Artist: Sonny Criss
Album: Sonny Criss Plays Cole Porter
Genre: Hard Bop
Label: Imperial Records/Toshiba-EMI
Released: 1956/2006
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- I Love You (4:13)
- Anything Goes (3:13)
- Easy To Love (3:17)
- It's Alright With Me (3:13)
- In The Still Of The Night (4:20)
- Love For Sale (2:46)
- Night And Day (4:44)
- Just One Of Those Things (2:50)
- What Is This Thing Called Love (5:45)
- I Get A Kick Out Of You (2:47)
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- Personnel:
- Sonny Criss - as
- Larry Bunker - vib
- Sonny Clark (1, 2, 6-10), Jimmy Bunn (3-5) - p
- Buddy Woodsun (1, 2, 6-10), Teddy Smith (3-5) - b
- Lawrence Marable - d
Sonny Criss plays Cole Porter – and the results are way greater than the sum of the parts – even though those parts are already pretty darn great! Criss' alto sax has a superb tone at this time – razor-sharp, and nicely crisp – yet still filled with warmth that sets it apart from some of his more modern contemporaries – a beautiful balance that really illuminates these tunes, and has you thinking of them as fresh Criss compositions, not older Porter standards. The instrumentation is quite fresh, too – thanks to the addition of Larry Bunker on vibes, which is a really nice surprise – and piano by Sonny Clark and Jimmy Bunn. The great Lawrence Marable plays drums – and titles include "I Love You", "Easy To Love", "Night & Day", and "Love For Sale".