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Sonny Criss: Young Sonny (CD: Proper)
One of the disciples of Charlie Parker to emerge during the 1940s, Sonny Criss's early work with Teddy Edwards & Howard McGhee displayed a maturity way beyond his years. Later cuts for the Savoy label and others revealed him as a player of real note, crossing the divide between the bebop and R&B styles of the time. 12 tracks tell the story of the start of this great player's career up to 1952. (Proper Records)
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£6.99
Sonny Criss: The Complete Imperial Sessions (CD: Blue Note Connoisseur, 2 CDs)
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£14.99
Sonny Criss: This Is Criss (CD: Prestige RVG)
In 1966 producer Don Schlitten imported Sonny Criss to New York for a recording session with a rhythm section handpicked for their ability to swing and for their understanding of the bebop methods that drove Criss. Determined to enhance the career of an alto saxophonist he considered an overlooked genius of the modern era, Schlitten thus provided the circumstance for one of Criss's great albums. To many listeners, This Is Criss! was a revelation; it presented a fully matured soloist who had overcome the uneven conception and time problems that many of them remembered from his brilliant but erratic earlier work. Highlights include the grit and emotional directness of his playing on the blues and his inventiveness on the beautiful and harmonically demanding "Skylark." (Fantasy, Inc.)
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£9.99
Sonny Criss: Portrait of Sonny Criss (CD: Prestige- US Import)
Of Bird's children, the alto saxophonists who grew up in Charlie Parker's image, none had more passion than Sonny Criss. From his first major exposure in the late 1940s as a teenager with Howard McGhee and Billy Eckstine, through Jazz At The Philharmonic and the subsequent 25 years of his career, Criss was admired for his drive, his imagination, and the purity of his sound. Circumstances and his difficult nature conspired against Criss achieving the success and fame his abilities warranted. But it is plain in this recording from one of the happiest and most productive periods of his life, the mid-1960s, that his talent was enormous. Among the performances is a gorgeous version of "God Bless the Child." (Fantasy, Inc.)
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£14.99
Sonny Criss: Memorial (CD: Jazz Factory)
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£12.99
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