On Bass
I play bass – I love bass – especially fretless. My heart belongs to Jazz but have been found playing Gospel, Balkan music, Klezmer, Bossa Nova, Fusion, Reggae, Funk, Soul, Highlife and almost everything in between.
I was self-taught for most of my career but in the last half-dozen or so years has sought out the best teachers in London and Los Angeles. I have tried to develop a recognizable profile on the internet through effective use of the new tools of communication and the power of recommendation.
My current regular gigs are with contemporary jazz trio Furniture, Mediterranean/Balkan melodicists Delicatessen and with the All Souls Orchestra. I am the principal CD reviewer for online bass magazine No Treble and maintain the London Coffee Map: a guide to the best independent coffee in London.
For the best coffee in London check out my London Coffee Map
Hey Phil
Your page looks great, it gave me some ideas….Again thanks for adding my blog.
All the best
Juanma
Wow there’s a lot here to wade through lol… Ill just have to take my time..
Chris
hi phil,
looking forward to working through your posts on all things bass……
G
Phil, I can not seem to log into MusicPlayer. Don’t know why. Any green tea from a grocery store will work. Does not have to be some special brand or type. I just use Lipton or even a store brand. I keep it cold as I have a small frig in my music studio. I usually brew a gallon at a time. Drink it just like any other tea, or soda and sweeten it any way you like.
Hope this helps. It helps me.
Ray
Hello Phil,
I hope you’re doing well.
Man, thank you for your support of Vijay’s trio and the new album. We’ve all been very excited to feel the enthusiastic response from so many quarters. I really appreciate your kind and thoughtful comments on my playing!
In addition to playing in that trio and a few other groups, I’m also a composer and bandleader myself, and I have a new album coming out this April with my Rosetta Trio, which features Liberty Ellman and Jamie Fox on acoustic and electric guitars, along with myself on bass and compositions.
If you’re interested, I’d be happy to send you an album…CD, that is.
Just let me know…
Thanks again, Phil!
All the best,
Stephan
P.S. – nice Wal!
Thanks for adding my blog Phil. Looking forward to hearing you play sometime… Maybe a double-bill gig with Furniture and 1224 Project? Cheers, Dylan
No worries Dylan, neat blog! Yeah, I enjoyed what I heard of 1224 Project!
Hey mr Phil haven’t seen the new cool site – always so far ahead!
Roland
I was a friend of Doug’s in the late 70′s in Philly just before he returned to San Francisco. My father and his father were close friends and we briefly became friends, too. I knew him when he was trying to stay clean. I liked him for who he was; a kind and tender soul.