Flip Philips discusses his lengthy career

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Flip Philips on starting out as a musician

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Flip Philips discusses fame and moving to New York

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Q: “It took a while before your fame sort of got wider than around the New York area – that was really in the forties that you started…”

A: “Right, that's when I started traveling like with Woody Herman. We went all over and so did Lester [ph] and Mike ... Woody was the first band I ever traveled with. I used to like to stay in New York. I didn't want to go out, but then I started traveling with Woody.”