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Jonny Phillips (born 11 January 1971) is a prolific British guitarist and composer[1]. He played the violin and studied theory from the age of five however he swapped to guitar at fifteen to study Jazz, Brazilian and African music. After his studies at Newcastle college of music Phillips moved to London where he set up his group Oriole with whom he has released two albums on the F-IRE Collective label. Oriole are perhaps one of the few groups to feature two Mercury nominated artists: Ben Davis on cello and Seb Rochford on drums.[2] Phillips is now based in North London after a three and a half year period living in Andalusia, Spain.
Oriole
Albums
Lineup
- Jonny Phillips - Guitar
- Ingrid Laubrock - Tenor Saxophone
- Ben Davis - Cello
- Idris Rahman - Tenor Saxophone
- Nick Ramm - Piano
- Adriano Adewale - Percussion
- Ruth Goller - Bass
- Fernando De Marco - Bass
- Seb Rochford - Drums [5]
The music of Oriole has on occasion been associated with magical realist literature.[6]
Associated bands
Phillips has also played and recorded with:
- Soothsayers
- Julia Biel
- F-ire Large Ensemble
- Seb Rochfords Polar Bear
- Renato D'Aiello
Discography
- The Perrier award winners - 2000 - JazzFm Compilation - Jazz-Fm Records
- Song for the sleeping - Oriole - 2005 - F-ire Recorded Music.
- Migration - Oriole - 2006 - F-ire Recorded Music.
- Not alone - Julia Biel - 2006 - Rokit Records[7]
- Held on the tips of fingers - Polar Bear - 2006 - Babel[7]
- F-ire works - vol 1 - 2006 - F-ire Recorded Music
- Tangled roots - 2006 - Red Earth[8]
- F-ire works - vol 2 - 2007 - F-ire Recorded Music
- ZOOM! European Jazz Collective - 2007 - Yolk[9]
References
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/may/26/jazz.shopping1
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/sep/06/jazz
- ^ http://f-ire.com/site/releases/?page=5
- ^ http://f-ire.com/site/releases/?page=4
- ^ http://www.f-ire.com/site/bands/130/oriole
- ^ http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=15129
- ^ a b http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/mixingit/pip/7sudk/
- ^ http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/soothsayers
- ^ http://www.f-ire.com/site/releases/235/zoom!_european_jazz_collectives#
External links
- Jonnyphillips.com
- Oriole-music.co.uk
- F-ire.com
- myspace/oriole2
- myspace/phillipsleach
- Facebook/orioleole