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

Crisscraft
Studio album by
Sonny Criss
Released1975
RecordedFebruary 24, 1975, Wally Heider Studios, Hollywood, California
GenreJazz
Length32:45
LabelMuse
MR 5068
ProducerBob Porter
Sonny Criss chronology
I'll Catch the Sun!
(1969)
Crisscraft
(1975)
Saturday Morning
(1975)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings     [4]

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 edit

  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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Muse Records discography accessed April 11, 2014
  2. ^ Sonny Criss discography accessed April 15, 2014
  3. ^ a b 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.