Flip Top | ||||
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Released | 1977 | |||
Recorded | August 1, 1964 and Summer 1966 Studio Acousti, Paris, France and Yugoslavia Jazz Festival, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Freedom FLP 41030 | |||
Producer | Alan Bates | |||
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Flip Top is an album by American trumpeter Ted Curson which has one side recorded in the studio in 1964 at the same sessions that produced Tears for Dolphy and one side recorded live at the Seventh Yugoslavia Jazz Festival in Ljubljana which was first released on the Freedom label in 1977. [1] [2]
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars calling it "A recommended and consistently stimulating release". [3]
All compositions by Ted Curson except as indicated
Theodore Curson was an American jazz trumpeter.
Tears for Dolphy is a 1964 album by jazz trumpeter Ted Curson. The album's title track, an elegy for Eric Dolphy, has been used in many films.
Originally is an album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers recorded in 1956, but not released on the Columbia label until 1982. The album features unreleased tracks from the sessions that produced The Jazz Messengers and Hard Bop which have since been released as bonus tracks on those albums and Drum Suite.
Pre-Bird is an album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus consisting of music that was composed before Mingus first heard Charlie Parker, hence the title Pre-Bird. It was released on Mercury Records in September 1961.
Jambo Caribe is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1964 and released on the Limelight label.
Mingus is an album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus. The album was recorded in October and November 1960 in New York and released in late 1961 on Nat Hentoff's Candid label.
Showcase is the third album led by American jazz drummer Philly Joe Jones which was recorded in 1959 for the Riverside label.
The New Thing & the Blue Thing is an album by American trumpeter Ted Curson which was recorded in 1965 and released on the Atlantic label.
Plenty of Horn is the debut album by American trumpeter Ted Curson which was first released on the Old Town label in 1961.
Ode to Booker Ervin is an album by American trumpeter Ted Curson which was recorded in Helsinki and first released on the Finnish EMI Columbia label in 1970. The album features Curson with a band composed of local Finnish jazz musicians. The album is dedicated to tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin who died at the end of August 1970, a few days before the recording session.
Pop Wine is an album by American trumpeter Ted Curson which was recorded in France and first released on the Futura label in 1971.
Blue Piccolo is an album by American trumpeter Ted Curson which was recorded in 1976 and first released on the Japanese Whynot label and the on India Navigation in the US as Ted Curson & Co.
Jubilant Power is an album by American trumpeter Ted Curson which has one side recorded live in Philadelphia and the other recorded in a New York studio the following day which was first released on the Inner City label in 1976.
Blowin' Away is an album by trumpeters Dizzy Reece and Ted Curson which was recorded in 1976 and first released on the Interplay label.
The Trio is an album by trumpeter Ted Curson which was recorded in 1979 and first released on the Interplay label.
Snake Johnson is an album by trumpeter Ted Curson which was recorded in 1980 and first released on the Chiaroscuro label.
Hot Line is an album by saxophonist Bill Barron which was recorded in 1962 and first released on the Savoy label. The album was also rereleased as The Hot Line under Booker Ervin's co-leadership.
Modern Windows is an album by saxophonist Bill Barron which was recorded in 1961 and first released on the Savoy label. The album was reissued on CD combined with The Tenor Stylings of Bill Barron in 2000.
The Tenor Stylings of Bill Barron is the debut album by saxophonist Bill Barron which was recorded in 1961 and first released on the Savoy label. The album was reissued on CD combined with Modern Windows in 2000.
West Side Story Bossa Nova is an album by saxophonist Bill Barron fearturing bossa nova versions of tunes from the Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim musical West Side Story which was recorded in 1963 and first released on the Dauntlesss label.