Flip Top

For other uses of "Fliptop", see Fliptop (disambiguation).

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]

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)

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

1. "Searching for the Blues - 7:47
2. "Desolation" (Bill Barron) - 8:45
3. "Light Blue" (Barron) - 3:43
4. "Quicksand" - 6:09
5. "Straight Ice" - 4:53
6. "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

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