Music Monday - Flip Phillips

Things are sort of dull around the Music Monday composing room, so for the next few weeks the cracked editorial staff has decided on a new feature for the day:

The artwork of David Stone Martin on record covers.

One exciting work of art (called Illustration by some) will be presented here each week until they run out. Most scans are from the editor's personal library and the original copyrights apply.

They are presented here for admiration and educational purposes only.

Lifted from WIKI

"BiographyBorn Joseph Edward Filipelli in Brooklyn, New York,[1] and over a long career, he played on many albums, retired to Florida for fifteen years, came back to music, and recorded a CD for Verve Records when he was in his 80s. Phillips performed in a variety of genres, not just jazz. These include bebop, mainstream jazz, swing, jump blues and East Coast blues.

In the mid 1940s, Phillips was one of the anchors of the Woody Herman band, prior to going out on his own and prior to joining Jazz at the Philharmonic. He also played with the Woodchoppers, a small spin-off group that Herman led. His deep, strong and articulate playing with a very full sound contrasted him to his successors such as Stan Getz in the subsequent Herman bands.[citation needed]

His orchestra, which recorded for Verve in 1949, included Buddy Morrow, Tommy Turk, Kai Winding, Sonny Criss, Ray Brown and Shelly Manne.[3] Phillips was a frequent player at the Odessa Jazz Party in Odessa, Texas.

In 1958 he played some solos for Billie Holiday.

Phillips died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in August 2001, at the age of 86."

August 17, in 2001 we lost Flip Phillips.

The selections on this 12” LP:

Cheek to Cheek
Funky Blues
I've got my Love to Keep Me Warm
Indiana
Be Be
Dream a Little Dream Of Me
Bright Blues
Broadway
Sojoro
Apple Honey
Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
Long Island Boogie
Stardust

Personnel on these tracks:
Flip Phillips - Tenor Saxophone
Bill Harris - Trombone
Billy Bauer - Guitar
Harry Edison - Trumpet
Hank Jones - Piano
Ray Brown - Bass
Buddy Rich - Drums

Other David Stone Marting covers for Flip Phillips.

Music Monday - Teddy Wilson

Things are sort of dull around the Music Monday composing room, so for the next few weeks the cracked editorial staff has decided on a new feature for the day:

The artwork of David Stone Martin on record covers.

One exciting work of art (called Illustration by some) will be presented here each week until they run out. Each is a scan from the editor's personal library and the original copyrights apply.

They are presented here for admiration and educational purposes only.

Teddy Wilson was a fine piano player.

He was probably best known for his years and recordings with Benny Goodman groups and heading up a small band to back vocals for some of the best Billie Holiday recordings.

Teddy Wilson died yesterday July 31, in 1986.
He was 73.

Near as I can tell, this was the only David Stone Martin cover for a Teddy Wilson record. There were two 45 rpm records, same design slightly different colors.

Music Monday - Billie Holliday

Things are sort of dull around the Music Monday composing room, so for the next few weeks the cracked editorial staff has decided on a new feature for the day:

The artwork of David Stone Martin on record covers.

One exciting work of art (called Illustration by some) will be presented here each week until they run out. Each is a scan from the editor's personal library and the original copyrights apply.

They are presented here for admiration and educational purposes only.

This is David Stone Martin's interpretation of the Jazz Singer Billie Holiday.

Her legend need not be repeated here. If you don't know it already, you never will.

Yesterday July 17, in 1959, we lost Billie Holiday.

LP side 1
1."Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 4:12
2."Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) – 3:35
3."Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 6:14
4."Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 4:25
5."We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 4:24
6."All or Nothing at All" (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) – 5:39

LP side 2
1."Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 4:48
2."April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) – 3:02
3."I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 3:25
4."But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:48
5."Say It Isn't So" (Berlin) – 3:22
6."Our Love Is Here to Stay" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 3:41

Music Monday - Andy Warhol - pinch hitter

I couldn't coordinate any musicians, David Stone Martin art and today's date, so instead today I will feature all the Andy Warhol album cover art I could find. There are nine.

They are presented here for admiration and educational purposes only.

The Profile (more than you really wanted to know)is HERE.

Lost Gallery The rescue mission for battered and abused orphan photographs.

Still the most popular page on this blog. The Subway Collection

Music Monday - The Gramercy Five

Things are sort of dull around the Music Monday composing room, so for the next few weeks the cracked editorial staff has decided on a new feature for the day:

The artwork of David Stone Martin on record covers.

One exciting work of art (called Illustration by some) will be presented here each week until they run out. Each is a scan from the editor's personal library and the original copyrights apply.

They are presented here for admiration and educational purposes only.

Here is a romantic, even sensous, water color and pen sketch buy our feature artist: David Stone Martin.

This is LP volume #4 of a group of recordings famously know as the "LAST" recordings of Artie Shaw. They are not rare. They have been re-released several times.

But they apparently really are Shaw's last known recordings before he abruptly abandoned the clarinet entirely.

Today in 1910, Artie Shaw was born.

The personnel on these recordings:

Artie Shaw, Clarinet
Hank Jones, Piano
Joe Puma, Guitar
Tommy Potter, Bass
Irv Kluger, Drums

The recordings on this disk are
Stop and Go Mambo
Love of My Life
The Pied Piper Theme
Dancing In The Dark
That Old Feeling
Someone to Watch Over Me.
Besame Mucho

The Profile (more than you really wanted to know)is HERE.

Lost Gallery The rescue mission for battered and abused orphan photographs.

Still the most popular page on this blog. The Subway Collection