PHIL RAPHAEL

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Pianist and composer Phil Raphael was born in New York in 1930 and an active member of the capital of bop’s music scene during the 1950s, occasionally playing with Charlie Parker and saxophonist John Eardley. The only recorded trace of his activities is a session he did with the legendary trumpet player Red Rodney for the Prestige label in 1951.

Phil Raphael also played in Tommy Dorsey and Stan Kenton’s big bands – although there is no recorded proof of this – and moved to Las Vegas for a while. It is unknown exactly when he appeared on the Belgian scene, nor when he disappeared from the musical life of Brussels, but he did play at the Pol’s club where his wife worked as a cloakroom assistant during the 1970s.

The recording session for ‘Stop, Look, Listen’ took place on 3rd June 1972 and although the character and story of the leader
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PHIL RAPHAEL Stop, Look, Listen album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Stop, Look, Listen
Exotica 1972

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