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Flip Phillips (26 Feb 1915 - 17 Aug 2001)

Male Person - United States

Releases (15)

Official

Album

  1. The Flip Phillips Quintet 1957
  2. Your Place Or Mine? 1963
  3. Flip Philips - Revisited 1965 (as Flip Philips)
  4. A Real Swinger 1988
  5. Swing Is The Thing! 2000
  6. Flipenstein 2020

Album - Live

  1. The Claw: Live At The Floating Jazz Festival 1991
  2. At the Helm - Live at the 1993 Floating Jazz Festival 2002
  3. Flip Philllips Celebrates His 80th Birthday At The March of Jazz 1995 2003

Album - Compilation

  1. Flip Wails: The Best Of The Verve Years 1994
  2. Flippin' The Blues (Vol. II 1949-1951) 2001
  3. Keep On Flippin’ (Vol. III 1952) 2001
  4. Complete 1947-1951 Verve Master Takes 2001
  5. Crazy 'bout Flip (Vol. I 1947-1949) 2001

Album - Compilation / Live

  1. Live At The Beowulf 2004

Relationships (12)

Performs As

  1. Yusuf Mumin

Member Of

  1. The Flip Phillips Quintet original, eponymous
  2. Flip Phillips Fliptet original, eponymous
  3. Flip Phillips and His Orchestra original, eponymous
  4. Flip Phillips Quartet original, eponymous
  5. Flip Phillips Boptet original, eponymous
  6. Flip Phillips Sextet original, eponymous
  7. Flip Phillips and His Hiptet original, eponymous
  8. Red Norvo All-Stars
  9. Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet
  10. Bill Harris and His Septet
  11. Charlie Parker Big Band

Recordings by (190)

  1. Lemon Aid 21 ?:?? (1957)
  2. I'll Never Be The Same ?:?? (1957)
  3. All of Me ?:?? (1957)
  4. I've Got the World on a String ?:?? (1957)
  5. Almost Like Being in Love ?:?? (1957)
  6. Lady's in Love With You ?:?? (1957)
  7. Singing the Blues ?:?? (1957)
  8. Birth of the Blues ?:?? (1957)
  9. Come Rain Or Come Shine ?:?? (1963)
  10. Ja Da ?:?? (1963)
  11. Just Say I Lover Her ?:?? (1963)
  12. It's The Talk Of The Town ?:?? (1963)
  13. Summertime ?:?? (1963)
  14. Nuages ?:?? (1963)
  15. Scatterbrain ?:?? (1963)
  16. Chloe ?:?? (1963)
  17. Moonlight In Vermont ?:?? (1963)
  18. Jazz Me Blues ?:?? (1963)
  19. Stars Fell On Alabama ?:?? (1963)
  20. With Someone New ?:?? (1963)
  21. Gone With The Wind ?:?? (1963)
  22. Sweet Georgia Brown 4:25 (1965)
  23. Girl From Ipanema 3:17 (1965)
  24. Nuages 3:57 (1965)
  25. In A Mellow Tone 4:17 (1965)
  26. Satin Doll 2:43 (1965)
  27. Miss Thing 4:45 (1965)
  28. I Remember Lester 3:22 (1965)
  29. Just Say I Love Her 2:08 (1965)
  30. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 3:12 (1965)
  31. Round Midnight 3:27 (1965)
  32. Hashimoto's Blues 2:26 (1988)
  33. Vol Vistu Gailey Star 4:36 (1988)
  34. Tricotism 3:31 (1988)
  35. I Was a Very Good Year/September Song 5:53 (1988)
  36. Christian Scientist 3:36 (1988)
  37. Cotton Tail 3:51 (1988)
  38. I Got a Right to Sing the Blues 5:56 (1988)
  39. Symphony 3:52 (1988)
  40. Poor Butterfly 5:27 (1988)
  41. I Want To Be Happy 3:48 (1988)
  42. Green Medley: Green Leaves Of Summer / Greensleeves 4:16 (1988)
  43. Topsy 14:53 (1991)
  44. Loose Walk 13:49 (1991)
  45. A Smooth One 14:19 (1991)
  46. Flying Home 10:06 (1991)
  47. The Claw 11:28 (1991)
  48. Closing Comments 1:27 (1991)
  49. Jazzspeak 9:11 (1991)
  50. Lemonaid 21 6:33 (22 Mar 1994)
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On Recordings (50)

Performer

  1. Wedding in Gold ?:?? Liederkranz All Stars (Nov 1947)

Instruments

  1. Somebody Loves Me ?:?? Woody Herman and the V‐Disc All Stars (Apr 1945) saxophone
  2. Meshugah ?:?? Chubby Jackson (Jul 1946) tenor saxophone
  3. Mean to Me 2:39 Sarah Vaughan with the Dizzy Gillespie Septet (Jul 1946) tenor saxophone
  4. John Hardy’s Wife ?:?? Woody Herman Stars (Apr 1947) saxophone
  5. Purple Feathers ?:?? Red Norvo and His Overseas Spotlight Band (Aug 1947) tenor saxophone
  6. Red Norvo Repeats ?:?? Red Norvo and His Overseas Spotlight Orchestra (Sep 1947) tenor saxophone
  7. Repetition 3:00 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra (1950) tenor saxophone
  8. Hallelujah 4:10 Red Norvo, Flip Phillips, Teddy Wilson, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Slam Stewart (1951) tenor saxophone
  9. Congo Blues 3:54 Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet (1951) tenor saxophone
  10. Hallelujah 3:58 Red Norvo Sextet (1951) tenor saxophone
  11. Slam Slam Blues 4:27 Red Norvo, Flip Phillips, Teddy Wilson, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Slam Stewart (1951) tenor saxophone
  12. Get Happy 3:45 Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet (1951) tenor saxophone
  13. Easy to Love 3:01 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (26 Mar 1952) tenor saxophone
  14. You Go to My Head 2:55 Billie Holiday (26 Mar 1952) tenor saxophone
  15. I Only Have Eyes for You 2:54 Billie Holiday (26 Mar 1952) tenor saxophone
  16. Everything I Have Is Yours (10″ version) 3:45 Billie Holiday (26 Mar 1952) tenor saxophone
  17. Blue Moon 3:30 Billie Holiday (26 Mar 1952) tenor saxophone
  18. I Can’t Get Started 3:09 Charlie Parker Big Band (1952) tenor saxophone
  19. East of the Sun 2:56 Billie Holiday (1952) tenor saxophone
  20. No Strings 2:57 Fred Astaire (1953) tenor saxophone
  21. ’s Wonderful 2:59 Fred Astaire (1953) tenor saxophone
  22. Dancing in the Dark 4:48 Fred Astaire (1953) tenor saxophone
  23. What More Can a Woman Do? 3:03 Sarah Vaughan with the Dizzy Gillespie Septet (1953) tenor saxophone
  24. A Fine Romance 3:45 Fred Astaire (1953) tenor saxophone
  25. The Continental 3:31 Fred Astaire (1953) tenor saxophone
  26. I Won’t Dance 3:03 Fred Astaire (1953) tenor saxophone
  27. Change Partners 3:17 Fred Astaire (1953) tenor saxophone
  28. You’re Easy To Dance With 3:24 Fred Astaire (1953) tenor saxophone
  29. Cheek to Cheek 5:41 Fred Astaire (1953) tenor saxophone
  30. I’d Rather Have a Memory Than a Dream 2:42 Sarah Vaughan with the Dizzy Gillespie Septet (1953) tenor saxophone
  31. Autumn in New York 3:43 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (1954) tenor saxophone
  32. The Good Earth 2:33 Woody Herman and His Orchestra (1955) tenor saxophone
  33. Buddy’s Blues 10:31 Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich (1956) tenor saxophone
  34. Bernie’s Tune 13:57 Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich (1956) tenor saxophone
  35. Gene’s Blues 7:48 Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich (1956) tenor saxophone
  36. I Never Knew 8:55 Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich (1956) tenor saxophone
  37. Sweethearts on Parade 8:51 Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich (1956) tenor saxophone
  38. Lemon Aid 21 ?:?? Flip Phillips (1957) tenor saxophone
  39. I'll Never Be the Same ?:?? Flip Phillips (1957) tenor saxophone
  40. I've Got the World on a String ?:?? Flip Phillips (1957) tenor saxophone
  41. All of Me ?:?? Flip Phillips (1957) tenor saxophone
  42. Almost Like Being in Love ?:?? Flip Phillips (1957) tenor saxophone
  43. Lady's in Love With You ?:?? Flip Phillips (1957) tenor saxophone
  44. Singing the Blues ?:?? Flip Phillips (1957) tenor saxophone
  45. Birth of the Blues ?:?? Flip Phillips (1957) tenor saxophone
  46. Night and Day 2:50 Charlie Parker Big Band (1960) tenor saxophone
  47. Almost Like Being in Love 2:33 Charlie Parker Big Band (1960) tenor saxophone
  48. Perdido 5:01 Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars (1960) solo, tenor saxophone
  49. Limehouse Blues 9:52 Dizzy Gillespie & Roy Eldridge (1966) tenor saxophone

Credited as (58)

  1. Flip Phillips
  2. Flip Phillips, Kenny Davern & Bjarne Nerem
  3. Flip Phillips With Teddy Wilson Quintet
  4. Flip Phillips & Scott Hamilton
  5. Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet feat. Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Teddy Wilson & Flip Phillips
  6. Woody Herman and His Orchestra feat. Flip Phillips, Bill Harris & Margie Hyams
  7. Flip Phillips and Scott Hamilton
  8. Woody Herman Orchestra feat. Flip Phillips
  9. Charlie Ventura & Flip Phillips
  10. Scott Hamilton, Flip Phillips, John Bunch, Phil Flanigan, Chris Flory & Chuck Riggs
  11. Bill Harris, Dizzy Gillespie, Flip Phillips, Herb Ellis, Louie Bellson, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Roy Eldridge
  12. Buck Clayton, Trummy Young, Willie Smith, Coleman Hawkins, Flip Phillips, Kenny Kersey, Benny Fonville & Buddy Rich
  13. Buck Clayton, Trummy Young, Willie Smith, Flip Phillips, Kenny Kersey, Benny Fonville & Buddy Rich
  14. Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown, Willie Smith, Flip Phillips, Kenny Kersey, Hank Jones, Benny Fonville & Alvin Stoller
  15. Howard McGhee, Bill Harris, Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, Kenny Kersey, Ray Brown & Jo Jones
  16. Howard McGhee, Bill Harris, Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, Hank Jones, Ray Brown & Jo Jones
  17. Roy Eldridge, Tommy Turk, Charlie Parker, Flip Phillips, Lester Young, Hank Jones, Ray Brown & Buddy Rich
  18. Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Eldridge, Tommy Turk, Charlie Parker, Flip Phillips, Lester Young, Hank Jones, Ray Brown & Buddy Rich
  19. Roy Eldridge, Tommy Turk, Charlie Parker, Flip Phillips, Lester Young, Hank Jones, Ray Brown, Buddy Rich & Ella Fitzgerald
  20. Charlie Parker, Sonny Criss, Flip Phillips, Fats Navarro, Tommy Turk, Hank Jones, Ray Brown, Shelly Manne
  21. Flip Phillips, Benny Carter, Oscar Peterson, Charlie Parker, Barney Kessel, Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges, Charlie Shavers
  22. Flip Phillips, Benny Carter, Oscar Peterson, Charlie Parker, Barney Kessel, Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges, Charlie Shavers, Ray Brown
  23. Roy Eldridge, Johnny Hodges, Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, Lionel Hampton, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Buddy Rich
  24. Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Harris, Flip Phillips, Buddy DeFranco, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Louie Bellson, Herb Ellis
  25. Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Hodges, Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, Ben Webster, Lionel Hampton, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Buddy Rich
  26. Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Harris, Buddy DeFranco, Flip Phillips, Louie Bellson, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis
  27. Scott Hamilton, Peter Loeb, Flip Phillips, Frank Sokolow, Ray Turner, Bennie Wallace, Ronnie Bedford, Howie Collins, George Mraz, Derek Smith
  28. Roy Eldridge, Tommy Turk, Charlie Parker, Flip Phillips, Lester Young, Hank Jones, Ray Brown, Buddy Rich, Ella Fitzgerald
  29. Roy Eldridge, Tommy Turk, Charlie Parker, Flip Phillips, Lester Young, Hank Jones, Ray Brown, Buddy Rich Quintet
  30. Howard McGhee, Bill Harris, Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, Hank Jones, Ray Brown, Jo Jones
  31. Buck Clayton, Trummy Young, Willie Smith, Coleman Hawkins, Flip Phillips, Ken Kersey, Benny Fonville, Buddy Rich
  32. Roy Eldridge, Flip Phillips, Al Casey, Eddie Safranski, Specs Powell, Mel Tormé
  33. Roy Eldridge, Flip Phillips
  34. Flip Phillips / Charlie Parker With Machito and His Orchestra
  35. Flip Phillips, Machito and His Orchestra
  36. Roy Eldridge & Flip Phillips
  37. Ralph Burns, The JATPs & Flip Phillips
  38. Flip Phillips, Mickey Crane, Milt Hinton, Mousey Alexander
  39. Flip Phillips, Mickey Crane, Milt Hinton & Mousey Alexander
  40. Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars featuring Flip Phillips
  41. Flip Philips
  42. Kenny Davern, Flip Phillips
  43. Lester Young, Flip Phillips, Roy Eldridge, Hank Jones, Ray Brown, Max Roach
  44. Larry Ridley, Tony Williams, Chuck Wayne, Herbie Hancock, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Dexter Gordon, Flip Phillips, James Moody, Zoot Sims, Kai Winding, Harry “Sweets” Edison
  45. Red Norvo, Flip Phillips, Teddy Wilson, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Slam Stewart
  46. Kenny Davern & Flip Phillips
  47. Bill Harris All Stars With Flip Phillips And Lennie Tristano
  48. Harry “Sweets” Edison, Dexter Gordon, Zoot Sims, James Moody, Flip Phillips, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Kai Winding, Chuck Wayne, Herbie Hancock, Larry Ridley, Tony Williams
  49. Charlie Shavers, Roy Eldridge, Bill Harris, Benny Carter, Willie Smith, Ben Webster, Flip Phillips, Herb Ellis, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, J.C. Heard
  50. Harry “Sweets” Edison, Bill Harris, Flip Phillips, Lester Young, Hank Jones, Ray Brown, Buddy Rich
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Works (4)

Composed

  1. Salute to Pres
  2. Flip’s Boogie
  3. The Claw
  4. Gung Ho

Links (10)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134484495
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88656799
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88656799
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6c10nk2
  5. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106029
  6. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13898451r

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/265641

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000800026

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/100314583

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q485264