Reuben Phillips

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American jazz saxophonist, arranger and band leader, 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 free lance 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.