Jonny Phillips (born 11 January 1971, in

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guitarist and composer. He played the violin and studied

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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

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label. Oriole is perhaps one of the few groups to feature two Mercury nominated artists: Ben Davis on cello and

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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'' (

, 2005) * ''Migration'' (F-IRE Collective, 2006) * ''Every New Day'' (F-IRE Collective, 2011) Lineup *''Jonny Phillips'' – guitar *''

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'' – tenor Saxophone *'' Ben Davis'' – cello *''

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'' – tenor saxophone *'' Nick Ramm'' – piano *''Adriano Adewale'' – percussion *''Ruth Goller'' – bass *''Fernando De Marco'' – bass *''

'' – drums

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The music of Oriole has on occasion been associated with magical realist literature.

Associated bands

Phillips has also played and recorded with: *''Soothsayers'' *''

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'' *''F-ire Large Ensemble'' *''

s Polar Bear'' *''

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'' Discography *''The Perrier Award Winners'' -JazzFm compilation (Jazz-Fm, 2000) *''Song for the Sleeping'' – Oriole (

, 2005) *''Migration'' – Oriole (F-IRE Collective, 2006) *''Not Alone'' – Julia Biel (Rokit, 2006) *''Held on the Tips of Fingers'' – Polar Bear (

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, 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

References

External links

Jonnyphillips.com

Oriole-music.co.uk

F-ire.com

myspace/oriole2

myspace/phillipsleach
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