Flip Phillips' Death
Born (Birthday) March 26, 1915
Death Date August 17, 2001
Age of Death 86 years
Cause of Death N/A
Place of Death Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Profession Saxophonist
The saxophonist Flip Phillips died at the age of 86. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Member of Jazz at the Philharmonic from 1946 to 1957. He has played jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet.
He performed with the Woody Herman band in the 1940s and the spinoff band, the Woodchoppers.
He retired for fifteen years in Florida but went back to recording music while in his eighties.
He was born and raised in Brooklyn.
He recorded for Verve with many different artists, including Ray Brown.