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Sonny Phillips
Sonny (* 1936) began playing jazz organ after hearing Jimmy Smith in his twenties. He studied
under Ahmad Jamal, and played in the 1960s and 1970s with Lou Donaldson, Nicky Hill, Eddie Harris,
Houston Person, and Gene Ammons. His debut album was released in 1969, and he released several
further records as a leader before suffering a long illness in 1980. He went into semi-retirement
after this and moved to Los Angeles; since then he has performed and taught occasionally.
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Rusty Bryant Returns Prestige PR 7626 released 1969 recorded February 1969 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Rusty Bryant, alto saxophone Sonny Phillips, organ Grant Green, guitar Bob Bushnell, bass Herbie Lovelle, drums |
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Goodness! Prestige PR 7678 released 1969 recorded August 1969 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Houston Person, tenor sax Sonny Phillips, organ Billy Butler, guitar Bob Bushnell, bass Frankie Jones, drums Buddy Caldwell, congas |
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Boogaloo Joe Prestige PR 7697 released 1969 recorded August 1969 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Boogaloo Joe Jones, guitar, piano, vocals Rusty Bryant, tenor sax Sonny Phillips, organ, piano Eddie Mathias, bass Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, drums |
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Guitar Soul! Prestige PR 7734 released 1969 recorded September 1969 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Billy Butler, guitar Sonny Phillips, organ Seldon Powell, tenor sax, flute, varitone Bob Bushnell, bass Specs Powell, drums |
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Sure 'nuff Prestige PR 7737 released 1970 recorded October 1969 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Sonny Phillips, organ Virgil Jones, trumpet Houston Person, tenor sax Jo Jones, guitar Bob Bushnell, bass Bernard Purdie, drums |
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Truth! Prestige PR 7767 released 1970 recorded February 1970 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Houston Person, tenor sax Billy Butler, guitar Sonny Phillips, organ Bob Bushnell, bass Frankie Jones, drums Buddy Caldwell, congas |
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The Boss Is Back! Prestige PR 7739 released 1970 recorded November 1969 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Gene Ammons, tenor sax Junior Mance, piano Sonny Phillips, organ Junior Mance, piano Bob Bushnell, bass Buster Williams, bass Bernard Purdie, drums Candido, congas |
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Brother Jug! Prestige PR 7792 released 1970 recorded November 1969 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Gene Ammons, tenor sax Billy Butler, guitar Sonny Phillips, organ Junior Mance, piano Buster Williams, bass Bob Bushnell, bass Frankie Jones, drums Bernard Purdie, drums Candido, congas |
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Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow Prestige PR 7797 released 1970 recorded April 1970 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Billy Butler, guitar Sonny Phillips, organ, piano Jerome Richardson, tenor sax, flute Everett Barksdale, guitar Billy Suyker, guitar Chuck Rainey, bass Jimmy Johnson, drums |
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Black Magic! Prestige PR 7799 released 1970 recorded March 1970 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Sonny Phillips, organ, piano Eddie Pazant, tenor sax Melvin Sparks, guitar Jimmy Lewis, bass Ben Dixon, drums Buddy Caldwell, conga |
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Person To Person! Prestige PR 10003 released 1970 recorded 1970 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Houston Person, tenor sax Virgil Jones, trumpet Sonny Phillips, organ, piano Grant Green, guitar Jimmy Lewis, bass Idris Muhammad, drums Buddy Caldwell, conga |
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Black On Black! Prestige PR 10007 released 1970 recorded July 1970 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Sonny Phillips, organ Rusty Bryant, alto sax, tenor sax Melvin Sparks, guitar Jimmy Lewis, bass Bernard Purdie, drums |
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No Way! Prestige PRST 10004 released 1971 recorded in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Boogaloo Joe Jones, guitar Grover Washington jr., tenor sax Butch Cornell, organ Sonny Phillips, organ, piano Jimmy Lewis, bass Bernard Purdie, drums |
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Got My Own Prestige PRST 10058 released 1973 recorded October/November 1972 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Gene Ammons, tenor sax Joe Beck, guitar Maynard Parker, guitar Ernie Hayes, organ Hank Jones, piano Sonny Phillips, piano, organ string section Ron Carter, bass Billy Cobham, drums Idris Muhammad, drums Mickey Rocker, drums |
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Big Bad Jug Prestige PR 10070 released 1973 recorded October/November 1972 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Gene Ammons, tenor sax Ernie Hayes, organ Sonny Phillips, piano, organ Hank Jones, piano Joe Beck, guitar Maynard Parker, guitar Ron Carter, bass Billy Cobham, drums Idris Muhammad, drums Mickey Roker, drums |
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The Real Thing Eastbound Records 2EB 9010 released 1973 recorded live March 1973 in Detroit, MI/USA |
Houston Person, tenor sax Wild Bill Moore, tenor sax Marcus Belgrave, trumpet Donald Townes, trumpet Eli Fountain, alto sax Robert Lowe, guitar Grant Green, guitar Jimmy Watson, organ Sonny Phillips, organ James Jamieson, bass Idris Muhammad, drums Hank Brown, drums Buddy Caldwell, congas |
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Stolen Sweets Muse MR 5110 released 1977 recorded 1976 in USA |
Houston Person, tenor sax Jimmy Ponder, guitar Sonny Phillips, organ Frankie Jones, drums Buddy Caldwell, congas |
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My Black Flower Muse MR 5118 released 1977 recorded September 1976 in USA |
Sonny Phillips, organ Jimmy Ponder, Guitar Gale Robinson, Flute Galen Abdur-Razzaq, Flute Ben Dixon, Drums Ralph Dorsey, Percussion Frank Jones, Drums Qaadir Almubeen Muhammad, Drums |
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Wild Flowers Muse MR 5161 released 1978 recorded September 1977 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Houston Person, tenor sax Bill Hardman, trumpet Sonny Phillips, organ Jimmy Ponder, guitar Idris Muhammad, drums Larry Killian, congas, percussion |
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I Concentrate On You Muse MR 5157 released 1978 recorded November 1977 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Sonny Phillips, organ Virgil Jones, trumpet Eddie McFadden, guitar Lawrence Killian, congas, percussion Charlie Persip, drums Mervin Bronson, bass John Stubblefield, tenor sax |
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Coolin' 'n' Groovin' Lexington LLP-1002 released 1993 recorded July 1993 live in Japan |
Bernard Purdie, drums Sonny Phillips, organ Chuck Rainey, bass David T. Walker, guitar Pancho Morales, percussion Bill Bivens, tenor sax Lou Donaldson, tenor sax Virgil Jones, Trumpet |
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Legends Of Acid Jazz Prestige PRCD-24167-2 compilation |
Boogaloo Joe Jones, guitar Rusty Bryant, alto sax, tenor sax Charles Earland, organ Sonny Phillips, organ, piano Jimmy Lewis, bass Eddie Mathias, bass Bernard Purdie, drums |
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Legends Of Acid Jazz Prestige PRCD-24186-2 compilation |
Sonny Phillips, organ Houston Person, tenor sax Rusty Bryant, tenor sax Virgil Jones, trumpet Ivan 'Boogaloo' Joe Jones, guitar Melvin Sparks, guitar Bob Bushnell, bass Jimmy Lewis, bass Bernard Purdie, drums |
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Legends Of Acid Jazz - Tenor Titans Prestige PRCD 24212-2 compilation |
Hadley Caliman, soprano sax, flute, alto flute Eddie Pazant, alto sax Gene Ammons, tenor sax Eugene Barr, tenor sax Rusty Bryant, tenor sax Wilton Felder, tenor sax Joe Henderson, tenor sax David "Fathead" Newman, tenor sax Houston Person, tenor sax Jerome Richardson, tenor sax Sonny Stitt, tenor sax Grover Washington, tenor sax George Bohannon, trombone Oscar Brashear, trumpet, flugelhorn Virgil Jones, trumpet Blue Mitchell, trumpet Al Pazant, trumpet Everett Barksdale, guitar Billy Butler, guitar, bass Grant Green, guitar Boogaloo Joe Jones, guitar Joe Pass, guitar Melvin Sparks, guitar Bill Suyker, guitar Steve Weakley, guitar Butch Cornell, organ Neal Creque, piano Charles Earland, organ Charles Kynard, organ Sonny Phillips, organ, piano Patrice Rushen, piano Leon Spencer, organ Bobby Watley, organ Billy Bivens, vibes, percussion Bob Bushnell, bass Tony Dumas, bass Carol Kaye, bass Jimmy Lewis, bass Chuck Rainey, bass Seaborn Westbrook, bass Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, drums Paul Humphrey, drums Idris Muhammad, drums Jimmy Munford, drums Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, drums Mickey Roker, drums Joseph Armstrong, congas Buddy Caldwell, percussion Cecil Hunt, percussion Kenneth Nash, percussion Funk Inc. Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers |
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A Little Houston On The Side 32 Jazz 32159 |
Houston Person, tenor sax Cecil Bridgewater, tenor sax, trumpet Ron Bridgewater, tenor sax Teddy Edwards, tenor sax Philip Harper, trumpet Paul Bollenback, guitar Danny Caron, guitar John Hart, guitar Jimmy Ponder, guitar Gerald "Eli" Smith, guitar Charles Brown, piano, vocals Joey DeFrancesco, Hammond organ Benny Green, piano Richard "Groove" Holmes, organ Stan Hope, piano Jack McDuff, organ Sonny Phillips, keyboards, organ Richard Wyands, piano George Devens, vibes Red Callender, bass Ron Carter, bass Milt Hinton, bass Christian McBride, bass Rufus Reid, bass Peter Washington, bass Gaylord Birch, drums Vernel Fournier, drums Winard Harper, drums Byron Landham, drums Idris Muhammad, drums Grady Tate, drums Bobby Ward, drums Kenny Washington, drums Ralph Dorsey, percussion Sammy Figueroa, percussion Lawrence Killian, percussion Etta Jones, vocals |
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Gentle Jug, Vol. 3 Prestige PRCD-24249-2 compilation, recorded June 1960 through February 1970 |
Gene Ammons, tenor sax Sonny Stitt, alto sax, tenor sax Joe Newman, trumpet Frank Wess, flute Clarence "Sleepy" Anderson, organ, piano John Houston, piano Wynton Kelly, piano Jack McDuff, organ Sonny Phillips, organ Johnny "Hammond" Smith, organ Bob Bushnell, bass George Duvivier, bass Wendell Marshall, bass Doug Watkins, bass Buster Williams, bass George Brown, drums Rudy Collins, drums J.C. Heard, drums Walter Perkins, drums Charlie Persip, drums Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, drums Art Taylor, drums Ray Barretto, congas |
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Fine And Mellow Prestige PRCD-24281-2 originally released as track 01,02,03,06,07,08,09,10: 'Got My Own' (Prestge 10058) track 04,05,11,12,13,14: 'Big Bad Jug' (Prestige 10070) |
Gene Ammons, sax
Joe Beck, guitar Maynard Parker, guitar Hank Jones, piano Sonny Phillips, organ, piano Ernie Hayes, organ Ron Carter, bass Billy Cobham, drums Idris Muhammad, drums Mickey Roker, drums |
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Don't Misunderstand - Live in New York HighNote Records HCD 7173 recorded 1980 in New York, NY/USA |
Etta Jones, vocals Houston Person, tenor sax Sonny Phillips, organ Frankie Jones, drums |
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