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((short description|American jazz musician))
((More citations needed|date=August 2021))
((Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name = Sonny Criss
| image = Sonny Criss.jpg
| caption =Sonny Criss
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name = William Criss
| alias = 
| birth_date = 23 October 1927
| birth_place =Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
| death_date =((death date and age|1977|11|19|1927|10|23|df=y))
| death_place =Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| origin =
| instrument = [[Alto saxophone]], [[soprano saxophone]]
| genre = [[Jazz]], [[bebop]]
| occupation = Musician, composer
| years_active =
| label = 
| associated_acts =
| website =
))

'''William''' "'''Sonny'''" '''Criss''' (23 October 1927 &ndash; 19 November 1977) was an American [[jazz]] musician.<ref name=ALLMUSIC>((cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sonny-criss-mn0000755431/biography|title=Sonny Criss - Biography & History - AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=21 November 2018))</ref>

An [[Alto saxophone|alto saxophonist]] of prominence during the [[bebop]] era of jazz, he was one of many players influenced by [[Charlie Parker]].

==Biography==
William Criss was born in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], United States,<ref name="LarkinJazz">((cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|page=108))</ref> and moved to [[Los Angeles]] at the age of 15. He then went on to play in various bands including [[Howard McGhee]]'s, which also featured [[Charlie Parker]].<ref name="ALLMUSIC" />

Criss had developed his own, concise, bluesy tone by this point, and though his basic style did not vary much, his ability on the instrument continued to develop. Nevertheless, he continued to drift from band to band, and played on some records with [[Johnny Otis]] and [[Billy Eckstine]].<ref name="ALLMUSIC" />

His first major break came in 1947, on a number of jam sessions arranged by jazz impresario [[Norman Granz]]. In 1956 he signed to [[Imperial Records]], based in New York, and recorded a series albums including ''Jazz U.S.A '', ''Go Man!'' and ''Sonny Criss Plays Cole Porter'' featuring pianist [[Sonny Clark]]. [[Capitol Records|Capitol]], which owned the [[master recording]]s, reissued them as a double-CD set on their [[Blue Note]] imprint in 2000. Criss also recorded ''At the Crossroads'' with pianist [[Wynton Kelly]].

[[Prestige Records|Prestige]] signed Criss in 1965, and he continued to record well-acclaimed albums which were mainly rooted in [[hard bop]] traditions.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> ''Sonny's Dream'' featured arrangements by [[Horace Tapscott]].<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> Later sessions were recorded for [[Muse Records|Muse]] and [[Impulse! Records|Impulse]].

By 1977, Criss had developed stomach cancer and did not play again. As a consequence of this painful condition, Criss committed suicide (self-inflicted gunshot) in 1977,<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> in his adopted city of Los Angeles.<ref name="ALLMUSIC" /> He never married, but had one son, Steven Criss.

==Discography==
===As leader===
* ''California Boppin' '' ([[Fresh Sound]], 1947)
* ''Intermission Riff'' ([[Pablo Records|Pablo]], 1951 [1988])
* ''Jazz USA'' ([[Imperial Records|Imperial]], 1956)
* ''Go Man!'' (Imperial, 1956)
* ''Sonny Criss Plays Cole Porter'' (Imperial, 1956)
* ''Sonny Criss at the Crossroads'' ([[Peacock Records|Peacock]], 1959) on CD as Featuring [[Wynton Kelly]]
* ''Criss Cross'' (Imperial, 1963) compilation
* ''Mr. Blues Pour Flirter'' (Brunswick [France] Records, 1963)
* ''[[This Is Criss!]]'' ([[Prestige Records|Prestige]], 1966)
* ''[[Portrait of Sonny Criss]]'' (Prestige, 1967)
* ''[[Up, Up and Away (Sonny Criss album)|Up, Up And Away]]'' ([[Prestige Records|Prestige]], 1967)
* ''[[The Beat Goes On! (Sonny Criss album)|The Beat Goes On!]]'' ([[Prestige Records|Prestige]], 1968)
* ''[[Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool)]]'' ([[Prestige Records|Prestige]], 1968)
* ''[[Rockin' in Rhythm (Sonny Criss album)|Rockin' in Rhythm]]'' ([[Prestige Records|Prestige]], 1968)
* ''[[I'll Catch the Sun!]]'' ([[Prestige Records|Prestige]], 1969)
* ''The Best Of Sonny Criss: Hits of the '60's'' ([[Prestige Records|Prestige]], 1970) compilation 
* ''Live in Italy'' (Fresh Sound, 1974)
* ''[[Saturday Morning (album)|Saturday Morning]]'' ([[Xanadu Records|Xanadu]], 1975)
* ''[[Crisscraft]]'' ([[Muse Records|Muse]], 1975)
*''[[Out of Nowhere (Sonny Criss album)|Out of Nowhere]]'' (Muse, 1976)
* ''[[Warm & Sonny]]'' ([[Impulse! Records|Impulse!]], 1976)
* ''[[The Joy of Sax]]'' (Impulse!, 1977)
* ''The Sonny Criss Memorial Album'' (Xanadu, 1984)

===As sideman===
'''With [[Dexter Gordon]]'''
*''[[The Hunt (Dexter Gordon album)|The Hunt]]'' ([[Savoy Records|Savoy]], 1947) also on Jazz Concert West Coast vols 1-3 (Savoy)
'''With [[Wardell Gray]] All Stars'''
* ''Wardell Gray Memorial, Vol. 2'' (Prestige, 1950)
'''With [[Charlie Parker]] and [[Chet Baker]]'''
* ''[[Inglewood Jam]]'' (Fresh Sound, 1952)
'''With [[Buddy Rich]]'''
*''[[The Wailing Buddy Rich]]'' ([[Norgran Records|Norgran]], 1955)
* ''[[The Swinging Buddy Rich]]'' (Norgran, 1955)
* ''The Cinch'' - quintet Live at Birdland - (1958)
'''With [[Lou Rawls]] and Onzy Matthews Big Band'''
* ''Tobacco Road'' (Capitol, 1963)
'''With Onzy Matthews'''
* ''Sounds For The '60's'' (Capitol, 1966)
'''With [[Esther Phillips]] and Onzy Matthews Orchestra'''
* ''Confessin' The Blues'' (Atlantic, 1966)
'''With [[Hampton Hawes]] All Stars'''
* ''Live At Memory Lane'' (Fresh Sound, 1970)

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.members.tripod.com/~hardbop/criss.html Sonny Criss at the Hard Bop Home Page]
*[http://www.jazzdisco.org/sonny-criss/discography/ Sonny Criss discography at Jazz Discography Project]

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