Sonny Criss Discography

1946 (age 19)

V.A. - Modern Trumpet Leaders (IAJRC 25)
Ernie Lewis - Vernon Alley's Blues b/w Hit That Jive Jack (Pacific 610)

1947 (age 20)

Sonny Criss/Howard McGhee/Dodo Marmarosa - California Boppin' (Jazz Showcase LP 5005)
Billy Eckstine - I Surrender, Dear (EmArcy MG 36010)
Billy Eckstine - The Love Songs Of Mr. "B" (EmArcy MG 36030)
Billy Eckstine - Blues For Sale (EmArcy MG 36029)
Billy Eckstine - You Call It Madness (Regent MG 6058)
The Modern Jazz Stars - Jazz Surprise (Crown CLP 5008)
Billy Eckstine Sings (Savoy SJL 1127)
Stan Getz - Groovin' High (Modern LMP 1202)
Dexter Gordon/Wardell Gray - Jazz Concert - West Coast (Savoy MG 12012)
V.A. - Black California (Savoy SJL 2215)
Wardell Gray/Dexter Gordon - The Hunt (Savoy SJL 2222)
V.A. - Jazz Concert West Coast (Regent MG 6049)
Dexter Gordon - Long Tall Dexter (Savoy SJL 2211)
The Sonny Criss Memorial Album (Xanadu 200)

1949

Flip Phillips - Flip (Clef MGC 693)
V.A. - The Jazz Scene (Verve 314 521 661-2)
Jazz At The Philharmonic - J.A.T.P. At Carnegie Hall 1949 (Pablo PACD 5311-2)
V.A. - An Evening Of Jazz (Norgran MGN 1065)

1950

Wardell Gray Memorial, Vol. 2 (Prestige PRLP 7009)

1951

Sonny Criss - Intermission Riff (Pablo 2310-929)

1952 (age 25)

V.A. - The West Coast Jam Sessions (Jam Session No. 103)
Billy Hadnott And His Orchestra (Federal 12084)
Billy Hadnott And His Orchestra (Federal 12096)
Charlie Parker/Sonny Criss/Chet Baker - Inglewood Jam 6-16-'52 (Jazz Chronicles JCS 102)
Al Haig Live In Hollywood (Xanadu 206)

1955

The Swingin' Buddy Rich (Norgran MGN 1052)
The Wailing Buddy Rich (Norgran MGN 1078)

1956

Sonny Criss - Jazz U.S.A. (Imperial LP 9006)
Sonny Criss - Go Man! (Imperial LP 9020)
Sonny Criss Plays Cole Porter (Imperial LP 9024)

1957 (age 30)

Sonny Criss/Calvin Jackson - Sessions, Live (Calliope CAL 3024)
Roy Porter Quintet (Debonair 1821, 1822)

1958

Buddy Rich - The Cinch (Spotlite (E) SPJ 149)

1959

Sonny Criss At The Crossroads (Peacock PLP 91)

1962 (age 35)

Sonny Criss Quartet (Polydor (F) 27 004)

1963

Sonny Criss - Mr. Blues Pour Flirter (Brunswick (F) 87 519)
Sonny Criss Quintet (Polydor (F) 27 049)
Onzy Matthews - Tobacco Road (Capitol T 2042)

1964

Onzy Matthews - Sounds For The '60s (Capitol T 2479)

1966

Esther Phillips - Confessin' The Blues (Atlantic SD 1680)
Sonny Criss - This Is Criss! (Prestige PR 7511)
Sonny Criss - This Is Criss! (Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 430-2)

1967 (age 40)

Portrait Of Sonny Criss (Prestige PR 7526)
Sonny Criss - Up, Up And Away (Prestige PR 7530)

1968

Sonny Criss - The Beat Goes On! (Prestige PR 7558)
Sonny Criss - Sonny's Dream (Birth Of The New Cool) (Prestige PR 7576)
Sonny Criss - Sonny's Dream (Birth Of The New Cool) (Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 707-2)
Sonny Criss - Rockin' In Rhythm (Prestige PR 7610)
Sonny Criss - Rockin' In Rhythm (Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 1022-2)

1969

Sonny Criss - I'll Catch The Sun! (Prestige PR 7628)

1970

Hampton Hawes - Memory Lane Live (Jass JAS 4005)

1971

Sonny Criss - Proceedings Of The Blue Angel Jazz Club: The Complete 1971 Pasadena Jazz Party (BAJC 510 511)

1974 (age 47)

Sonny Criss With Georges Arvanitas Trio Live In Italy (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSR 401)
Sonny Criss With Georges Arvanitas Trio Live In Italy (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSRCD 67)

1975

Sonny Criss - Crisscraft (Muse MR 5068)
Sonny Criss - Crisscraft (Muse MCD 6015)
Sonny Criss - Saturday Morning (Xanadu 105)
Sonny Criss - Out Of Nowhere (Muse MR 5089)
Sonny Criss - Warm And Sonny (Impulse ASD 9312)

1977 (aged 50)

Sonny Criss - The Joy Of Sax (Impulse AS 9326)

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