Phil Urso
Phil Urso (2 October 1925,
Denver, Colorado) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and composer known for his association with trumpeter Chet Baker
.
Urso learned clarinet as a child and switched to tenor sax while in
Pacific Jazz releases in 1956. Urso and Baker would collaborate sporadically for some 30 years.[1]
Urso worked with Claude Thornhill late in the 1950s, but receded from national attention in later decades. He moved to Denver and continued performing locally into the 2000s.
Discography
As leader
- Sentimental Journey with Bob Banks (Regent, 1956)
- Salute Chet Baker with Carl Saunders (Jazzed Media, 2003)
- The Philosophy of Urso: Phil Urso's 1953–1959 Sessions (Fresh Sound, 2016)
As sideman
With Chet Baker
- Chet Baker & Crew (Pacific Jazz, 1956)
- Chet Baker Big Band (Pacific Jazz, 1957)
- Playboys(aka Picture of Heath, Pacific Jazz, 1957)
- The Most Important Jazz Album of 1964/65 (Colpix, 1964)
- Baby Breeze (Limelight, 1965)
With others
- Louis Armstrong, Louis and the Angels (Decca, 1957)
- The Hi-Lo's & Jerry Fielding, The Hi-Lo's and the Jerry Fielding Orchestra (Kapp, 1956)
- Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker, Mulligan and Baker! (Jazztone, 1957)
- Art Pepper, The Artistry of Pepper (Pacific Jazz, 1962)
- Oscar Pettiford, The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet (Debut, 1953)
References
- ^ Jack, Gordon (2004) Fifties Jazz Talk: An Oral Retrospective, p. 205. Scarecrow Press At Google Books. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
Bibliography
- Phil Urso at Allmusic
- Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford, 1999, p. 659.
- The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Second Edition, Volume 3, Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Grove, 2002, p. 816.
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