Sonny Greenwich Discography


Note: most info listed is liberally but respectfully taken from Mark Miller's seminal book Jazz In Canada: Fourteen Lives, and from the Sonny Greenwich discography at Kleo Records' official Sonny Greenwich site.


More Note: Selected albums presented here can be purchased online, directly from Music Boulevard. All you gotta do is click on the [Some albums also have treats!]

John Handy:
Spirituals to Swing
Columbia G-30776 -- 1967

Group appears on only one track, The Thing (The Things We Did Last Summer)

John Handy: alto sax, saxello
Michel Sampson: violin
Calo Scott: cello
Sonny Greenwich: electric guitar
Don Thompson: acoustic bass
Terry Clarke: drums
Hank Mobley:
Third Season
Blue Note Classic LT-1081 -- 1967

Hank Mobley: tenor sax
James Spaulding: alto sax, flute
Lee Morgan: trumpet
Sonny Greenwich: electric guitar
Cedar Walton: piano
Walter Brooker: acoustic bass
Billy Higgins: drums

  • An Aperitif
  • Don't Cry, Just Sigh
  • Steppin' Stone
  • The Third Stream
  • Boss Bossa
  • Give Me That Feelin'
  • Jimmy Dale Orchestra:
    Soft and Groovy
    CBC LM 40/Capitol SN 62905 -- 1969
    Jimmy Dale: organ, arranger
    Sonny Greenwich: electric guitar
    Ed Bickert: electric guitar
    Lenny Breau: electric guitar
    [and others]
    Lee Gagnon Quintet:
    Jazzzzz
    CBC-RCI 288/Barclay 80086 -- 1969

    Lee Gagnon: tenor sax
    Ron Proby: trumpet
    Sonny Greenwich: electric guitar
    Michel Donato: acoustic bass
    Richard Provençal: drums

  • Detente
  • Skin Dance
  • Ode to the Ode
  • Gene Structure Ramble
  • Rybo-Nucleic Rhumba
  • Don Thompson Quintet:
    Love Song for a Virgo Lady
    CBC-RCI 302/Sackville C2002 -- 1969

    Don Thompson: piano
    Ron Park: tenor sax
    Sonny Greenwich: electric guitar
    Michel Donato: acoustic bass
    Jerry Fuller: drums

  • Emily
  • As Long As I'm Dreaming
  • Love Song for a Virgo Lady
  • Loving
  • Sonny Greenwich Quintet:
    The Old Man and the Child
    CBC-RCI 303/Sackville C2003 -- 1969

    Sonny Greenwich: electric guitar, recorder
    Don Thompson: piano
    Michel Donato: acoustic bass
    Clint Houston: acoustic bass
    Clayton Johnston: drums

  • Stranger in the City
  • When the World Was Young
  • Haunted Heart
  • The Old Man and the Child
  • Sonny Greenwich:
    untitled EP [45 rpm]
    CBC LM 109 -- 1971

    Sonny Greenwich: electric guitar
    Rob McConnell: arranger
    with orchestra
  • For All We Know
  • Never My Love
  • Samba del Sol
  • My Bells
  • Sonny Greenwich Quintet:
    Sun Song: The Music of Sonny Greenwich
    CBC-RCI 399 -- 1974

    Sonny Greenwich: electric guitar
    Don Thompson: piano, electric piano
    Richard Homme: acoustic bass, bass guitar
    Terry Clarke: drums
    Clayton Johnston: percussion

  • Lily (Lotus)
  • Peace Chant
  • Starlight
  • Parting
  • Moe Koffman:
    Solar Explorations
    GRT 9230-1050 -- 1974

    Moe Koffman: reeds
    [with various groups, including]
    Sonny Greenwich: electric guitar

  • Saturn
  • Earth
  • Uranus
  • Neptune
  • Venus
  • Mercury
  • Sonny Greenwich Quartet:
    EVOL-ution,
    Love's Reverse

    PM Records PMR-016 -- 1978

    Sonny Greenwich: electric guitar
    Don Thompson: piano, electric piano
    Gene Perla: acoustic bass, bass guitar
    Claude Ranger: drums

  • Time-Space
  • Prelune
  • Emily
  • Nica's Dream
  • Day is Night to Some
  • Evol-ution, Love's Reverse
  • Sonny Greenwich Quartet:
    Bird of Paradise

    Justin Time Just 22-2 -- 1986
  • Of Stars & Strings
  • Bird of Paradise
  • Only One Earth
  • Not While I'm Around
  • Night & Day
  • Espanada

    Sonny Greenwich: electric guitar, guitar synth
    Fred Henke: piano
    Ron Seguin: acoustic bass
    Andre White: drums

  • Sonny Greenwich Quartet:
    Live at Sweet Basil

    Justin Time Just 26-2 -- 1987
  • Tomorrow
  • Libra Ascending
  • Tell Yourself The Truth
  • You Go To My Head
  • The Sky's The Limit

    Sonny Greenwich: electric guitar
    Fred Henke: piano
    Ron Seguin: acoustic bass
    Andre White: drums

  • Sonny Greenwich Nonet:
    Standard Idioms

    Kleo 1-CD -- 1993
  • Sunshower
  • Ultimatum (Red Water Green Earth)
  • Memories of Miles
  • Let Your Heart Sing
  • Cathedrale
  • Mandela

    Sonny Greenwich: electric guitar
    Mike Allen: tenor sax
    Charles Ellison: trumpet
    David Grott: trombone
    Fred Henke: piano, synth
    Brian Hurley: acoustic bass
    Jim Hillman: drums
    Lazaro René: percussion
    Ernie Nelson: voice

  • Paul Bley/Sonny Greenwich:
    Outside In

    Justin Time Just 69-2 -- 1994
  • Sonics II
  • Horizons
  • Arrival
  • Now
  • Meandering
  • Willow
  • I Remember Harlem
  • Peel Street Blues
  • Steeplechase
  • You Are
  • These Foolish Things
  • Pent-Up House

    Paul Bley: piano
    Sonny Greenwich: electric guitar

  • Sonny Greenwich Sextet:
    Hymn to the Earth

    Kleo 2-CD -- 1994
  • Hymn to the Earth
  • Nature Prays
  • Ethiopia
  • The Nightingale
  • Serengeti
  • Invocation
  • Quetzalcoatl
  • Cleo's Dance

    Sonny Greenwich: electric guitar, guitar synth
    James Gelfand: synth
    Brian Hurley: acoustic bass
    Jim Hillman: drums
    Lazaro René: percussion
    Ernie Nelson: voice

  • Meantime:
    Welcome: Mother Earth

    Justin Time Just 80-2 -- 1995
  • Cruisin' The Hood
  • Lugnut
  • Down By The Farm [Intro]
  • Down By The Farm
  • Tortoise Shell Sky
  • Detour
  • Two In One
  • Welcome: Mother Earth

    Sonny Greenwich: electric guitar
    Sonny Greenwich, Jr.: electric guitar
    Alan Baculis: bass, vocals
    James Gelfand: synth
    Jim Hillman: drums

  • Hilario Duran:
    Francisco's Song
    Justin Time Just 86-2 -- 1995
  • Francisco's Song
  • Medley Matamoros
  • Lush Life
  • For Emiliano
  • Esto si tiene que ver
  • Giant Steps
  • Confession
  • Tiembla Tierra
  • Suavecito
  • Conqueta Conquin
  • Days Dreams
  • Esperando La Carroza
  • Hot House

    Hilario Duran: piano
    Jane Bunnett: soprano sax & flute
    Sonny Greenwich: electric guitar
    Alain Caron: bass

  • Sonny Greenwich Septet:
    Spirit in the Air

    Kleo 3-CD -- 1995
  • El Niño
  • Free Form
  • Black Beauty
  • Far Country
  • Raga
  • Spirit in the Air

    Sonny Greenwich: electric guitar
    James Gelfand: synth, piano
    Ron Seguin: acoustic bass
    Jim Hillman: drums
    Lazaro René: percussion
    Ernie Nelson: voice, percussion
    Guy Thouin: tablas

  • Various Artists:
    Portraits in Jazz: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery
    Radioland RACD 10006 -- 1995
    Various trios including
    Sonny Greenwich Trio
    [and others]



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