Sonny Criss The Joy Of Sax
1977 Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing
Jazz-Funk

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ABC Impulse!
alto saxophone Sonny Criss
arranged by Wade Marcus
art direction Frank Mulvey
tracks a1, b1 bass Chuck Domanico
tracks b2 bass Henry Davis
tracks a2-a4, b3 bass Scott Edwards
bass trombone George Thatcher
cello Ray Kelley
cello Ronald Cooper
tracks b2 clavinet, arranged by McKinley Jackson
concertmaster, violin Charles Veal Jr.
drums James Gadson
tracks a1, b1 electric piano Patrice Rushen
engineer John Neal
engineer, mixed by Barney Perkins
french horn Alan Robinson
french horn Barbara Korn
french horn Robert Watt
tracks a, b1, b3 guitar Lee Ritenour
tracks a1-a3, b2 guitar Mitch Holder
mastered by John Golden
tracks a1, a2, a4, b3 percussion Esmond Edwards
tracks a1, b1 percussion, congas Eddie "Bongo" Brown
photography by Penny Wolin
tracks b2 piano Sonny Burke
tracks a2-a4, b3 piano, electric piano Bill King
tenor saxophone Ernie Watts
trombone Garnett Brown
trombone George Bohanon
trombone Ray Jackson
tracks b1 trumpet Blue Mitchell
trumpet Oscar Brashear
viola Denyse Buffum
viola Pamela Goldsmith
viola Rollice Dale
violin Arnold Belnick
violin Dorothy Wade
violin Haim Shtrum
violin Harris Goldman
violin Kenneth Yerke
violin Marcia Van Dyke
tracks b2 vocals Viola Jackson
Phonographic Copyright (p) ABC Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) ABC Records, Inc.
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Recorded At Studio Masters
Recorded At ABC Recording Studios
Recorded At The Burbank Studios
Mixed At The Burbank Studios
Mastered At Kendun Recorders
Lacquer Cut At Kendun Recorders
Pressed By Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Runouts are etched except for KENDUN.
Pressing Plant ID: S
Pressing Plant ID: SM
Matrix / Runout: AS-9326-A (Side A label)
Matrix / Runout: AS-9326-B (Side B label)
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout: IS AS-9326-A RE-1 ①SM KENDUN A A2 (Side A runout, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: SI AS-9326-B RE-1 ②SM KENDUN B A1 (Side B runout, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: 1S AS-9326-A RE-1 ②SM KENDUN B A— (Side A runout, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: 1S AS-9326-B RE-1 ①SM KENDUN A A2 (Side B runout, variant 2)



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