Keep On Flippin' ( Vol. 3 - 1952 )

Flip Phillips

A modern stylist in this CD. We finally surrender before the prolific masterpiece of this New York tenor by comprising all his recordings as a leader for Mercury-Clef between January and December 1952 including his tribute to Lester Young together with Oscar Peterson, Charlie Shavers, Bennie Green, Barney Kessel, Hank Jones, Ray Brown and Max Roach among others.

Tracklisting:

1. Cake (3:01)
2. Znarg Blues (3:00)
3. My old flame (2:57)
4. Cool (2:49)
5. Swingin' for Julie and Brownie (3:35)
6. Lazy river (3:08)
7. Put that back (2:41)
8. This can't be love (2:53)
9. Cookie (2:55)
10. Drowsy (3:18)
11. Vortex (2:50)
12. Milano (3:35)
13. But beautiful (3:32)
14. Perdido (*) (16:11)
(*) Taken from "Jazz At The Philharmonic" (1947)

Tracks #1-4:
Howard McGhee (tp except #3); Flip Phillips (ts); Hank Jones (p); Ray Brown (b); J.C. Heard (d).
New York, circa autumn, 1947

#5-7:
John D'Agostino, Buddy Morrow, Tommy Turk, Kai Winding (tb); Sonny Criss (as, except #6); Flip Phillips (ts); Mickey Crane (p); Ray Brown (b); Shelly Manne (d)
New York, February, 1949

#8-9
Billy Butterfield (tp); Bennie Green (tb); Pete Mondello (as); Flip Phillips (ts); Mickey Crane (p); Sam Bruno (b); Max Roach (d).
New York, August 28, 1949

#10-13:
Flip Phillips (ts); Mickey Crane (p); Ray Brown (b); Jo Jones (d).
New York, December 5, 1949

#14:
Howard McGhee (tp); Bill Harris (tb); Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips (ts); Hank Jones (p); Ray Brown (b); Jo Jones (d).
Carnegie Hall, New York, September 27, 1947