Flip Phillips
Tenor Sax Solo on
Everything I Have Is Yours

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Flip Phillips's quarter-chorus tenor saxophone solo is the sole improvisation on this poignant ballad performance of Burton Lane's standard. Phillips takes just 8 bars before Billie Holiday sings the chorus out. At 74 BPM over a brief passage of the 32-bar ABAC form in F, Phillips's warm, full-bodied tone and melodic sensitivity make every note count, each phrase carefully placed for emotional effect. The brevity of the solo is itself a statement of restraint, serving as a tender instrumental interlude within one of the Solitude album's most emotionally exposed moments.

Flip Phillips was 36 to 37 years old at the time.