Flip Phillips

Flip Phillips was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinettist from Brooklyn who began his professional career in the 1930s, working in big bands and later leading his own small groups within the swing and early bebop traditions. Across subsequent decades he moved between big-band and small-group contexts, appeared on concert tours and recordings, and his playing bridged swing phrasing with the faster rhythms and improvisational approaches of bebop, reflecting shifts in mid-20th-century American jazz.

Releases

Red Norvo's Fabulous Jam Session

The Flip Phillips Quintet

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Your Place Or Mine?

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Flip Philips - Revisited

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