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I was browsing the Newbury comics site looking for some of the cheap Fantasy titles they have (a random selection of titles uncorrelated with the recent oldies blowout). The ones below caught my eye. Are there any in this batch I should avoid?

Thanks,

Bertrand.

Sonny Criss: The Beat Goes On

Sonny Criss: Up, Up And Away

Shirley Scott: Blue Seven

Jimmy Forrest: Most Much

Gene Ammons: Late Hour Special

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Yes, I have all but the Scott... the Ammons is fine! Those Forrest OJCs are all fine! The Criss ones aren't the ones I'd get first, but if you have the others, go get those as well!

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Yes, I have all but the Scott... the Ammons is fine! Those Forrest OJCs are all fine! The Criss ones aren't the ones I'd get first, but if you have the others, go get those as well!

The only Criss I have so far are This Is Criss which is very good and Sonny 's Dream which is a masterpiece. What are the ones you would get next? I'll still get the two listed above since they are cheap. How is his Jazz In Paris date?

Bertrand.

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uk proper records cd, early sonny- or is it early criss, or early sonny criss, or whatever the hell. you need this cd STAT. you get the complete sonny w/ bird n chet in inglewood session, plus other early classics including cuts w/ Hampton Hawes. YOU NEED THIS CD.

you also need to hear sonnys major label late period studio work. there an album u can probably google "warm & sonny" which kind of has a cult following- its a full turn from the bebop sonny of his youth but its beyond beautiful, and has lee ritenour on it

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Yes, I have all but the Scott... the Ammons is fine! Those Forrest OJCs are all fine! The Criss ones aren't the ones I'd get first, but if you have the others, go get those as well!

The only Criss I have so far are This Is Criss which is very good and Sonny 's Dream which is a masterpiece. What are the ones you would get next? I'll still get the two listed above since they are cheap. How is his Jazz In Paris date?

Bertrand.

Well, definitely these two, plus Portrait of Sonny Criss - not sure what next, most of his albums are mighty fine! Don't forget the Prevue, and the three early albums for Imperial (collected on a 2CD Connoisseur set)! The Jazz in Paris is not one of the best, I'd say, but still worth getting if you see it cheap.

I guess Criss is someone I'd want to have as much of as I can find... there are two Muse albums that were reissued on 32Jazz, those are in the same category as the Jazz in Paris disc, I think.

The Proper chewy mentions is this here, I guess:

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http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fnfqxqualdfe

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Yes, I have all but the Scott... the Ammons is fine! Those Forrest OJCs are all fine! The Criss ones aren't the ones I'd get first, but if you have the others, go get those as well!

The only Criss I have so far are This Is Criss which is very good and Sonny 's Dream which is a masterpiece. What are the ones you would get next? I'll still get the two listed above since they are cheap. How is his Jazz In Paris date?

Bertrand.

Yes - an excellent reason to buy one rather than another at any particular time.

Sonny Criss is one of those guys you get very addicted to. But his records are likely to be easy to get for some time - even "Warm & Sonny" which Chewy and I LURVE - but many don't like at all. Just make up your mind to get everything, and you don't have to make difficult choices :)

Oh, and you'll get a lot of very nice music, too.

MG

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Bertrand, this double CD (on the Blue Note label by now!) has some of the best Criss ever :)

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The Complete Imperial Sessions. Accompanying players include Kenny Drew, Sonny Clark, Berney Kessel, Lawrence Marable among others.

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get anything by Sonny Criss - and that's an order -

I've been following that wise order for many years now. I came to regret it a bit yesterday, however. I bought a new Criss CD entitiled "Blues in My Heart, which looked like some 70s small group Criss that I had never heard before. It turned out to be a disguised reissue of Crisscraft and Out of Nowhere. :angry:

On the other hand, for those who don't yet have those two sparkling albums, it is a very nice boot.

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Another recommendation for "Portrait Of Sonny Criss" here. I agree with MG that it's easy to get addicted to Criss - I got hooked very quickly once I first heard him.

I really despise the over-use of the word/concept "passion" (you hear it everywhere, usually as a substitute for talent/competence or just for the lack of anything else to say), but Sonny Criss always sounds SERIOUSLY impassioned to me.

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