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

Label : ABC Impulse

 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

Sonny Criss "Warm Sonny" (1976) -Soul Jazz-

Label : ABC Impulse Records

 

 Side A

01 - Cool Struttin' (Ray Bryant)

02 - The Way We Were (Alan & Marylin Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch)

03 - That's The Way Of The World (Maurice White & Charles Stepney)

04 - Bumpin' (Wes Montgomery)

Side B

01 - Sweet Summer Breeze (Phillip Wright)

02 - Memories (Jeffrey Bowen, Donald Baldwin & Kathy Wakefield)

03 - Blues For Willie (Sonny Criss)

Personnel :

"Cool Struttin'", "Memories"*, "Sweet Summer Breeze"*

Alto Saxophone : Sonny Criss

Keyboards : Clarence McDonald

Guitars : Lee Ritenour plus Melvin 'Wah Wah' Ragin (*)

Bass : Scott Edwards

Drums : James Gadson

Percussion : Eddie 'Bongo' Brown

"The Way We Were", "Bumpin'", "That's The Way Of The World"*, "Blues For Willie"*

Alto Saxophone : Sonny Criss

Keyboards : Sonny Burke

Guitars : Dennis Budimir plus Melvin 'Wah Wah' Ragin (*)

Bass : Chuck Domanico

Drums : James Gadson

Percussion : Eddie 'Bongo' Brown

Strings & Horn Sections :

Concert Master : Charles Veal

Violins : Marcia Van Dyke, Janice Gower, Kenneth Yerke, Harris Goldman, Carl LaMagna, William Henderson, Karen Jones, Winterton Garvey

Violas : Pamela Goldsmith, Paul Polivnick, Rollice Dale, David Campbell

Cellos : Dennis Karmazyn, David Speltz, Ronald Cooper

Harp : Dorothy Ashby

Acoustic Bass : Susan Ranney or Richard Feves

Trumpet & Flugelhorn : Paul Hubinon, Chuck Findley, Bud Brisbois

Trombone : George Bohannon

Bass Trombone : Lew McCreary

French Horn : Vincent DeRosa

Tenor Saxophone & Flute : Buddy Collette

Bass Saxophone & Flute : Bill Green

Produced by Esmond Edwards

Arranged by Wade Marcus

Recording & Remix Engineer : Barney Perkins

Mastering Engineer : Lois Walker

Recorded & Mixed at ABC Recording Studios, Inc., Los Angeles, CA