Flip Phillips - A Melody from the Sky (1984)

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Artist: Flip Phillips
Title: A Melody from the Sky
Year Of Release: 1984
Label: Signature/Sony Music Special Products/Columbia
Genre: Jazz, Swing
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Total Time: 42:04
Total Size: 118 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

01. A Melody from the Sky (Mitchell-Alter) (3:12)
02. Stompin' at the Savoy (Sampson-Goodman-Webb-Razaf) (2:37)
03. Sweet and Lovely (Arnheim-Tobias-Daniels) (5:02)
04. Swingin' for Popsie (Phillips) (2:36)
05. Bob's Belief (Popsie-Phillips) (3:57)
06. Why Shouldn't I? (Porter) (2:48)
07. Lover Come Back to Me (Romberg-Hammerstein) (4:48)
08. Papilloma (Phillips) (3:11)
09. Skyscraper (Phillips-Bauer) (3:10)
10. 1-2-3-4 Jump (Phillips) (4:24)
11. More Than You Know (Rose-Eliscu-Youmans) (3:23)
12. Without Woody (Phillips) (2:56)

This CD is a straight reissue of a Flying Dutchman LP and features all four of tenor saxophonist Flip Phillips' recording sessions as a leader prior to 1949. At the time, he was a key member of Woody Herman & the First Herd, and these performances have short solos from other Herman sidemen (including trombonist Bill Harris and Neal Hefti on trumpet), although Phillips is the main star. His jumping tenor was already quite distinctive, whether on romps or ballads. "Sweet and Lovely" and "Stompin' at the Savoy" are high points of this definitive early Flip Phillips set.

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