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The Complete Imperial Sessions

Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Bill Woodson (bass), Chuck Thompson (drums), Kenny Drew (piano), Barney Kessel (guitar), Sonny Criss (piano), Sonny Clark (piano), Lawrence Marable (drums), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Buddy Clark (bass), Larry Bunker (vibraphone)

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Contents

Ronell: Willow Weep for Me

Work length3:51
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Kenny Drew (piano), Bill Woodson (bass (vocal)), Chuck Thompson (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, California

Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey: These Foolish Things

Work length6:02
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Kenny Drew (piano), Bill Woodson (bass (vocal)), Chuck Thompson (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956

Sonny Criss: Blue Friday

Work length2:45
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Kenny Drew (piano), Bill Woodson (bass (vocal)), Chuck Thompson (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956

Chester Conn, Jule Styne, Ned Miller, Bennie Krueger: Sunday

Work length3:54
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Kenny Drew (piano), Bill Woodson (bass (vocal)), Chuck Thompson (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956

Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, Vincent Youmans: More Than You Know

Work length3:10
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Kenny Drew (piano), Bill Woodson (bass (vocal)), Chuck Thompson (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956

Rainger: Easy Living

Work length2:25
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Kenny Drew (piano), Bill Woodson (bass (vocal)), Chuck Thompson (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956

Buddy DeSylva, Adolph Green, Ray Henderson: Alabamy Bound

Work length3:13
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Kenny Drew (piano), Bill Woodson (bass (vocal)), Chuck Thompson (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956

Mercer, Johnny: Something's Gotta Give

Work length4:31
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Kenny Drew (piano), Bill Woodson (bass (vocal)), Chuck Thompson (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956

Sascha Burland, Wes Montgomery: West Coast Blues

Work length5:03
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Kenny Drew (piano), Bill Woodson (bass (vocal)), Chuck Thompson (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956

Monk, T: Criss Cross

Work length3:45
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Kenny Drew (piano), Bill Woodson (bass (vocal)), Chuck Thompson (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956

Sonny Criss: Ham's Blues

Work length2:35
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Kenny Drew (piano), Bill Woodson (bass (vocal)), Chuck Thompson (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956

Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey: Sweet Georgia Brown

Work length2:55
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Kenny Drew (piano), Bill Woodson (bass (vocal)), Chuck Thompson (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956

George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: Summertime

Work length4:04
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (piano), Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Leroy Vinnegar (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums), Sonny Clark (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake: Memories Of You

Work length3:49
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Leroy Vinnegar (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums), Sonny Clark (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Sonny Criss: Whalin' With Joe

Work length2:45
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Leroy Vinnegar (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums), Sonny Clark (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Berlin, I: How deep is the ocean

Work length3:01
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Leroy Vinnegar (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums), Sonny Clark (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Sonny Criss: The Blues For Rose

Work length2:33
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Leroy Vinnegar (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums), Sonny Clark (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Gershwin: The Man I Love

Work length3:20
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Leroy Vinnegar (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums), Sonny Clark (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

L. E. Freeman, M. Holiner, A. Nichols, S. Chaplin, Sammy Cahn: (It Will Have To Do) Until The Real Thing Comes Along

Work length4:06
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Leroy Vinnegar (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums), Sonny Clark (piano)
  • Recorded: 1990

Joe Bishop, Gordon Jenkins: Blue Prelude

Work length2:38
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Leroy Vinnegar (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums), Sonny Clark (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Henry Creamer, Turner Layton: After You've Gone

Work length3:42
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Leroy Vinnegar (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums), Sonny Clark (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Arlen: Come rain or come shine

Work length3:52
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (saxophone)
  • Recorded: 1956

Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis: How High The Moon

Work length3:10
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Leroy Vinnegar (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums), Sonny Clark (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Berlin, I: If I Had You

Work length2:44
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Leroy Vinnegar (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums), Sonny Clark (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Porter, C: I love you

Work length4:14
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Larry Bunker (vibraphone), Sonny Clark (piano), Buddy Clark (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles. CA

Porter, C: Anything Goes

Work length3:13
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Larry Bunker (vibraphone), Sonny Clark (piano), Buddy Clark (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956

Porter, C: Easy to love

Work length3:18
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Larry Bunker (vibraphone), Sonny Clark (piano), Buddy Clark (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Porter, C: It's Alright With Me

Work length3:12
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Larry Bunker (vibraphone), Sonny Clark (piano), Buddy Clark (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Fred Parris: In The Still Of The Night

Work length4:20
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Larry Bunker (vibraphone), Sonny Clark (piano), Buddy Clark (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Porter, C: Love For Sale

Work length2:48
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Larry Bunker (vibraphone), Sonny Clark (piano), Buddy Clark (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Porter, C: Night and Day

Work length4:45
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Larry Bunker (vibraphone), Sonny Clark (piano), Buddy Clark (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Porter, C: Just One of Those Things

Work length2:51
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Larry Bunker (vibraphone), Sonny Clark (piano), Buddy Clark (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Porter, C: What Is This Thing Called Love

Work length5:46
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Larry Bunker (vibraphone), Sonny Clark (piano), Buddy Clark (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Porter, C: I get a kick out of you

Work length2:50
$1.10
$1.50
  • Sonny Criss (alto saxophone), Larry Bunker (vibraphone), Sonny Clark (piano), Buddy Clark (bass (vocal)), Lawrence Marable (drums)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA