Name: Spanish Eyes
Brand: Candid
SKU: 744533
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Album: Spanish Eyes

Song Title

Time

Spanish Eyes

Nature Boy

Fat Tessie's Ass

Nancy (With the Laughing Face)

Makin' Whoopee

Everything Happens to Me

Love Story

Jeannie

This Is All I Ask

10)

Fat Tessie's Ass

11)

Makin' Whoopee

12)

Spanish Eyes

Album: Spanish Eyes

Song Title

Time

Spanish Eyes

Nature Boy

Fat Tessie's Ass

Nancy (With the Laughing Face)

Makin' Whoopee

Everything Happens to Me

Love Story

Jeannie

This Is All I Ask

10)

Fat Tessie's Ass

11)

Makin' Whoopee

12)

Spanish Eyes

Performer Notes

Personnel: Flip Phillips (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet); Mickey Crane (piano); Milt Hinton (bass); Mousey Alexander (drums).
Personnel: Flip Phillips (bass clarinet, tenor saxophone); Mickey Crane (piano); Mousie Alexander (drums).
Recording information: McDonald Studios, Sea Cliff, NY (08/25/1975); Sea Cliff, NY (08/25/1975).
This 1975 session, which originally was released as Phillips' Head by Choice, marked Flip Phillips' first date as a leader after a nearly a dozen years, although he had been recording during the period. With pianist Mickey Crane, bassist Milt Hinton, and drummer Mousie Alexander, Phillips ventures into a mix of vintage and current songs with great results throughout the date. A swinging rendition of "Spanish Eyes," written by easy listening bandleader Bert Kaempfert, became a favorite of the tenor saxophonist. His melodious takes on "This Is All I Ask" and "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" bring Ben Webster to mind. One surprise is the lively version of Hugo Montenegro's "Jeannie," which is the theme to the 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie starring Barbara Eden. He switches to bass clarinet (an instrument on which he excelled but played only occasionally on record dates) for several tracks. He performs an inspired call-and-response duet with Hinton on "Nature Boy," a rather novel approach to a tune that can easily become hackneyed in the wrong hands, with the rest of the group joining him after a couple of choruses. His original blues "Fat Tessie's Ass" is a swinger with a fine solo by Hinton, while his use of the instrument on "Everything Happens to Me" adds to the already morose nature of this classic ballad. This 1997 reissue by Candid adds several alternate takes to this already worthwhile disc. ~ Ken Dryden