When Sunny Gets Blue

Sonny Criss · 1966 · Standard de ballade d'environ cinq minutes et demie

Context

Track from This Is Criss! (Prestige, 1966), recorded on October 21, 1966 at Van Gelder, produced by Don Schlitten. The Wikipedia page highlights bluesy playing rooted in bebop, on a mix of standards and one Criss composition.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Black Coffee (Sonny Criss) (1966)
• Steve's Blues (1966)
• Skylark (1966)

Sources

• EN: This Is Criss!

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