Flip Phillips

Joseph Edward "Flip" Phillips ( born March 26, 1915 in New York City, New York; † August 17, 2001 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida ) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist

Life

Phillips first played clarinet with Frankie Newton (1940-1941) and saxophone with Larry Bennett ( 1942-1943 ). From 1944 to 1946 he starred in Woody Herman's First Herd. He became famous for his many years of performances at the Jazz -at- the- Philharmonic tours by Norman Granz from 1946 to 1957. He had also been the Granz - Music Film Improvisation ( 1950). In 1959 he went to Europe with Benny Goodman and then led a quartet in Pompano Beach ( Florida).

Philip was one of the impulsive tenor saxophonist of the late swing era. During a long career, he has been heard on many albums; He eventually took over as 80 -year-old still on the CD Swing is the Thing for Verve Records.

Disco printing specifications

• Crazy ' Bout Flip ( Ocium, 1947-49 ) with Howard McGhee, Kai Winding, Bennie Green, Billy Bauer, Ray Brown, Gene Ramey, Hank Jones, Shelly Manne, J. C. Heard, Max Roach, Jo Jones
• Flippin 'the Blues ( Ocium, 1949-51 ) with Harry Sweets Edison, Bill Harris, Hank Jones, Lou Levy, Jimmy Woode, Buddy Rich
• Keep on Flippin ' ( Ocium, 1952) with Al Porcino, Charlie Shavers, Jerome Richardson, Cecil Payne, Richard Wyands, Oscar Peterson, Freddie Green, Barney Kessel, Clyde Lombardi, Alvin Stoller
• Swing Is the Thing! ( Verve, 1999) with James Carter, Joe Lovano, Benny Green, Howard Alden, Christian McBride, Kenny Washington

Collection

• The Complete Verve / Clef Charlie Ventura & Flip Phillips Studio Sessions ( 1947-57 ) - ( Mosaic - 1998) - ) 8 LPs or 6 CDs with Howard McGhee, Hank Jones, Ray Brown, JC Heard, John D' Agostino tb, Buddy Morrow, Tommy Turk tb, Kai Winding, Sonny Criss, Mickey Crane p, Shelly Manne, Billy Butterfield, Bennie Green, Pete Mondello as, Sam Bruno b, Max Roach, Leonard Hawkins tp, Frank Rosolino, Cecil Payne, Buddy Rich, Jo Jones, Harry Sweets Edison, Bill Harris, Billy Bauer, Dick Hyman, Gene Ramey, Lou Levy, Jimmy Woode, Joe McDonald, Allen Smith, Charlie Etter tb, Jerome Richardson, Richard Wyands, Vernon Alley, Earl Watkins dm, Al Porcino, Charlie Kennedy as, Freddie Green, Clyde Lombardi, Oscar Peterson, Nick Esposito, Charlie Shavers, Barney Kessel, Alvin Stoller, Herb Ellis, Ronnie ball, Peter Ind - rest of the collection with Charlie Ventura