07/10/2025

Sonny Criss "The Joy Of Sax" (1977) -Soul Jazz-



Label : ABC Impulse


États-Unis Side A

01 - You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (Phil Spector, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil)
02 - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing (Stevie Wonder)
03 - You Are So Beautiful (Billy Preston & Bruce Fisher)
04 - Turn Me Loose (Phil Wright)

Side B

01 - Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson)
02 - Have A Talk With God (Stevie Wonder & Calvin Hardaway)
03 - Midnight Mellow (Sonny Criss)


String Section
Charles Veal Jr. : Concert Master / Violin
Dorothy Wade, Harris Goldman, Kenneth Yerke, Haim Shtrum, Arnold Belnick, Marcia Van Dyke : Violins
Rollice Dale, Pamela Goldsmith, Dennyse Buffum : Violas
Ronald Cooper, Raymond J. Kelley : Cellos
Horn Section :
Oscar Brashear : Trumpet
Ernie Watts : Tenor Saxophone
George Bohannon, Garnett Brown, Raymond Jackson : Trombones
George Bryan Thatcher : Bass Trombone
Robert L. Watt, Alan Robinson, Barabara E. Korn : French Horns

Recorded at Studio Masters & ABC Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California & The Burbank Studios, Burbank, California
Recording Engineers : Barney Perkins & John Neal
Mixed at  The Burbank Studios
Mixing Engineer : Barney Perkins
Mastered at Kendun Recorders
Mastering Engineer : John Golden
Produced by Esmond Edwards
Arranged by Wade Marcus


Side A

01 - You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling

Sonny Criss : Alto Saxophone
Patrice Rushen : Electric Piano
Lee Ritenour, Mitch Holder : Guitars
Chuck Domanico : Bass
James Gadson : Drums
Eddie 'Bongo' Brown, Esmond Edwards : Percussion
Plus Strings

02 - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing

Sonny Criss : Alto Saxophone
Bill King : Electric Piano
Lee Ritenour, Mitch Holder : Guitars
Scott Edwards : Bass
James Gadson : Drums
Esmond Edwards : Percussion
Plus Horns

03 - You Are So Beautiful

Sonny Criss : Alto Saxophone
Bill King : Piano
Lee Ritenour, Mitch Holder : Guitars
Scott Edwards : Bass
James Gadson : Drums
Plus Strings

04 - Turn Me Loose

Sonny Criss : Alto Saxophone
Bill King : Electric Piano
Lee Ritenour : Guitar
Scott Edwards : Bass
James Gadson : Drums
Esmond Edwards : Percussion
Plus Horns

Side B

01 - Stolen Moments

Sonny Criss : Alto Saxophone
Richard 'Blue' Mitchell : Trumpet
Patrice Rushen : Electric Piano
Lee Ritenour : Guitar
Chuck Domanico : Acoustic Bass
James Gadson : Drums
Eddie 'Bongo' Brown : Conga Drums
Plus Strings

02 - Have A Talk With God

Sonny Criss : Alto Saxophone
Viola Jackson : Vocal
Sonny Burke : Piano
Mitch Holder : Guitars
Henry E. Davis : Bass
James Gadson : Drums
Eddie 'Bongo' Brown : Conga Drums
Esmond Edwards : Percussion
McKinley T. Jackson : Rhythm Arrangement & Clavinet
Plus Horns

03 - Midnight Mellow

Sonny Criss : Alto Saxophone
Bill King : Piano
Lee Ritenour : Guitar
Scott Edwards : Bass
James Gadson : Drums
Esmond Edwards : Percussion
Plus Strings