Phil Sunkel

Phil Sunkel: Jazz Concert Grosso

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
August 5, 2014

Phil Sunkel was a swinging trumpeter and cornetist who never overblew his horn. Like Dick Collins, Sunkel was a tone guy who had a knack for picking choice notes and playing them beautifully, whether working up the scale or down. Sunkel began recording in the mid-1950s and led his first session—Phil Sunkel's Jazz Band—in June 1956 for ABC-Paramount. He then was a sideman on many superb dates, including Aaron Sachs's Clarinet & Co., The Gerry Mulligan Concert Band, Billy VerPlanck's ...
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