The Sonny Criss Memorial Album

~ Release by Sonny Criss (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ 12" Vinyl 1
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A1Blue Lou
recorded in:
Portland, Oregon, United States (on 1947-10-17)
alto saxophone:
Sonny Criss (on 1947-10-17)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
John ‘Shifty’ Henry (on 1947-10-17)
drums (drum set):
Tim Kennedy (drums) (on 1947-10-17)
piano:
Charles Fox (film/TV composer, also Latin pianist) (on 1947-10-17)
tenor saxophone:
Wardell Gray (on 1947-10-17)
trumpet:
Al Killian (on 1947-10-17)
instrumental recording of:
Blue Lou (on 1947-10-17)
composer:
Irving Mills and Edgar Sampson
recording of:
Blue Lou (on 1947-10-17)
composer:
Irving Mills and Edgar Sampson
2:47
A2The Creep
recorded in:
Portland, Oregon, United States (on 1947-10-17)
alto saxophone:
Sonny Criss (on 1947-10-17)
double bass [bass]:
John ‘Shifty’ Henry (on 1947-10-17)
drums (drum set):
Tim Kennedy (drums) (on 1947-10-17)
piano:
Charles Fox (film/TV composer, also Latin pianist) (on 1947-10-17)
tenor saxophone:
Wardell Gray (on 1947-10-17)
trumpet:
Al Killian (on 1947-10-17)
recording of:
The Creep (on 1947-10-17)
composer:
Wardell Gray
3:28
A3Out of Nowhere
recorded in:
Portland, Oregon, United States (on 1947-10-17)
alto saxophone:
Sonny Criss (on 1947-10-17)
double bass [bass]:
John ‘Shifty’ Henry (on 1947-10-17)
drums (drum set):
Tim Kennedy (drums) (on 1947-10-17)
piano:
Charles Fox (film/TV composer, also Latin pianist) (on 1947-10-17)
tenor saxophone:
Wardell Gray (on 1947-10-17)
trumpet:
Al Killian (on 1947-10-17)
instrumental recording of:
Out of Nowhere (on 1947-10-17)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
2:45
A4Semi‐Quiet
recorded in:
Portland, Oregon, United States (on 1947-10-17)
alto saxophone:
Sonny Criss (on 1947-10-17)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
John ‘Shifty’ Henry (on 1947-10-17)
drums (drum set):
Tim Kennedy (drums) (on 1947-10-17)
piano:
Charles Fox (film/TV composer, also Latin pianist) (on 1947-10-17)
tenor saxophone:
Wardell Gray (on 1947-10-17)
trumpet:
Al Killian (on 1947-10-17)
recording of:
Semi-Quiet (aka Sonny's Bop) (on 1947-10-17)
composer:
Sonny Criss
3:23
A5Blue ’n’ Boogie
recorded in:
Portland, Oregon, United States (on 1947-10-17)
alto saxophone:
Sonny Criss (on 1947-10-17)
bass:
John ‘Shifty’ Henry (on 1947-10-17)
drums (drum set):
Tim Kennedy (drums) (on 1947-10-17)
piano:
Charles Fox (film/TV composer, also Latin pianist) (on 1947-10-17)
tenor saxophone:
Wardell Gray (on 1947-10-17)
trumpet:
Al Killian (on 1947-10-17)
recording of:
Blue ’n’ Boogie (on 1947-10-17)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
3:30
A6I Can’t Give You Anything but Love
alto saxophone:
Sonny Criss (on 1950-08-27)
bass:
Billy Hadnott (on 1950-08-27)
drums (drum set):
Chuck Thompson (40s jazz drummer) (on 1950-08-27)
piano:
Jimmy Bunn (40s jazz pianist) (on 1950-08-27)
tenor saxophone:
Dexter Gordon (on 1950-08-27) and Wardell Gray (on 1950-08-27)
trumpet:
Clark Terry (American swing trumpeter) (on 1950-08-27)
vocals:
Damita Jo (on 1950-08-27)
recorded at:
Hula Hut Club in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1950-08-27)
recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby (on 1950-08-27)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:14
A7Strike Up the Band
alto saxophone:
Sonny Criss (on 1952-09-04)
bass:
Dave Bryant (bass) (on 1952-09-04)
drums (drum set):
Billy Snyder (drums) (on 1952-09-04)
piano:
Gil Barrios (on 1952-09-04)
recorded at:
Trade Winds Club (Inglewood, California) in Inglewood, California, United States (on 1952-09-04)
instrumental recording of:
Strike Up the Band (1927 Gershwin song) (on 1952-09-04)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1927)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1927)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
part of:
Strike up the Band (1927 Gershwin musical)
5:20
B1Saturday Morning
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1965-06-15)
alto saxophone:
Sonny Criss (on 1965-06-15)
bass:
Clarence Johnson (jazz bassist) (on 1965-06-15)
drums (drum set):
Frank Butler (drummer) (on 1965-06-15)
piano:
Hampton Hawes (on 1965-06-15)
4:38
B2When Sunny Gets Blue
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1965-06-15)
alto saxophone:
Sonny Criss (on 1965-06-15)
bass:
Clarence Johnson (jazz bassist) (on 1965-06-15)
drums (drum set):
Frank Butler (drummer) (on 1965-06-15)
piano:
Hampton Hawes (on 1965-06-15)
instrumental recording of:
When Sunny Gets Blue (on 1965-06-15)
lyricist:
Jack Segal (US songwriter)
composer:
Marvin Fisher
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
2:56
B3The Masquerade Is Over
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1965-06-15)
alto saxophone:
Sonny Criss (on 1965-06-15)
bass:
Clarence Johnson (jazz bassist) (on 1965-06-15)
drums (drum set):
Frank Butler (drummer) (on 1965-06-15)
piano:
Hampton Hawes (on 1965-06-15)
instrumental recording of:
The Masquerade Is Over (on 1965-06-15)
writer:
Herb Magidson and Allie Wrubel
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Magidson Bernhardt Music and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
4:52
B4What’s New
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1965-06-15)
alto saxophone:
Sonny Criss (on 1965-06-15)
bass:
Clarence Johnson (jazz bassist) (on 1965-06-15)
drums (drum set):
Frank Butler (drummer) (on 1965-06-15)
piano:
Hampton Hawes (on 1965-06-15)
instrumental recording of:
What’s New? (on 1965-06-15)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964)
composer:
Bob Haggart
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
5:16
B5Ursula
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1965-06-15)
alto saxophone:
Sonny Criss (on 1965-06-15)
bass:
Clarence Johnson (jazz bassist) (on 1965-06-15)
drums (drum set):
Frank Butler (drummer) (on 1965-06-15)
piano:
Hampton Hawes (on 1965-06-15)
recording of:
Ursula (on 1965-06-15)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
2:44