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Biography
Jonny Phillips (born 11 January 1971, in Kendal, Cumbria, England) is an English jazz guitarist and composer. 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 three albums on the F-IRE Collective label. Oriole is perhaps one of the few groups to feature two Mercury nominated artists: Ben Davis on cello and Seb Rochford on drums. Phillips is now based in South London after three and a half years living in Andalusia, Spain.
Oriole
Albums
- Song for the Sleeping (F-IRE Collective, 2005)
- Migration (F-IRE Collective, 2006)
- Every New Day (F-IRE Collective, 2011)
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
Magical Realism
The music of Oriole has on occasion been associated with magical realist literature.
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 -JazzFm compilation (Jazz-Fm, 2000)
- Song for the Sleeping - Oriole (F-IRE Collective, 2005)
- Migration - Oriole (F-IRE Collective, 2006)
- Not Alone - Julia Biel (Rokit, 2006)
- Held on the Tips of Fingers - Polar Bear (Babel Label, 2006)
- F-ire Works Vol. 1 (F-IRE Collective, 2006)
- Tangled Roots - Red Earth, 2006
- F-ire Works Vol. 2 (F-IRE Collective, 2007)
- ZOOM! European Jazz Collective (Yolk, 2007)
- All About Jazz (2006-01-20). "Julia Biel | Not Alone". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- All About Jazz (2005-03-24). "Polar Bear | Held On The Tips Of Fingers". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- "Soothsayers | Tangled Roots". CD Baby. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- "F-IRE Collective - Releases: ZOOM! European Jazz Collectives | Live Jazz Music | Live Music London | Jazz Bands | FIRE Collective". F-ire.com. Retrieved 2012-02-23.