1949-1970 Sonny Criss Hampton Hawes Sessions

Sonny Criss (soprano & alto saxophones); Joe Turner (vocals); Teddy Edwards (tenor saxophone); Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet); Hampton Hawes (piano); Iggy Shevack, Buddy Woodson, Clarence Johnson, Leroy Vinnegar (bass); Chuck Thompson, Frank Butler, Bobby Thompson (drums).

Recorded in Los Angeles, California between 1949 and 1970

01 Calidad (Sonny Criss)
02 Tornado (Sonny Criss)
03 The First One (Sonny Criss)
04 Blues For Boppers (Sonny Criss)
05 Easy Living (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin)
06 Willow Weep For Me (Ann Ronell)
07 Wailin' For Joe (Sonny Criss)
08 Saturday Morning (Sonny Criss)
09 When Sunny Gets Blue (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal)
10 I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over (Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel)
11 What's New? (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart)   
12 Ursula (Sonny Criss)
13 Memory Lane Blues (unknown)
14 Blues For J.L. (unknown)
15 Feelin' Happy (unknown)
16 Shake, Rattle And Roll (unknown)
17 Teddy's Blues (unknown)

1956 Go Man! It's Sonny Criss and Modern Jazz

Sonny Criss (alto sax) Sonny Clark (piano) Leroy Vinnegar (bass) Lawrence Marable (drums)

Recorded in Los Angeles, CA, July 10, 1956

01 Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
02 Memories Of You (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf)
03 Wailin' For Joe (Sonny Criss)
04 How Deep Is The Ocean? (Irving Berlin)
05 The Blues for Rose (Sonny Criss)
06 The Man I Love (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
07 Until The Real Thing Comes Along (Sammy Kahn, Saul Chaplain, L.E.Freeman, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols)
08 Blue Prelude (Joe Bishop, Gordon Jenkins)
09 After You've Gone (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton)
10 Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
11 How High The Moon (Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton)
12 If I Had You (Ted Shapiro, James Campbell, Reginald Connelly)

1956 Sonny Criss Plays Cole Porter

Sonny Criss (alto sax); Larry Bunker (vib); Sonny Clark (piano); Buddy Clark (bass); Lawrence Marable (drums).
 
Recorded in Hollywood, August 26, 1956 (2,6-10), October 3, 1956 (1,3-5)

01 I Love You (Cole Porter)
02 Anything Goes (Cole Porter)
03 Easy To Love (Cole Porter)
04 It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter)
05 In The Still Of The Night (Cole Porter)
06 Love for Sale (Cole Porter)
07 Night And Day (Cole Porter)
08 Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter)
09 What Is This Thing Called Love? (Cole Porter)
10 I Get a Kick Out of You (Cole Porter)

1956 Sonny Criss The Complete Imperial Sessions

The Complete Imperial Sessions Contains Tracks Recorded In 1956 That Resulted In The Albums Jazz Usa, Go Man! And Plays Cole Porter.

Sonny Criss (alto saxophone); Larry Bunker (vibraphone); Sonny Clark, Kenny Drew (piano); Barney Kessell (guitar); Leroy Vinnegar, Bill Woodson, Buddy Clark (bass); Chuck Thompson, Lawrence Marable (drums).

Recorded in Los Angeles, California between January 26 and October 3, 1956

Disc 1
01 Willow Weep For Me (Ann Ronell) 
02 These Foolish Things (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey)
03 Blue Friday (Sonny Criss)
04 Sunday (Chester Conn, Nick Drake, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)
05 More Than You Know (Vincent Youmans, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu)
06 Easy Living (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin)
07 Alabamy Bound (De Sylva, Braun, Henderson, Green)
08 Something's Gotta Give (Johnny Mercer)
09 West Coast Blues (Wes Montgomery)
10 Criss Cross (Thelonious Monk)
11 Ham's Blues (Sonny Criss)
12 Sweet Georgia Brown (Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey)
13 Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
14 Memories Of You (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf)
15 Wailing with Joe (Wailin' With Joe) (Sonny Criss)
16 How Deep Is The Ocean? (Irving Berlin)
17 The Blues for Rose (Sonny Criss)
18 The Man I Love (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)

Disc 2
01 Until The Real Thing Comes Along (Sammy Kahn, Saul Chaplain, L.E.Freeman, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols)
02 Blue Prelude (Joe Bishop, Gordon Jenkins)
03 After You've Gone (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton)
04 Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
05 How High The Moon (Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton)
06 If I Had You (Ted Shapiro, James Campbell, Reginald Connelly)
07 I Love You (Cole Porter)
08 Anything Goes (Cole Porter)
09 Easy To Love (Cole Porter)
10 It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter)
11 In The Still Of The Night (Cole Porter)
12 Love For Sale (Cole Porter)
13 Night And Day (Cole Porter)
14 Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter)
15 What Is This Thing Called Love? (Cole Porter)
16 I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) 
   

1959 Sonny Criss Quartet featuring Wynton Kelly

Sonny Criss (alto saxophone); Wynton Kelly (piano); Ole Hansen (trombone); Bob Cranshaw (bass); Walter Perkins (drums).

Recorded in Chicago, Illinois in January 1959.

01 Sweet Lorraine (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish)
02 You don't know what love is (Gene DePaul, Don Raye)
03 Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg)
04 Butts delight (Sonny Criss)
05 I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
06 Sylvia (Sonny Criss)
07 Indiana (Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley)

1962-1963 Sonny Criss Mr.Blues Pour Flirter

Sonny Criss (alto sax); Georges Arvanitas (piano, organ); Rene Thomas (guitar); Pierre Michelot (bass); Ph    ilippe Combelle (drums); Henri Renaud (piano); Michel Gaudry (bass)

Recorded 1963 in Paris on April 22 (05,06,07), April 23 (01,03,04) and April 25 (02,08,09).

01 Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell)
02 This Can't Be Love (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
03 Early And Later Part 1 (Sonny Criss)
04 Early And Later Part 2 (Sonny Criss)
05 Once in a While (Michael Edwards, Bud Green)
06 St. Louis Blues (William Christopher Handy)
07 Day Dream (Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, John La Touche)
08 On Green Dolphin Street (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) 
09 God Bless The Child (Arthur Herzog, Billie Holiday)
10 Mr. Blues Pour Flirter No 2 (Sonny Criss)
11 Mighty Law (Milt Buckner)
12 Don't Blame Me (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh)
13 Black Coffee (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster)
14 We'll Be Together Again (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine)

1966 Sonny Criss This Is Criss!

Sonny Criss (alto sax); Walter Davis, Jr. (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Alan Dawson (drums).

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on October 21, 1966

01 Black Coffee (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster)
02 The Days Of Wine And Roses (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer)
03 When Sunny Gets Blue (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal)
04 Greasy (Walter Davis, Jr.)
05 Sunrise, Sunset (Oscar Pettiford)
06 Steve's Blues (Sonny Criss)
07 Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer)
08 Love For Sale (Cole Porter)

1967 Portrait of Sonny Criss

Sonny Criss (alto saxophone); Walter Davis Jr. (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Alan Dawson (drums)
 
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 23, 1967

01 A Million or More Times (Walter Davis Jr.)
02 Wee (Aka Allen's Alley) (Denzil Best)
03 God Bless the Child (Arthur Herzog, Billie Holiday)
04 On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner)   
05 Blues in the Closet (aka "Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas and Black Eyed Peas")(Oscar Pettiford)
06 Smile (Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons)

1967 Sonny Criss Up, Up and Away

Sonny Criss (alto saxophone); Cedar Walton (piano); Tal Farlow (guitar); Bob Cranshaw (bass); Lenny McBrowne (drums).

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on August 18, 1967

01 Up, Up and Away (Jimmy Webb)
02 Willow Weep For Me (Ann Ronell)
03 This Is For Benny (Horace Tapscott)
04 Sunny (Bobby Hebb)
05 Scrapple From The Apple (Charlie Parker)
06 Paris Blues (Sonny Criss) 

1968 Sonny Criss The Beat Goes On!

Sonny Criss (alto sax); Cedar Walton (piano); Bob Cranshaw (bass); Alan Dawson (drums)

Recorded January 12, 1968

01 The Beat Goes On (Sonny Bono)
02 Georgia Rose (Jimmy Flynn, Harry Rosenthal, Alex Sullivan)
03 Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme) (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster)
04 Calidad (Sonny Criss)
05 Yesterdays (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
06 Ode To Billie Joe (Bobby Gentry)