Sonny Greenwich
This listing owes much to the discography included in Jazz in Canada: fourteen lives, by Mark Miller. published by the University of Toronto Press, 1982.
Up to 1969
- Spirituals to Swing: 30th Anniversary Concert - CBS 67202 / Columbia G 302776
- Recorded January 15th 1967, New York City
- John Handy as, saxello; Sonny Greenwich, g; Michael Sampson, vn; Calo Scott, cello; Don Thompson, b; Terry Clarke, d.
- Album includes one selection by this band: one other unissued.
- Hank Mobley - Third season - Blue Note LT 1081
- Recorded February 24th 1967, Englewood Cliffs NJ
- Lee Morgan, tp; James Spaulding, as, fl; Hank Mobley, ts; Cedar Walton, p; Sonny Greenwich, g; Walter Booker, b; Billy Higgins, d.
- Jimmy Dale - Soft and groovy - CBC LM 40
- Recorded February 16th-23rd & March 3rd 1968, Toronto, Canada
- Large ensemble with strings, featuring Jimmy Dale, org; Ed Bickert, Lenny Breau, Sonny Greenwich, g.
- Lee Gagnon - Jazzzzz - CBC RCI 288 / Barclay (CDN) 80086
- Recorded May 28th-30th 1969, Montreal, Canada
- Ron Proby, tp; Lee Gagnon, ts; Sonny Greenwich, g; Michel Donato, b; Richard Provencal, d.
- Don Thompson - Love song for a Virgo lady - Sackville C2002
- Recorded Septemver 4th-6th 1969, Montreal, Canada
- Ron Park, ts; Don Thompson, p; Sonny Greenwich, g; Michel Donato, b; Jerry Fuller, d.
1970-1979
- Sonny Greenwich - The old man & the child - Sackville C2003
- Recorded January 27th-29th 1970, Montreal, Canada
- Don Thompson, tp; Sonny Greenwich, g; Michel Donato or Clint Houston, b; Clayton Johnston, d.
- The two Sackville albums also issued as a double album C2002/3
- Rob McConnell - [untitled] - CBC LM 109 [EP]
- Big band with strings : arrangements by McConnell.
- Sonny Greenwich - Sun song - Radio Canada International RCI 399
- Recorded February 11th & 12th 1974, Toronto, Canada
- Don Thompson, kbs; Sonny Greenwich, g; Rick Homme, b; Terry Clarke, d; Clayton Johnston, perc.
- Moe Koffman - Solar explorations - GRT 9230-1050
- Recorded July 1974, Toronto, Canada
- Koffman, fl, rds; various groups, some with Claude Ranger, d.
- Greenwich present on six of nine selections.
- Sonny Greenwich - Evol-ution, love's reverse - PM 016
- Recorded June 1978, Toronto, Canada
- Don Thompson, p; Sonny Greenwich, g; Gene Perla, b; Claude Ranger, d.
- Sonny Greenwich - Sun song - Akasha AKH 26 [45 rpm]
- Recorded August 1979, Toronto, Canada
- Don Thompson, p; Sonny Greenwich, g; Gene Perla, b; Claude Ranger, d; Ernie Nelson, vo.
1980-1989
- Sonny Greenwich - Bird of paradise - Justin Time 22
- Recorded November 1986, Montreal, Canada
- Fred Henke, p; Sonny Greenwich, g; Ron Seguin, b; André White, d.
- One selection from his album is included in "Justin Time Records - a 10th anniversary collection" JUSTSAM 9999.
- Sonny Greenwich - Live at Sweet Basil - Justin Time 26
- Recorded September 2nd 1987, New York City
- Fred Henke, p; Sonny Greenwich, g; Ron Seguin, b; André White, d.
- Sonny Greenwich - Standard idioms - Kleo 1
- Recorded November 21st 1991 and September 15th 1992, Montreal, Canada
- Charles Ellison, tp; David Grott, tb; Mike Allen, ts; Fred Henke, p; Sonny Greenwich, g; Brian Hurley, b; Jim Hillman, d; Lazaro René, Ernie Nelson, perc.
- Kenny Wheeler & Sonny Greenwich Quintet - Justin Time JUST 114 - Live at the Montreal Bistro
- Recorded June 26th 1993, Toronto, Canada
- Kenny Wheeler, flh; Don Thompson, p; Sonny Greenwich, g; Jim Vivian, b; Joe LaBarbera, d.
- review Jazzwise 1998 Apr. no. 11, p.47
- Paul Bley & Sonny Greenwich - Outside in - Justin Time JUST 69
- Recorded July 8th 1994, Montreal Canada
- Paul Bley, p; Sonny Greenwich, g.
- Sonny Greenwich - Hymn to the earth - Kleo 2
- Recorded October 1994, Montreal, Canada
- James Gelfand, kbs; Sonny Greenwich, g; Brian Hurley, b; Jim Hillman, d; Lazaro René, Ernie Nelson, perc.
- Sonny Greenwich - Spirit in the air - Kleo 3
- Recorded November 1995, Montreal, Canada
- James Gelfand, kbs; Sonny Greenwich, g; Ron Seguin, b; Jim Hillman, d; Lazaro René, Ernie Nelson, Guy Thouin, perc.
- Kenny Wheeler & Sonny Greenwich Quintet - Justin Time JUST 114 - Live at the Montreal Bistro
- Recorded April 16th 1997, Toronto, Canada
- Kenny Wheeler, flh; Don Thompson, p; Sonny Greenwich, g; Jim Vivian, b; Barry Elmes, d.
- review Jazzwise 1998 Apr. no. 11, p.47
- Sonny Greenwich - Cornerstone CRST CD 110 - Fragments of a memory
- Recorded April 29th 2001, Montreal, Canada
- Charles Ellison, tp; Mike Allen, ts; Don Thompson, p; Sonny Greenwich, g; Jim Vivian, b; Barry Elmes, d.
- Tepperman, B. Sonny Greenwich, St. Paul's Annexe Theatre, Toronto, November 24th 1974. Coda 1975; 135: 38
- Miller, M. Jazz in Canada: fourteen lives. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1982, 188-207.
- O'Reilly, T. Sonny Greenwich: an interview. Coda 1982; 184: 3-5.
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