| This is Criss! | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Sonny Criss |
| Cover: | This is Criss!.jpg |
| Released: | 1966 |
| Recorded: | October 21, 1966 |
| Studio: | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Label: | Prestige 7511 |
| Producer: | Don Schlitten |
| Chronology: | Sonny Criss |
| Prev Title: | Mr. Blues Pour Flirter |
| Prev Year: | 1963 |
| Next Title: | Portrait of Sonny Criss |
| Next Year: | 1967 |
This is Criss! is an album by saxophonist Sonny Criss recorded in 1966 and released on the Prestige label.[1]
AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars with its review by Stephen Cook stating, "Sonny Criss qualifies as one of the most overlooked giants of West Coast jazz. His soundlike most alto players of the bebop and hard bop dayswas heavily influenced by Charlie Parker, but Criss still managed to forge an original style featuring a very original melodic bent with loads of bluesy underpinnings. The goods can be optimally previewed on this great Prestige date from 1966."[2]