Phillip Barry Stack (born 1977) is an Australian jazz and rock musician. He is the founding mainstay bass guitarist of the pop rock band

Thirsty Merc Thirsty Merc are an Australian pop rock band formed in 2002 by Rai Thistlethwayte, Phil Stack (bass guitar), Karl Robertson (drums), and Matthew Baker (guitar). In 2004, Baker was replaced by Sean Carey, who was, in turn, replaced by Matt Smith ...

, which formed in 2002; the regular

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for jazz musician James Morrison; and he is the leader of the jazz and rock ensemble called Phil Stack Trio.

Biography

Born in 1977, Stack grew up with his three older sisters in the New South Wales city of

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."Thirsty Merc", ''Molong Festival''.
Retrieved 5 March 2007. Stack is an accomplished jazz and rock musician within Australia. He is also a regular performer, playing

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with Australian jazz music icon James Morrison. Stack studied at the

Sydney Conservatorium of Music The Sydney Conservatorium of Music (formerly the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music and known by the moniker "The Con") is a heritage-listed music school in Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the old ...

in his earlier years and is now a regular feature at major music festivals in the rock and jazz genre. In November 2008, Stack was awarded first place in the National Jazz Awards held at the

Melbourne Jazz Festival The Melbourne International Jazz Festival is an annual jazz music festival first held in Melbourne, Australia in 1998. The Festival takes place in concert halls, arts venues, jazz clubs and throughout the streets of Melbourne. The 2021 Festiva ...

. After the initial 10 finalists were reduced to 3, Phil beat Ben Waples (Sydney) and

Sam Anning Sam Anning is an Australian jazz bassist. He was nominated for ARIA Awards for Best Jazz Album with Dale Barlow, George Coleman Jr, Mark Fitzgibbon & Sam Anning - ''Treat Me Gently'' in 2009 and with Allan Browne, Marc Hannaford, Sam Anning - ' ...

(Melbourne) in the final.

References

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