Sonny Criss

First Name:

Sonny

Last Name:

Criss

Alternate Name(s):

William Criss

Skills/Instrument:

alto saxophone

Date of Birth:

October 23, 1927 - November 19, 1977

Birthplace:

Memphis, TN

Ethnicity:

African/African Descent

Region of Origin:

West USA

Activities

sessions

Howard McGhee Spring 1946 - Session

03/01/1946 - 06/01/1946

Billy Eckstine April 21, 1947 - Session

04/21/1947

Howard McGhee April 29, 1947 - Session

04/29/1947

Al Killian Summer 1947 - Session

07/01/1947

Howard McGhee, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray July 6, 1947 - Session

07/06/1947

Al Killian October 8 or 17, 1947 - Session

07/08/1947

Jazz at the Philharmonic February 11, 1949 - Session

02/11/1949

Wardell Gray August 27, 1950 - Session

08/27/1950

Chet Baker March 24, 1952 - Session

03/24/1952

Sonny Criss April 21, 1952 - Session

04/21/1952

Charlie Parker, Sonny Criss June 16, 1952 - Session

06/16/1952

Gerald Wilson February 8, 1954 - Session

02/08/1954

tracks (personnel variances from session for individual track)

Back Breaker - Part 2: Wardell Gray - Track

Back Breaker - Part 3: Barney Kessel - Track

Back Breaker - Part 4: Sonny Criss - Track

Back Breaker - Part 5: Wardell Gray - Track

Back Breaker - Part 6: Russ Freeman - Track

Backbreaker - Part 1: Wardell Gray - Track

Blue Lou - Track

Body And Soul (Incomplete) - Track

One O'Clock Jump - Track

Issue Leader

Black California: The Savoy Sessions - issue-leader

Lyrics and/or Music

Sonny's Bop - Song