Reuben Phillips
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
| Label | Issue | Format | Artist | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace | CDCHD846 | CD | Little Willie John | The Early King Sessions |
| Federal | 12058 | single | Gene Redd Orchestra | Play vibes, play / I surrender dear |
| - | 12119 | - | - | I dreamed the blues / In the Redd |
| Gusto | GD5034-X | |||
| - | GD5040-X | - | - | - |
| King | 4395 | single | Mabel Scott | I'll always belong to you / Subway blues |
| - | 4410 | - | - | Disgusted / Willow weep for me |
| - | 4415 | - | Wynonie Harris | Put it back / Triflin' woman |
| - | 4445 | - | - | I believe I'll fall in love / A love untrue |
| - | 4461 | - | - | I believe I'll fall in love / Confessin' the blues / Bloodshot eyes |
| - | 4468 | - | - | Man, have I got troubles / I'll never give up |
| - | 4841 | - | Little Willie John | Home at last / Need your love so bad |
| - | 4893 | - | - | Are you ever coming back / I'm stickin' with you baby |
| - | 5539 | - | - | Need your love so bad / Drive me home |
| - | 6302 | - | - | All around the world / Need your love so bad |
| - | LP564 | LP | - | Fever |
| - | LP603 | - | - | Mister Little Willie John |
| - | LP627 | - | Various Artists | Battle of the Blues, Volume 2 - Roy Brown vs. Wynonie Harris |
| - | LP691 | - | Little Willie John | Little Willie John in Action |
| - | LP767 | - | - | The Sweet, The Hot, The Teenage Beat |
| - | LP949 | - | - | |
| - | LP1081 | - | - | The Best of Little Willie John - Free at Last |
| Polydor | 2343048 | - | Wynonie Harris | Jump Blues: Wynonie Harris / Eddie Vinson |
| Quality/King | 4047 | single | - | Confessin' the blues / Bloodshot eyes |
| Rhino | R2-71511 | CD | Little Willie John | Fever: The Best of Little Willie John |
| Route 66 | KIX-3 | LP | Wynonie Harris | Mr. Blues is coming to town (further titles not from King labels) |
| Vogue | V3360 | single | Gene Redd | I dreamed the blues / In the Redd |
| Westside | WESA923 | CD | Various Artists | Fine Fine Baby: King's Queens |
| Leader | Site | Date | Session | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Redd and his Orchestra | New York, NY | October 31, 1951 | [session] | alto saxophone |
| - | - | December 14, 1952 | [session] | - |
| Little Willie John | - | September 20, 1955 | [session] | baritone saxophone |
| Mabel Scott | - | July 15, 1950 | [session] | alto saxophone |
| Wynonie Harris | - | October 23, 1950 | [session] | tenor saxophone |
| - | - | October 24, 1950 | [session] | - |
Reuben Phillips (died February 13, 1974 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) was an American jazz saxophonist, arranger and bandleader, born in Providence, Kentucky.
After five years as an alto saxophonist with Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy, he played with Willis Jackson (1950) then Josephine Baker and Louis Jordan (1951). From 1952, Phillips has been a freelance arranger, musician and band leader in the New York area. He made arrangements for Dinah Washington, Lavern Baker, Ruth Brown, Billy Ward, Earl Bostic, Arnett Cobb among others.
He also played and recorded with Gene Redd, Sammy Lowe, George Rhodes, Dud Bascomb, and later recorded with Willis Jackson (1970) and Erskine Hawkins (1971).
He recorded two albums with his own big band, the house band at the Apollo Theatre on 125th Street in Harlem in the 1960s and 70s. Wikipedia