Jonny Phillips (born 11 January 1971, in Kendal, Westmorland, 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
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 Rochford's 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)
Reviews Timeout The Guardian The Guardian – live review Ronnie Scott's Magazine Straight No Chaser Cheltenham Jazz Festival Review The Guardian Echoes, Kevin Le Gendre The Independent Jazzwise The Herald Straight No Chaser 2
References
External links Jonnyphillips.com Oriole-music.co.uk F-ire.com myspace/oriole2 myspace/phillipsleach