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Sonny Phillips

Born: Dec 7, 1936 in Mobile, AL

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Styles: Soul-Jazz

Biography: Organist Sonny Phillips was born in Mobile, AL. in 1936 to a musical family, but did not begin his jazz education until the age of 23, when he began studying with Ahmad Jamal. The music of Jimmy Smith inspired him to switch to the organ, and soon he was performing with soul-jazz greats such as Lou Donaldson, ...Read full biography

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Black on Black

Released: 1970

Label: Prestige

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Sonny Phillips' third and final album for Prestige, coming just over a year after his first, shows the soul-jazz organist moving in a somewhat funkier direction than his first two efforts. The roiling ...Read full review

Sure 'Nuff

Released: 1969

Label: Prestige

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The debut set as leader by organist Sonny Phillips is refreshingly free of the usual clichéd funky licks copped off Jimmy Smith and Brother Jack McDuff albums. Very early in his career, the Alabama-born, ...Read full review

More Sonny Phillips albums: Main Albums (5), Compilations (2)

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