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 New
CD from the Dan Phillips Trio "Destination Unknown" just released from Lizard Breath Records. Listen to audio samples
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Dan Phillips.
“Dan Phillips new CD Destination Unknown is a brilliant recording of contemporary improvisation at it’s best. The album features nine original compositions that distinguish Phillips as an elite and highly imaginative composer……….Phillips has a very unique guitar style embracing the best qualities of today’s most prolific guitarists……yet retaining his own individualistic approach to composition and improvisation.” Review of Dan Phillips Trio CD Destination Unknown, Jazz Improv Magazine 4/08 |
“The first impact Phillips makes is with his sense of swing and thick notes that fall from his guitar…….he opens the vista in a swell of notes that cut, roll and sweep ahead in a near torrent…..The textures weave and bob, taking flight on the wings of their imagination. Phillips….makes the experience interesting by taking a turn, breaking up a rhythm, and scattering the edifice. In the unknown lies welcome surprise.” (review of Dan Phillips Trio “A Moment of Clarity”
allaboutjazz.com 1/2005
“Phillips is obviously a competent composer and player and has a clear concept for the music on this release. The entire CD is filled with twists and turns which help add to it's interest and appeal ….it also shows Phillips' inventiveness with simple melodic ideas.” (review of Dan Phillips Trio “A Moment of Clarity”)
Jazz Improv Magazine V5N2 12/2004
“….thoughtful and swinging……creates a lot of intriguing colors and not afraid to go out harmonically…It is wonderful to hear music of this high caliber coming from such limited materials. Doing so much with so little is a rarity, and it requires the kind of musical intelligence of a Dan Phillips.” (review of Dan Phillips Trio “A Moment of Clarity”)
Cadence Magazine 6/2004
“….he possesses one of the finest techniques I have personally observed; he has an extraordinary sense of time, meter, and phrasing; and he is an extremely lyrical improviser. As a composer, he is capable of expressing himself in uniquely personal musical styles.”
Antonio Garcia, Associate Professor, Director of Jazz Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2004.
“…a world-class musician…..a level of playing not usually attainable by most musicians. In addition he has developed a unique style of playing along with his own distinctive sound.”
Dr. Gene Aitken, retired Director of University of Northern Colorado , IAJE Hall of Fame Member, Currently Advisor to the Director, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, National University , Singapore , 2004.
“…..the finest guitarist of his generation…..a quiet jazz genius who has yet to be discovered…”
(review of live performance) Guide of Bangkok, 9/2002 |
