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Active

1940s - 2000s

Born

February 26, 1915 in Brooklyn, NY

Died

August 17, 2001 in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Genre

Jazz Blues

Styles

Bop East Coast Blues Mainstream Jazz Regional Blues Swing Jump Blues Jazz Instrument Saxophone Jazz

Also Known As

Joseph Edward Filippelli

Joseph Edward Fillippelli

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Flip Phillips

Biography by Scott Yanow

A master of swing, and a prime crowd-pleaser on tenor during his ten-year stay with Jazz at the Philharmonic.
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