Flip Phillips – The Clef Years: Classic Albums 1952-56 – 3CD

Flip Phillips was a tenor saxophonist who came to the fore in the post-war era playing with the bands of Woody Herman, Red Norvo, Benny Goodman and Frankie Newton, and was perhaps most famously associated with Norman Granz' Jazz At The Philharmonic concerts in the late '40s and into the 1950s. In the early 1950s he recorded a string of sessions for Norman Granz, leading groups that comprised many different line-ups, with most of the titles coming out a succession of albums on Granz' Clef label during this era, and being mixed and matched on different LP releases during that time. This great-value 58-track 3-CD collection comprises most of the titles he recorded for Granz at these sessions, mostly presented in the order and format they were released on the albums Flip Phillips Quartet, Flip Phillips Collates Vols. 1 & 2, Jumping Moods, Flip Phillips & Buddy Rich Trio, Flip Phillips Quintet (Rock With Flip), and the re-issue packages Flip Wails, Swingin' With Flip Phillips and Flip. It features performances with some of the great names of the era - Oscar Peterson, Charlie Shavers, Barney Kessel, Ray Brown, Howard McGhee, Alvin Stoller, Buddy Rich, Hank Jones, Herb Ellis, Freddie Green, Max Roach and more - and as a bonus includes a 'live' jam session version of Stompin' At The Savoy Pt. 1. It's a great showcase for Flip Phillips at probably the zenith of his career.

Track Listing:

CD1:
Flip Phillips Quartet: 1. Lover -   2. Don't Take Your Love From Me -   3. Lover Come Back To Me -   4. The Blue Room -   5. Flip’s Boogie -   6. Feelin' The Blues -    Flip Phillips/Howard McGhee Boptet: 7. Cake -   8. Cool -   9. Znarg Blues -   10. My Old Flame -   11. This Can't Be Love -   Flip Phillips Quintet: 12. Cheek To Cheek - Flip Phillips And His Orchestra: 13. By The Lazy River -  Flip Phillips Quintet: : 14. Cookie -   15. Broadway -   Flip Phillips Septet: 16. Dream A Little Dream Of Me -   Flip Phillips Quintet: 17. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm -   Flip Phillips Septet: 18. Be Be -   Flip Phillips Quintet: 19. Apple Honey -   Flip Phillips Quartet: 20. Drowsy -   21. But Beautiful -   22. Vortex -

CD2:
Flip Phillips Sextet: 1. Cottontail -   2. Blues For The Midgets -   3. If I Had You -   4. What Is This Thing Called Love -   Flip Phillips Nonet: 5. Singing In The Rain -   6. Someone To Watch Over Me -   7. I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket -   8. Gina -   Flip Phillips Quintet: 9. Funky Blues -   10. Indiana -   11. Stardust -   Flip Phillips Septet: 12. Goodbye -   13. Salute To Pres -   14. Swedish Pastry -   Flip Phillips/Buddy Rich Trio: 15. The Carioca -   16. Three Little Words -   17. Bugle Call Rag -   18. Sleepyhead -   19. Take The 'A' Train -   20. Didn't Know What Time It Was -   21. Trio Boogie -   Flip Phillips Quintet: 22. Almost Like Being In Love -

CD3:
Flip Phillips Quintet: 1. Singing The Blues -   2. All Of Me -   3. I'll Never Be The Same -   4. Lemon Aid 21 -   5. Birth Of The Blues -   6. I've Got The World On A String -   7. Lady's In Love With You -   Flip Phillips Septet: 8. Bright Blues -   Flip Phillips Quintet: 9. Sojoro -   10. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams -   11. Long Island Boogie -   Flip Phillips And His Orchestra: 12. Swingin' For Julie And Brownie -   Flip Phillips Quartet: 13. Milano -   Norman Granz Jam Session: 14. Stompin' At The Savoy Pt. 1 -