Swing Is The Thing!

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Album: Swing Is The Thing!
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Mark Of Zorro	More Info...	2:19
2)	I Hadn't Anyone Till You	More Info...	6:05
3)	Everything I Have Is Yours	More Info...	4:12
4)	Where Or When	More Info...	4:59
5)	In A Mellow Tone	More Info...	3:40
6)	Exactly Like Us	More Info...	3:59
7)	Music Maestro Please	More Info...	6:37
8)	Swing Is The Thing	More Info...	8:28
9)	For All We Know	More Info...	6:28
10)	Flip The Whip	More Info...	5:02
11)	Susan's Dream	More Info...	6:51
12)	This Is All I Ask	More Info...	6:08
13)	Grand Rose	More Info...	3:26
14)	The Mark Of Zorro	More Info...	2:45

Album: Swing Is The Thing!
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Mark Of Zorro	More Info...	2:19
2)	I Hadn't Anyone Till You	More Info...	6:05
3)	Everything I Have Is Yours	More Info...	4:12
4)	Where Or When	More Info...	4:59
5)	In A Mellow Tone	More Info...	3:40
6)	Exactly Like Us	More Info...	3:59
7)	Music Maestro Please	More Info...	6:37
8)	Swing Is The Thing	More Info...	8:28
9)	For All We Know	More Info...	6:28
10)	Flip The Whip	More Info...	5:02
11)	Susan's Dream	More Info...	6:51
12)	This Is All I Ask	More Info...	6:08
13)	Grand Rose	More Info...	3:26
14)	The Mark Of Zorro	More Info...	2:45

Performer Notes

Personnel: Flip Phillips, James Carter, Joe Lovano (tenor saxophone); Benny Green (piano); Howard Alden (guitar); Christian McBride (bass); Kenny Washington (drums).
Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, New York on October 12 & 13, 1999. Includes liner notes by Dan Morgenstern.
Amazingly enough, this is 85-year-old Flip Phillips' first major-label recording as a leader, as well as one of the few albums he's ever released as a leader. You'd have to say that the old man still has plenty of wind in him, because this is a blowing session from start to finish, especially on tracks like "The Mark of Zorro" (versions of which open and close the album), "Where or When," and "Flip the Whip," when Phillips is joined by one or both of two fellow tenor men, James Carter and Joe Lovano. The rest of the time, he sticks with a rhythm section consisting of Howard Alden, Benny Green, Christian McBride, and Kenny Washington, though Duke Ellington's "In a Mellow Tune" is a duet with bassist McBride and "This Is All I Ask" pairs him with guitarist Alden. Alden especially also gets plenty of solo time in on what are really group performances. But that takes nothing away from the spry leader, who can roar on such numbers as the title tune and whisper with a husky tone on slow burners like "For All We Know." His playing is an inspiration. ~ William Ruhlmann

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (3/31/00, p.71) - "There's something eternally youthful about the rich, buoyant sound of this 85-year-old tenor sax master. He saunters through [the album] as if he were still the hot young star Woody Herman discovered in 1944..." - Rating: A-

CMJ (3/27/00, p.33) - "...classic, swingin' bebop that perfectly emphasizes his laid-back phrasings and warm, hushed tone....a gentle reminder of just how beautiful and elegant jazz can be."

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