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Altoist Sonny Criss' final album (he passed away in 1977) is disappointingly commercial. Not only is most of the material (which includes songs by Phil Spector, Stevie Wonder and Billy Preston among others) rather inferior but the electric rhythm section, strings and unnecessary horns inhibit much spontaneity. Criss, who sounds best on "Stolen Moments" (which also includes trumpeter Blue Mitchell) and his own "Midnight Mellow," was still in his musical prime so it is a pity that his career ended with this rather dated outing.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
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Patrice Rushen, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - George Thatcher, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Barney Perkins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Mann, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Weil, ComposerLyricist - Marcia Van Dyke, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Bohanon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES GADSON, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - PHIL SPECTOR, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - LEE RITENOUR, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Domanico, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Denyse Buffum, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie "Bongo" Brown, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Haim Shtrum, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Robinson, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Wade Marcus, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Yerke, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Pamela Goldsmith, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Criss, MainArtist - Ronald Cooper, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Belnick, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - John Neal, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Esmond Edwards, Producer, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Kelley, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Rollice Dale, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Harris Goldman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Mitch Holder, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Veal Jr., Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Wade, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Watts, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Barbara E. Korn, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Robert L. Watt, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Raymond Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - George Thatcher, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Barney Perkins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marcia Van Dyke, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Bohanon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES GADSON, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Edwards, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - LEE RITENOUR, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Denyse Buffum, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Haim Shtrum, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Robinson, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Wade Marcus, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Yerke, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Pamela Goldsmith, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Criss, MainArtist - BILL KING, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ronald Cooper, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Belnick, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - John Neal, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Esmond Edwards, Producer, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Kelley, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Rollice Dale, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Harris Goldman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Mitch Holder, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Veal Jr., Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Wade, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Watts, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Barbara E. Korn, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Robert L. Watt, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Raymond Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - George Thatcher, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Barney Perkins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marcia Van Dyke, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Bohanon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES GADSON, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Edwards, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Preston, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Domanico, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Denyse Buffum, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Haim Shtrum, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Robinson, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Yerke, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Pamela Goldsmith, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Criss, MainArtist - Ronald Cooper, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Belnick, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - John Neal, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Carleton Fisher, ComposerLyricist - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Raymond Kelley, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Rollice Dale, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Harris Goldman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Mitch Holder, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Veal Jr., Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Wade, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Watts, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Barbara E. Korn, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Robert L. Watt, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Patrice Rushen, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - George Thatcher, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Van Dyke, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Bohanon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES GADSON, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - LEE RITENOUR, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Wright, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Domanico, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Denyse Buffum, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie "Bongo" Brown, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Haim Shtrum, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Robinson, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Yerke, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Pamela Goldsmith, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Criss, MainArtist - Ronald Cooper, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Belnick, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Kelley, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Rollice Dale, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Harris Goldman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Mitch Holder, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Veal Jr., Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Wade, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Watts, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Barbara E. Korn, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Robert L. Watt, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Patrice Rushen, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - George Thatcher, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Van Dyke, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Bohanon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES GADSON, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - LEE RITENOUR, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Oliver Nelson, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Domanico, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Denyse Buffum, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie "Bongo" Brown, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Haim Shtrum, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Robinson, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Yerke, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Pamela Goldsmith, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Criss, MainArtist - Ronald Cooper, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Belnick, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Kelley, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Rollice Dale, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Harris Goldman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Mitch Holder, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Veal Jr., Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Wade, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Watts, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Barbara E. Korn, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Robert L. Watt, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Patrice Rushen, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - McKinley Jackson, Clavichord, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Van Dyke, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Bohanon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES GADSON, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - LEE RITENOUR, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - SONNY BURKE, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Denyse Buffum, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie "Bongo" Brown, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Haim Shtrum, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Robinson, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Yerke, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Pamela Goldsmith, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Criss, MainArtist - Calvin Hardaway, ComposerLyricist - Ronald Cooper, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Belnick, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Kelley, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Rollice Dale, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Harris Goldman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Mitch Holder, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Veal Jr., Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Wade, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Watts, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Barbara E. Korn, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Robert L. Watt, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Patrice Rushen, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - George Thatcher, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Barney Perkins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marcia Van Dyke, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Bohanon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES GADSON, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - LEE RITENOUR, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - SONNY BURKE, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Domanico, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Denyse Buffum, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie "Bongo" Brown, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Haim Shtrum, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Robinson, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Yerke, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Pamela Goldsmith, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Sonny Criss, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ronald Cooper, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Belnick, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - John Neal, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Esmond Edwards, Producer, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Kelley, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Rollice Dale, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Harris Goldman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Mitch Holder, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Veal Jr., Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Wade, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Watts, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Barbara E. Korn, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Robert L. Watt, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Viola Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Altoist Sonny Criss' final album (he passed away in 1977) is disappointingly commercial. Not only is most of the material (which includes songs by Phil Spector, Stevie Wonder and Billy Preston among others) rather inferior but the electric rhythm section, strings and unnecessary horns inhibit much spontaneity. Criss, who sounds best on "Stolen Moments" (which also includes trumpeter Blue Mitchell) and his own "Midnight Mellow," was still in his musical prime so it is a pity that his career ended with this rather dated outing.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:02
- Main artists: Sonny Criss
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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