Flip Phillips

Bill Harris , Denzil Best , Flip Phillips, Billy Bauer , Lennie Tristano , Chubby Jackson , circa September 1947.
Photograph by William P. Gottlieb .

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

Life

Phillips first played the clarinet with Frankie Newton (1940-1941) and saxophone with Larry Bennett (1942-1943). From 1944 to 1946 he worked in Woody Hermans First Herd . He became known through his long appearances on the Jazz-at-the-Philharmonic tours of Norman Granz from 1946 to 1957. He also took part in the Granz music film Improvisation (1950). In 1959 he went to Europe with Benny Goodman and then led a quartet in Pompano Beach ( Florida ).

Philipps was one of the impulsive tenor saxophonists of the late swing era. During a long career he was featured on many albums; When he was over 80, he finally recorded the CD Swing is the Thing for Verve Records .

Discographic notes

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
John & Joe ( Chiaroscuro 1977) with Kenny Davern , Dave McKenna , George Duvivier , Bobby Rosengarden
Try a little Tenderness ( Chiaroscuro , 1986) with Clark Terry , Buddy Tate , Al Cohn , Scott Hamilton , John Bunch , Major Holley , Chris Flory
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 at Charlie Ventura

Web links

Commons : Flip Phillips - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Phillips, Flip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Phillips, Joseph Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 26, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City , New York
DATE OF DEATH	August 17, 2001
Place of death	Fort Lauderdale , Florida