''Flip Top'' is an album by American trumpeter
Ted Curson
Theodore Curson (June 3, 1935 – November 4, 2012) was an American jazz trumpeter.
Life and career
Curson was born in Philadelphia. He became interested in playing trumpet after watching a newspaper salesman play a silver trumpet. Curson's fath ...
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
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During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the are ...
which was first released on the
Freedom label in 1977.
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Ted Curson leader entry
accessed February 26, 2015
Reception
Allmusic
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awarded the album 4 stars calling it "A recommended and consistently stimulating release".
[Yanow, S.]
Allmusic Review
accessed February 26, 2015
Track listing
''All compositions by Ted Curson except as indicated''
# "Searching for the Blues - 7:47
# "Desolation" (Bill Barron) - 8:45
# "Light Blue" (Barron) - 3:43
# "Quicksand" - 6:09
# "Straight Ice" - 4:53
# "Flip Top" - 4:14
Personnel
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Ted Curson
Theodore Curson (June 3, 1935 – November 4, 2012) was an American jazz trumpeter.
Life and career
Curson was born in Philadelphia. He became interested in playing trumpet after watching a newspaper salesman play a silver trumpet. Curson's fath ...
-
trumpet
The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...
*
Bill Barron -
tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...
(tracks 1-3)
*Herb Bushler -
bass (tracks 1-3)
*
Dick Berk -
drums (tracks 1-3)
*Zagreb Radio Orchestra conducted by Miljenko Trohaska and arranged by Zita Carno (tracks 4-6)
References
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1977 albums
Freedom Records albums
Ted Curson albums