 7", EP, Polydor

1960, 7", EP, Mono, Columbia

At The Crossroads with Sonny Criss

Dexter Gordon, Barney Kessel, Wardell Gray, Sonny Criss, Hampton Hawes, Harry Babison*, Howard McGhee

West Coast Jazz Concert

1956, 7", EP, Imperial

Sonny Criss Plays Cole Porter

Wardell Gray / Sonny Kriss* / Al Killian / Barney Kessell* / Russ Freeman / Ken Kennedy

Hollywood Jazz Session - Vol. 3

1954, 10", Album, Savoy Records,

Sonny Criss, Tommy Turk

1953, 10", Album, Clef Records

Wardell Gray / Sonny Kriss* / Al Killian / Wild Bill Moore* / Gene Montgomery (2) / Hamp Hawes*, Russ Freeman, Ken Kennedy (6), LeRoy Gray*

Hollywood Jazz Session - Vol. 2

1952, 10", Album, Savoy Records,

Hamp Hawes* / Sonny Kriss*

Bop After Hours

1948, Shellac, 10", Bop!,

Howard McGhee Orch.* Featuring Barney Kessell* And Sonny Kriss*

Jeronimo - Part 3 / 4

1947, Shellac, 10", Bop!,

Howard McGhee / Sonny Kriss*

The Hunt - Part 1 / 2

1947, Shellac, 10", Bop!

Howard McGhee / Sonny Kriss*

Bopera - Part 3 / 4

Amoureusement Vôtre

LP, Album, Polydor

Willow Weep For Me

7", Single, Imperial

California Boppin'

Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra

1998, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

The Hampton Hawes All-Stars

Live At The Memory Lane

1991, CD, Album, Fresh Sound Records

The Hampton Hawes All-Stars

Memory Lane Live

The Sonny Criss Orchestra

Sonny's Dream (Birth Of The New Cool)

Post Bop/Big Band

The Buddy Rich Quintet

The Cinch - Live From Birdland

APPEARANCES +

Four Classic Albums Pus

2021, 2xCDi, Comp, Avid Entertainment,

Milestones Of A Legend

2016, 10xCD, Comp, RE + Box, The Intense Media, Documents,

Bop/Bossa Nova/Cool Jazz

You Better Believe It! + Moment Of Truth

2013, CD, Comp, RM, American Jazz Classics,

West Coast 1945-1947

2013, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Uptown Records (2)

2011, 10xCD, Album + Box, Comp, House Of Jazz, T2 Entertainment,

Swing/Cool Jazz/Vocal

2009, 10xCD, Album + Box, Comp, House Of Jazz, T2 Entertainment,

Irresistible You

2007, CD, Comp, Edel Records,

The Complete Carnegie Hall Performances

2007, 4xCD, Comp, Disconforme SL, Definitive Records (2),

2006, CD, Comp, Saga,

Jazz In The Charts 90/100 - Everything I Have Is Yours (1948 - 1949)

2006, CD, Comp, Documents

Professor Roswell Presents History & Spirit of Jazz "Study In Blue"

2006, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Pap, Blue Note,

Big Band/Bop/Hard Bop/Contemporary Jazz

Big Band Modern

Big Band/Space-Age

Black And Blue And Tobacco Road

The Early Years

2005, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2)

Argo, Emarcy And Verve Small Group Buddy Rich Sessions

My Funny Valentine

2004, CD, Comp, Back Up, Back Up

The Complete Prestige Recordings

Paris Mississippi Blues

Jazz Of The Beat Generation

2003, CD, Comp, Jazz FM Records,

Bop/Cool Jazz/Poetry

The Wardell Gray Story

2003, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),

Bop/Swing/Big Band

Jazz For Romantic Moments

2003, CD, Album, Comp, Savoy Jazz

The Legendary Big Band

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Savoy Jazz

Norman Granz' J.A.T.P. Carnegie Hall, 1949

Crazy 'bout Flip (Vol. I 1947-1949)

2001, CD, Comp, Enh, Ocium

Volume 6 - 1947 - Complete Edition

2001, CD, Comp, Masters Of Jazz (2),

Volume 5 - Young Dex 1947 - Complete Edition

2001, CD, Comp, Masters Of Jazz (2),

Settin' The Pace

Bop/Rhythm & Blues/Big Band/Swing

Saxophones À Saint-Germain Des Prés

Sonny Criss Quartet Featuring Wynton Kelly

Sonny Criss Quartet Featuring Wynton Kelly

Jazz That Swings II

2000, CD, Comp, 32 Jazz,

2000, CD, Comp, Classics (11)

Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray

Volume 4 - Volume 5 - 1947 - Complete Edition

2000, CD, Comp, Masters Of Jazz (2),

Jazz That Swings

1999, CD, Comp, RE, 32 Jazz,

Instrumental/Easy Listening

1999, CD, Comp, Giants Of Jazz

Jazz At Midnight

1999, 5xCD, Comp + Box, Comp, Disky,

Bossa Nova/East Coast Blues/Big Band/Vocal

1999, CD, Comp, Da Music, Jazz Colours

Volume 4 - 1947 - Complete Edition

1999, CD, Comp, Masters Of Jazz (2)

Esther Phillips

Burnin' / Confessin' The Blues

1998, CD, Comp, Collectables,

The Modern Jazz Stars

Jazz Masquerade + Jazz Surprise

1998, CD, Comp, RE, RM, P-Vine Non Stop, Modern Records (2),

Jazz For The Quiet Times

Jazz For The Open Road

Post Bop/Jazz-Rock

Jazz For A Rainy Afternoon

Post Bop/Hard Bop/Swing

Black California

1997, CD, Comp, Fantasy, Musica Jazz,

Hard Bop/Post Bop

Dylan Cramer Quartet

Contemporary Jazz

Jazz With Prestige: A History Of Prestige Jazz & Blues

1996, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Prestige,

Chicago Blues/Bop/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz/Soul-Jazz

Supreme Saxophone

1992, CD, Comp, Mono, Premier Jazz, Premier Jazz,

An Unforgettable Session

1992, CD, Album, Giants Of Jazz,

1992, CD, Comp, Blue Note

The Bopland Boys

Jazz West Coast Live (Hollywood Jazz Vol.2)

1991, LP, Comp, Philology, Musica Jazz

Live At The Trade Winds 1952

1991, CD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records,

1991, 3xCD, Comp, Sequel Jazz,

Jazz Superstars

A Live Jam Session Recorded at "Trade Winds"

Light Gray, Vol. 1

1990, LP, Comp, Philology

Swing/Bop/Soul-Jazz

Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn

Jazz 'Round Midnight - The Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn Songbook

1989, CD, Comp, Verve Records

Wardell Gray Guest: Dexter Gordon

Sonny Criss Quartet Featuring Hampton Hawes

Just Jazz Concert Vol. 1 Civic Audiotorium Pasadena 1947

1987, CD, Comp, RE, Vogue,

Live And Private Recordings In Chronological Order

1986, 22xLP, Comp, Mono + Box, Ltd, Num, Not On Label,

Gene Norman Presents Just Jazz Concerts (1947-49)

1984, 3xLP, Comp, Mono, GNP Crescendo, GNP Crescendo

Tommy Chase Quartet Featuring Alan Barnes, Nick Weldon, Andrew Cleyndert

The Verve Collectors' Item

1983, Box + 4xLP, Mono, Dlx, Verve Records,

Bop/Cool Jazz/Swing/Hard Bop

The Golden Era Of Jazz - The Famous Gene Norman's "Just Jazz" Concerts

1981, 3xLP, Comp, Clu + Box, Club, Pandora (2)

The West Coast Jam Sessions

1980, 3xLP, Comp, Mono + Box, Scarecrow (2)

Black California Vol. 2 - Anthology

Inglewood Jam 6-16-52

Four Decades Of Jazz (A Musical History Of Xanadu)

Bop/Cool Jazz/Swing

Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray

1976, LP, Durium,

Long Tall Dexter

Esther Phillips

Confessin' The Blues

Rhythm & Blues/Vocal

Wardell Gray / Stan Hasselgard

Wardell Gray - Stan Hasselgard

Sounds For The 60's!

Soul-Jazz/Latin Jazz

Erroll Garner, Stan Getz

Flip Phillips And His Orchestra Featuring Howard McGhee, Benny Green*

Jazz Confidential

The Modern Jazz Stars

Tommy Turk And His Orchestra · Sonny Criss And His Orchestra* · The Six

An Evening Of Jazz

Dixieland/Swing/Bop

The Wailing Buddy Rich

Memorial Volume 2

The Swinging Buddy Rich

Jazz Concert West Coast (Volume 1)

1952, Shellac, 10", Mono, Prestige

Wardell Gray All Stars

Flip Phillips Collates

Billy Hadnott And His Orchestra

Limehouse Blues / Junk Wagon

Gene Norman's "Just Jazz" No. 15*

1951, Shellac, 10", Vogue Records

Gene Norman's "Just Jazz" No. 5*

Flip Phillips And His Orchestra

Swinging For Julie And Brownie

Sonny Criss And His Orchestra*

Calidad / The First One

1950, Shellac, 10", Mercury

The Flip Phillips' Quartet*

Drowsy / Put That Back

1950, Shellac, 10", Mercury

Sonny Criss And His Orchestra*

Tornado / Blues For The Boppers

Solitude / I Do - Do You?

Dexter Gordon / Barney Kessel

Bopera - Part 5 / 6

1948, Shellac, 10", Bop!

Howard McGhee Orchestra*

Hoggin' / Blues A La King

1946, Shellac, 10", Melodisc (7), Melodisc (7),

Jazz In History III (From Swing To Bebop)

2xCD, Comp, RM, History

The Wailing Buddy Rich

2xLP, Comp, Verve Records

Histoire Du Jazz Vol. 2

5xLP, Comp + Box, BYG Records, BYG Records, BYG Records, BYG Records, BYG Records,

Free Improvisation/Swing/Bop/Hard Bop

Shellac, 10", Vogue Records,

Shellac, 10", Jazz Selection

History Of Jazz Vol.8

Billy Hadnott And His Orchestra

My Ideal / Ooh Chica

Clap Your Hands

Remembering Sonny Criss

Very Saxy - Milestones Of Jazz Saxophone Legends

2018, 10xCD, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Documents, The Intense Media

Simply Cool Jazz

2014, CD, Comp, Union Square Music,

Late Night Jazz

2013, 3xCD, Comp, Union Square Music Ltd.

Autour de Minuit - Saxophone Ballads, Les Plus Beaux Moments Jazz

2012, 12xFile, MP3, Comp, Verve Records,

Autour de Minuit - Saxophone Ballads, Les Plus Beaux Moments Jazz

2012, CD, Comp, Verve Records,

2011, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, Promo, Universal Strategic Marketing Japan,

Jazz Os Instrumentos - Saxofone Alto

2010, CD, Comp, Tugaland

The Jazz Bar Vol. 5 (The Finest Jazz, Swing And Bebop)

2009, 3xCD, Comp, Music & Melody

Rudy Van Gelder Remasters Sampler

2008, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Prestige

Easy Listening/Smooth Jazz

Jazz Lounge XI: When Lights Are Low

2007, CD, Comp, Dig, Ayia Napa,

L'Histoire Du Saxophone Jazz - The Story Of Saxophone Jazz 1923-1956

2007, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Le Chant Du Monde,

Best Jazz Ballads 100

2007, 6xCD, Comp, Blue Note,

Jazz Ballads (Stardust)

2007, CD, Comp, Blue Note

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot., Blue Note, EMI

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot., Blue Note, EMI,

Big Band/Cool Jazz/Hard Bop

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot., Blue Note, EMI

2006, CD, Comp, Copy Prot., EMI, Blue Note

Jazz決定盤1500 Blue Note Club Presents Sampler

2006, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Pap, Capitol Records,

Bop/Bossa Nova/Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Vocal

Harlem Nocturne (Die Presse Prestige Edition)

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Universal Music Group,

Bop/Hard Bop/Bossa Nova/Funk/Fusion/Contemporary Jazz/Cool Jazz/Latin Jazz/Soul-Jazz

Prestige Profiles Collector's Edition Volume 6

2005, CD, Comp, Mono, Prestige,

2005, CD, Comp, Corda Seca,

Prestige Profiles Collector's Edition Volume 6

Pops In Jazz Vol. 2

2004, 2xCD, Comp, Kang & Music,

Giants Of Jazz ~ Groove

2004, CD, Comp, Savoy Jazz, Savoy Jazz

Giants Of Jazz ~ Souljazz

2004, CD, Comp, RM, Savoy Jazz, Savoy Jazz,

Saxophone High-Lights

2004, 3xCD, Comp, Blue Note,

Cool Jazz/Bop/Modal

More Of The Most Relaxing Jazz Music In The Universe

2004, CD, Comp, Denon, Denon Classics,

2003, 2xCD, Comp, Kang & Music,

Jazz Elegance-Relax In The Mood

2003, CD, Comp, Mono, 20b, Prestige, Riverside Records, Contemporary Records, Pablo Records,

West Coast Jazz

2002, CD, Comp, Dig, Fantasy, Inc. Special Products, Hear Music,

Definitive Modern Jazz Collection (モダンジャズ名曲名演大全集)

2002, 4xCD, Comp, Mono, Club + Box, Blue Note, Bethlehem Records, Pacific Jazz, Liberty, Somethin' Else, Capitol Records, Roulette, Roost,

Bop/Bossa Nova/Contemporary Jazz/Cool Jazz/Easy Listening/Hard Bop/Modal/Post Bop/Soul-Jazz/Vocal

Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?

2001, CD, Comp, Promo, The Harburg Foundation

Mellow Tone (The Mellowest Jazz Ballads)

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Disky,

32 More Gems From 32 Jazz

2000, 3xCD, Comp, 32 Jazz,

2000, CD, Comp, Promo, Trans World Entertainment,

2000, CD, Comp, Fantasy, ZYX Music,

2000, CD, Comp, Fantasy, ZYX Music,

Soul-Jazz/Bop/Cool Jazz/Swing

The Prestige Legacy, Vol. 2: Battles Of The Saxes

2000, CD, Comp, Prestige,

1999, CD, Album, 32 Jazz,

32 Gems From 32 Jazz

1999, 3xCD, Comp, Smplr, 32 Jazz,

Yardbird Suite The Jazz Giants Play Charlie Parker

1999, CD, Comp, RM, Prestige

מפגשים 2 (רגעים גדולים בג'אז)

1999, 2xCD, Comp, MCI Records

The Prestige Records Story

32 Records Label Sampler

1998, CD, Comp, Smplr, 32 Records,

Jazz-Funk/Bop/Hard Bop/Modal/Soul-Jazz/Swing/Contemporary Jazz/Fusion/Post Bop/Boogaloo

A Quarter To Blue: Late Night Slow & Easy

1998, CD, Comp, BMG Jazz Club,

The Jazz World Of Don Schlitten

1998, CD, Album, Comp, Prevue

The West Coast Jazz Box

Stardust: The Jazz Giants Play Hoagy Carmichael

1997, CD, Comp, Prestige,

Jazz Night And Day

Ο Ήχος Της Jazz

1996, CD, Comp, Ήχος & Hi-Fi, Muse Records, Ήχος & CD, Ήχος & CD,

How Big Is Your Woofer?

1996, 3xCD, Comp, Box, LaserLight Digital,

Ballad/Bossa Nova/Bossanova/Cha-Cha/Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening/Latin Jazz/Mambo/Samba/Space-Age/Vocal

1996, CD, Comp, LaserLight Digital,

Ballad/Bossa Nova/Bossanova/Cha-Cha/Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening/Latin Jazz/Mambo/Samba/Space-Age/Vocal

課長島耕作　デキる男の仕事術　無欲の成功報酬　～男の美学～

1996, CD, Comp, Toshiba Records,

In A Mellow Tone...

Cool Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Easy Listening

"Brother, Can You Spare A Dime" Day

1993, CD, Comp, Promo, The Harburg Foundation, The Harburg Foundation,

California Cool

Bop/Modal/Swing/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz/Latin Jazz

Sentimental Over You

1991, CD, Comp, Mono, Premier Jazz, Premier Jazz,

Saxophone Vol.2

Swing/Bop/Soul-Jazz

Jazz Ballads In The Midnight Mood

1989, CD, Comp, Mono, Blue Note

Prestige Jazz Sampler

The Sound Of Jazz!

2xCD, Comp, Universal Music Group, Impulse!,

Tendresse / Chansons Et Musiques Pour Vos Tendres Moments

8xLP, Comp, Box, Radiola (5)

Jazz Sax Player / Autumn Leaves

CD, Album, Comp, Mono, F.I.C. Co., LTD.

Buddy Rich Quintet* Featuring The Dave Lambert Singers*

Charlie Parker / Chet Baker

"Live" At The Trade Winds June 16, 1952

Paris Mississippi Blues