Flip Top

1977 studio album / Live album by Ted Curson

Flip Top

Studio album / Live album by

Ted Curson

Released

1977

Recorded

August 1, 1964 and Summer 1966
Studio Acousti, Paris, France and Yugoslavia Jazz Festival, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

Genre

Jazz

Label

Freedom FLP 41030

Producer

Alan Bates

Ted Curson chronology

Urge
(1966)

Flip Top
(1977)

Ode to Booker Ervin
(1970)

Flip Top is an album by American trumpeter Ted Curson which has one side recorded in the studio in 1964 at the same sessions that produced Tears for Dolphy and one side recorded live at the Seventh Yugoslavia Jazz Festival in Ljubljana which was first released on the Freedom label in 1977.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars calling it "A recommended and consistently stimulating release".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Ted Curson except as indicated

"Searching for the Blues - 7:47
"Desolation" (Bill Barron) - 8:45
"Light Blue" (Barron) - 3:43
"Quicksand" - 6:09
"Straight Ice" - 4:53
"Flip Top" - 4:14

Personnel

Ted Curson - trumpet
Bill Barron - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3)
Herb Bushler - bass (tracks 1-3)
Dick Berk - drums (tracks 1-3)
Zagreb Radio Orchestra conducted by Miljenko Trohaska and arranged by Zita Carno (tracks 4-6)

References

^ Ted Curson discography accessed February 26, 2015
^ Fitzgerald, M., Ted Curson leader entry, accessed February 26, 2015
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed February 26, 2015
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 53. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.