Sonny Phillips

organ, piano · 1936 · Mobile (Alabama)

Organist born in Mobile (Alabama), who came to the organ after hearing Jimmy Smith. He played with Lou Donaldson, Eddie Harris, Houston Person and Gene Ammons in the 1960s and 1970s, before semi-retirement after a long illness in 1980.

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Styles

• Soul jazz, boogaloo
• Hard bop

Landmark tracks

• Black on Black (1970)
• Check It Out (1970)
• Blues in Maude's Flat (1970)
• The Doll House (1970)

Sources

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