Keep on Flippin', Vol. 3 1952

Flip Phillips

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Keep on Flippin', Vol. 3 1952 Review

by arwulf arwulf

It was in San Francisco at a recording session in February of 1952 that tenor man Flip Phillips delivered an authentic "Salute to Pres," acknowledging Lester Young as his primary influence. Keep on Flippin', Vol. 3 in Ocium's chronological Flip Phillips retrospective series presents an overview of his recording activities on the East and West coasts between February and December 1952. The music resulting from these five different sessions clearly referenced several different levels of jazz and popular music; wistful ballads, vestigial swing, fresh bop, revised standards and revisited melodies still associated with Hollywood movies. Highlights include Barney Kessel's "Swedish Pastry" (forever associated with Charlie Parker); Duke Ellington's "Cottontail" and "Empty Bedroom Blues"; Billy Strayhorn's "Take the 'A' Train"; Don Redman's "Cherry"; Charlie Shavers' "Undecided"; a wild "Carioca" and a sizzling, Lester Young-styled, rapid-fire rendition of the "Bugle Call Rag," a merry old wake-up call dating back to 1922.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Goodbye Gordon Jenkins	Flip Phillips	03:36	Amazon
2	Salute to Pres Flip Phillips	Flip Phillips	02:55	Amazon
3	Swedish Pastry Barney Kessel	Flip Phillips	03:19	Amazon
4	Undecided Charlie Shavers	Flip Phillips	02:59	Amazon
5	Someone to Watch over Me George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Flip Phillips	03:08	Amazon
6	I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket Irving Berlin	Flip Phillips	03:00	Amazon
7	Singin' in the Rain Nacio Herb Brown / Arthur Freed	Flip Phillips	03:00	Amazon
8	Gina	Flip Phillips	02:49	Amazon
9	Empty Ballroom Blues Duke Ellington / Mary Lou Williams	Flip Phillips	02:35	Amazon
10	Cherry Don Redman	Flip Phillips	02:29	Amazon
11	San Francisco Blues Clara Smith	Flip Phillips	02:52	Amazon
12	Love Is Just Around the Corner Lewis Gensler / Leo Robin	Flip Phillips	02:51	Amazon
13	If I Had You Jimmy Campbell / Reginald Connelly / Ted Shapiro	Flip Phillips	03:04	Amazon
14	Cotton Tail Duke Ellington	Flip Phillips	03:14	Amazon
15	Blues for the Midgets Flip Phillips	Flip Phillips	03:18	Amazon
16	What Is This Thing Called Love? Cole Porter	Flip Phillips	03:21	Amazon
17	Carioca Gus Kahn / Vincent Youmans	Flip Phillips	02:32	Amazon
18	Three Little Words Bert Kalmar / Harry Ruby	Flip Phillips	02:44	Amazon
19	Sleepy Head Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn	Flip Phillips	03:12	Amazon
20	Bugle Call Rag Billy Meyers / Jack Pettis / Elmer Schoebel	Flip Phillips	03:08	Amazon
21	Take the "A" Train Billy Strayhorn	Flip Phillips	02:58	Amazon
22	I Didn't Know What Time It Was Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers	Flip Phillips	03:17	Amazon
23	Trio Boogie Flip Phillips	Flip Phillips	03:18	Amazon