Teddy Phillips

Teddy Phillips Orchestra: That Distinguished Gentleman with that Distinctive Saxophone

by Dave Nathan
June 1, 2001

This is the kind of record that a self respecting jazz fan will immediately take out of the CD player and hide if someone comes a visiting. Built around Teddy Phillips sugary sweet alto and surrounded by a bevy of strings, this is easy listening music in the Hugo Winterhalter sense. Phillips will remind some of the great English alto player of the 1940's, Freddie Gardner, although Gardner had a bit more zip. Phillips has built a career on this ...