Philip Paul Brisco Miller (22 January 1949 – 18 October 2017) was an English progressive rock composer and guitarist and a central part of the Canterbury scene.
Biography Miller was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire. Self-taught on guitar, he formed his first band, Delivery, at age 17, which backed blues musicians playing at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. In the 1970s, he was a founding member of Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North and National Health.
In 1982, Miller formed his own band In Cahoots to play his own compositions. In the years between 1982 and 2011, he wrote 64 compositions for In Cahoots. His time, during these years, was mainly spent composing, rehearsing, recording and touring with this band. During its lifetime they recorded and contributed to ten of his records, toured extensively in the UK and Europe and played concerts in the US and Japan.
In later years he was a member of Short Wave (with Hugh Hopper, Pip Pyle, and Didier Malherbe), while continuing In Cahoots with Richard Sinclair, Elton Dean, Peter Lemer, and Pip Pyle. In 2005 and 2006, Miller toured with a re-united Hatfield and the North. Miller also performed and recorded extensively in solo projects.
Miller died on 18 October 2017 in London from cancer.
Discography
YearArtistTitle1970Carol Grimes & Delivery Fools Meeting1972CaravanWaterloo Lily1972Matching MoleMatching Mole1972Matching MoleLittle Red Record1973Coxhill/MillerMiller/Coxhill1974Hatfield and the NorthHatfield & the North1975Hatfield and the NorthThe Rotters’ Club1978National HealthNational Health1978National HealthOf Queues and Cures1980Hatfield and the NorthAfters1982Gowen/Miller/Sinclair/Tomkins Before A Word Is Said1982National Health D.S. Al Coda1986Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin Up from the Dark1987Phil Miller Cutting Both Ways1988Geoff Leigh and Frank Wuyts From Here to Drums1988Phil Miller Split Seconds1990National Health Complete1991Phil Miller/In Cahoots Live 1986–19891991Phil Miller Digging In1992Phil Miller/Fred Baker Double Up1993Phil Miller/In Cahoots Live in Japan1993Hatfield and the North Live 901993Short Wave Short Wave Live1994Phil Miller/In Cahoots Recent Discoveries1994Matching Mole BBC Radio 1 In Concert1994Robert WyattFlotsam Jetsam (Matching Mole)1995Miller + Hopper Unsettled Scores1996National HealthMissing Pieces1996Phil Miller/In CahootsParallel1998Pip Pyle7 Year Itch1999Mark HewinsRebela2001In CahootsOut of the Blue2003Phil Miller/In CahootsAll That2005Hatfield and the NorthHatwise Choice2006Hatfield and the North Hattitude2006Phil Miller/In CahootsConspiracy Theories2011Phil Miller/In CahootsMind Over Matter
Filmography 2015: Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales (DVD)
References
External links
Official website Biography at Calyx, the Canterbury website Interview with Phil Miller at allaboutjazz.com Phil Miller Discography Canterbury Music Family Tree