Flip Top

This article is about the album by Ted Curson. For the bottle closure, see Flip-top.
Flip Top
Studio album / Live album by Ted Curson
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
Ted Curson chronology
Urge
(1966)
Flip Top
(1964-66)
Ode to Booker Ervin
(1970)

Flip Top is an album by American trumpeter Ted Curson which has one side recorded in the studio in 1964 at the same sesions 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]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars calling it "A recommended and consistently stimulating release".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Ted Curson except as indicated

  1. "Searching for the Blues - 7:47
  2. "Desolation" (Bill Barron) - 8:45
  3. "Light Blue" (Barron) - 3:43
  4. "Quicksand" - 6:09
  5. "Straight Ice" - 4:53
  6. "Flip Top" - 4:14

Personnel

References

  1. Ted Curson discography accessed February 26, 2015
  2. Fitzgerald, M., Ted Curson leader entry, accessed February 26, 2015
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed February 26, 2015
  4. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 53. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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