Flip Top

Flip Top
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

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.

[Ted_Curson_discography-1] Ted Curson discography accessed February 26, 2015

[2] Fitzgerald, M., Ted Curson leader entry, accessed February 26, 2015

[Allmusic-3] Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed February 26, 2015

[RSJRG-4] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 53. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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v t e Ted Curson
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Plenty of Horn (1961) Ted Curson Plays Fire Down Below (1962) Flip Top (1964–66) Tears for Dolphy (1964) The New Thing & the Blue Thing (1965) Urge (1966) Ode to Booker Ervin (1970) Pop Wine (1971) Cattin' Curson (1973) Quicksand (1974) Blue Piccolo (1976) Jubilant Power (1976) Blowin' Away (and Dizzy Reece, 1978) The Trio (1979) I Heard Mingus (1980) Snake Johnson (1981)
With Charles Mingus	Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960) Mingus (with Charles Mingus, 1960) Mingus at Antibes (with Charles Mingus, 1960) Mingus Revisited/Pre-Bird (with Charles Mingus, 1960)
With others	California Cookin' (Pepper Adams, 1983) The Tenor Stylings of Bill Barron (1961) Modern Windows (Bill Barron, 1961) Baritone Madness (Nick Brignola and Pepper Adams, 1977) Hoarded Dreams (Graham Collier, 1983) Spiral (Andrew Hill, 1974–75) Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5 (New York Contemporary Five, split album, 1964) Fire Music (Archie Shepp, 1965) Love for Sale (Cecil Taylor, 1959) Seant (Andrzej Trzaskowski, 1965–66)