The Back Page: Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden, Herb Ellis, a​​nd Billy Bauer

Jazz guitar greats Pizzarelli, Alden, Ellis, and Bauer celebrate Flip Phillips’s 80th birthday, Boca Raton, Florida, March 1995.

Flip Phillips (1915 – 2001), was an American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player best remembered for his work with Norman Granz’s Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts. Flip performed in a variety of genres, including mainstream jazz, swing, and jump blues.

Photo compliments of Cindy Benedetto.