There have sometimes been itinerant qualities to the jazz musician's life, not only in terms of where they've lived, but also where and when they recorded. Sonny Criss spent the best part of his life ...

He spent the ’50s doing the journeyman thing—jumping between jazz and R&B bands, from Johnny Otis to Buddy Rich—before dropping Jazz U.S.A. on Imperial. It was a hard bop masterclass on a label too ...

Sonny’s Dream (Birth of the New Cool) Calling your record Birth of the New Cool takes guts, but Sonny Criss had the chops to back it up. This 1968 release is not just a career high for the L.A.-based ...

The blues scale is a great tool for beginners, but what do you do to make your solo reach a little further and become memorable? I'm just gonna step back and let Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins, and Sonny ...