Crisscraft

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Crisscraft
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Studio album by
Sonny Criss
Released1975
RecordedFebruary 24, 1975, Wally Heider Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre Jazz
Length32:45
Label Muse
MR 5068
Producer Bob Porter
Sonny Criss chronology
I'll Catch the Sun!
(1969)		Crisscraft
(1975)		 Saturday Morning
(1975)

Crisscraft is a 1975 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Criss, originally released on the Muse label, and later reissued on 32 Jazz. [1] [2]

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Reception

Professional ratings
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AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars with its review by Scott Yanow calling it "one of the very best Sonny Criss albums... Criss, who had not recorded as a leader in six years, was really ready for this session, making this his definitive set to get". [3]

Track listing

  1. "The Isle of Celia" (Horace Tapscott) – 10:28
  2. "Blues in My Heart" (Benny Carter, Irving Mills) – 5:59
  3. "This is for Benny" (Tapscott) – 4:53
  4. "All Night Long" (Curtis Lewis) – 3:59
  5. "Crisscraft" (Sonny Criss) – 7:08

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Muse Records discography accessed April 11, 2014
  2. ↑ Sonny Criss discography accessed April 15, 2014
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. AllMusic Review, accessed April 15, 2014
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 320. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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