Philip Catherine (born 27 October 1942) is a Belgian jazz guitarist.

Biography

Philip Catherine was born in

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, England, to an English mother and Belgian father, and was raised in

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, Belgium. His grandfather was a violinist in the

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. Catherine started on guitar in his teens, and by seventeen he was performing professionally at local venues. He released his debut album, ''Stream'', in 1972. During the next few years, he studied at

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in Boston and with

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and George Russell. In 1976, he and guitarist

Larry Coryell Larry Coryell (born Lorenz Albert Van DeLinder III; April 2, 1943 – February 19, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist. Early life Larry Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas, United States. He never knew his biological father, a musician. He w ...

recorded and toured as an acoustic duo. The same year, when

Jan Akkerman Jan Akkerman (born 24 December 1946) is a Dutch guitarist. He first found international commercial success with the band Focus (band), Focus, which he co-founded with Thijs van Leer. After leaving Focus, he continued as a solo musician, adding ja ...

abruptly left

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, Catherine replaced him in the band. The following year, he recorded with

Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, pianist, composer, bandleader, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and ...

, who dubbed him "Young Django". In the early 1980s, he toured briefly with

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. He was in trio with

Didier Lockwood Didier Lockwood (11 February 1956 – 18 February 2018) was a French violinist. He played in the French rock band Magma in the 1970s, and was known for his use of electric amplification and his experimentation with different sounds on the electri ...

and

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, then in a trio with

Chet Baker Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool". Baker earned much attention and ...

. During the 1990s, he recorded three albums with trumpeter

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Discography

As leader

* ''Stream'' (Warner Bros., 1972) * ''September Man'' (Atlantic, 1974) * ''Toots Thielemans/Philip Catherine & Friends'' (Keytone, 1974) * ''Guitars'' (Atlantic, 1975) * ''Twin-House'' with

(Elektra, 1977) * ''Splendid'' with Larry Coryell (Elektra, 1978) * ''Sleep My Love'' (CMP, 1979) * ''Coryell/Catherine/Kuhn Live!'' (Elektra, 1980) * ''Babel'' (Elektra, 1980) * ''End of August'' (Wea, 1982) * ''Catherine/Escoude/Lockwood: Trio'' (JMS, 1983) * ''Transparence'' (Inak, 1987) * ''September Sky'' with Hein Van de Geyn, Aldo Romano (September, 1988) * ''Oscar'' (Igloo, 1990) * ''I Remember You'' (Criss Cross, 1991) * ''Moods Volume I'' (Criss Cross, 1992) * ''Moods Volume II'' (Criss Cross, 1992) * ''Spanish Nights'' with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, (Enja, 1992) * ''Teenagers'' with Serge Delaite, George Mraz (Marcal, 1996) * ''Live'' (Dreyfus, 1997) * ''Guitar Groove'' (Dreyfus, 1998) * ''Blue Prince'' (Dreyfus, 2000) * ''Triangular'' (A Records, 2000) * ''Summer Night'' (Dreyfus, 2002) * ''Meeting Colours'' with Bert Joris & Brussels Jazz Orchestra (Dreyfus, 2005) * ''Guitars Two'' (Dreyfus, 2007) * ''Concert in Capbreton'' with Enrico Pieranunzi, Joe Labarbera, Hein Van De Geyn (Dreyfus, 2010) * ''Philip Catherine Plays Cole Porter'' (Challenge, 2011) * ''Cote Jardin'' (Challenge, 2012) * ''New Folks'' with Martin Wind (ACT, 2014) * ''The String Project Live in Brussels'' (ACT, 2015) * ''Bex/Catherine/Romano: La Belle Vie'' (Sunset, 2019) * ''Manoir De Mes Reves'' with Paulo Morello, Sven Faller (Enja, 2019)

As sideman

With

* ''Crystal Bells'' (LDH, 1983) * ''

Chet's Choice ''Chet's Choice'' is an album by trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker which was recorded in 1985 and released on the Dutch Criss Cross Jazz label.Strollin''' (Enja, 1986) * ''In Bologna'' (Dreyfus, 1992) * ''Estate'' (Domino, 2015) With

Kenny Drew Kenneth Sidney "Kenny" Drew (August 28, 1928 – August 4, 1993) was an American-Danish jazz pianist. Biography Drew was born in New York City, United States, and received piano lessons from the age of five.Feather, Leonard, & Ira Gitler (2 ...

* ''

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'' (SteepleChase, 1976) * '' In Concert'' (SteepleChase, 1979) * '' And Far Away'' (Soul Note, 1983) With

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* ''Les Valseuses'' (Festival, 1974) * ''Young Django'' (MPS, 1979) * ''Giants'' (MPS, 1981) * ''Stephane Grappelli'' (MPS, 1987) * '' Live 1992'' (Birdology, 1992) With

Peter Herbolzheimer Peter Alexandru Herbolzheimer (31 December 1935 – 27 March 2010) was a Romanian-German jazz trombonist and bandleader. Biography Herbolzheimer was born to a Romanian mother and a German father in Bucharest, Romania. His family emigrated in 1 ...

* ''Wide Open'' (MPS, 1973) * ''Scenes'' (MPS/BASF 1974) With

Joachim Kuhn Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...

* ''Hip Elegy'' (MPS/BASF, 1976) * ''Spring Fever'' (Atlantic, 1976) With

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* ''Total Space'' (MPS/BASF 1975) * ''Symphonic Swampfire'' (MPS, 1979) * ''Cucu Ear'' (MPS, 1980) With

Marc Moulin Marc Moulin (16 August 1942 – 26 September 2008) was a Belgian musician and journalist (print, radio, TV). In the early-mid seventies, he was the leader of the jazz-rock group Placebo (not to be confused with the English rock band with the sa ...

* ''Sam' Suffy'' (CBS, 1975) * ''Into the Dark'' (Blue Note, 2001) * ''Top Secret'' (Blue Note, 2001) * ''Entertainment'' (Blue Note, 2004) * ''Placebo Years 1971–1974'' (Blue Note, 2006) * ''I Am You'' (Blue Note, 2007) With

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (, 27 May 1946 – 19 April 2005), also known by his abbreviated nickname NHØP, was a Danish jazz double bassist. Biography Pedersen was born in Osted, near Roskilde, on the Danish island of Zealand, the son of ...

* ''Jaywalkin'' (SteepleChase, 1975) * ''Double Bass'' (SteepleChase, 1976) * ''Trio 1'' (SteepleChase, 1978) * ''Trio 2'' (SteepleChase, 1978) * ''The Viking'' (Pablo, 1983) * ''Art of the Duo'' (Enja, 1993) With

Jean-Luc Ponty Jean-Luc Ponty (born 29 September 1942) is a French jazz violinist and composer. Early life Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano. At sixteen, he was admitt ...

* ''Open Strings'' (MPS/BASF 1972) * ''Ponty/Grappelli'' (America, 1973) * ''The Atacama Experience'' (Koch, 2007) With others *

, ''Back Together Again'' (Atlantic, 1977) *

Vladimir Cosma Vladimir Cosma (born 13 April 1940) is a Romanian composer, conductor and violinist. He was born into a family of musicians. His father, Teodor Cosma, was a pianist and conductor, his mother a writer-composer, his uncle, Edgar Cosma, composer and ...

, ''Courage Fuyons'' (Warner Bros., 1979) * Vladimir Cosma, ''Le Diner De Cons'' (Pomme Music, 1998) *

Laila Dalseth Laila Dalseth (born 6 November 1940) is a Norwegian jazz singer. She was formerly married to the jazz saxophonist Theodor "Totti" Bergh (1935–2012). Career After an early debut in her hometown of Bergen, Dalseth was active on the Oslo jazz ...

, ''A Woman's Intuition'' (Gemini, 1995) *

Antoine Duhamel Antoine Duhamel (30 July 1925 – 11 September 2014) was a French composer, orchestra conductor and music teacher. Life and career Born in Valmondois in the Val-d'Oise département of France, Antoine Duhamel was one of the three sons of the Fre ...

Ron Carter Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded nu ...

, ''Daddy Nostalgie'' (CBS, 1990) *

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, ''At the Philharmonic Cologne'' (MA Music, 1989) * European Jazz Ensemble, ''Meets the Khan Family'' (MA Music, 1992) *

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& Ellios Ferre, ''Live in Montpellier'' (Le Chant Du Monde, 2007) *

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, ''Anniversary Concert'' (Jazz Magazine, 1984) *

Laura Fygi Laura Fygi (born 27 August 1955) is a Dutch jazz singer. Fygi's father was a Dutch businessman, a director of Philips, and her mother an Egyptian belly dancer. She was raised in Uruguay, until her father's death in the late 1960s, when she mo ...

, ''Introducing'' (Mercury, 1991) * Laura Fygi, ''Bewitched'' (Verve Forecast, 1993) *

Richard Galliano Richard Galliano (born 12 December 1950, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes) is a French accordionist of Italian heritage. Allmusic biography/ref> Biography He was drawn to music at an early age, starting with the accordion at 4, influenced by his father ...

, ''New Musette'' (Label Bleu, 1991) *

Herb Geller Herbert Arnold Geller (November 2, 1928 – December 19, 2013) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger. He was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. Early life His mother, Frances ''(née'' Frances Mildred Fullman, al ...

, ''An American in Hamburg'' (Nova, 1975) * Michael Gibbs, ''Directs the Only Chrome-Waterfall Orchestra'' (Bronze, 1975) *

Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and actor. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians, which included other greats such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gi ...

, '' Something Different'' (SteepleChase, 1975

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Chris Hinze Christiaan Herbert "Chris" Hinze (born June 30, 1938, Hilversum, Netherlands) is a Dutch jazz and New age flautist. Life an work Hinze initially performed publicly as a pianist until the mid-1960s, when he began studying flute at the Royal Con ...

, ''Sister Slick'' (CBS, 1974) * Chris Hinze, ''Bamboo Magic'' (Atlantic, 1978) *

Ingfried Hoffmann Ingfried Hoffmann (born January 30, 1935) is a German jazz organist, pianist, trumpeter, arranger and composer. He has recorded for Columbia, Philips, Polydor, and Verve. He has composed music for German television, including music for the Germa ...

, ''Robbi, Tobbi Und Das Fliewatuut'' (Diggler, 2002) * Francois Jeanneau, ''Ephemere'' (Owl, 1977) *

Eero Koivistoinen Eero Koivistoinen (born 13 January 1946, in Helsinki) is a Finnish jazz musician and saxophone player, who started his career in the mid-1960s. Koivistoinen has worked as a musician, composer, arranger, conductor, producer and educator. He first h ...

, ''Jazz Liisa 13'' (Svart, 2017) *

Karin Krog Karin Krog (born 15 May 1937) is a Norwegian jazz singer. Life and career Krog began singing jazz as a teenager and attracted attention while performing in jam sessions in Oslo. In 1955, she was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen to sing in ...

, ''You Must Believe in Spring'' (Polydor, 1974) *

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, ''Mango Sunrise'' (Blue Note, 1975) *

Roberto Magris Roberto Magris (born 19 June 1959) is an Italian jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Early life Magris was born in Trieste, Italy, on 19 June 1959. He had piano lessons between the ages of four and sixteen. He became interested in jazz after h ...

, ''Current Views'' (Soul Note, 2009) *

Michael Mantler Michael Mantler (born August 10, 1943) is an Austrian avant-garde jazz trumpeter and composer of contemporary music. Career: United States Mantler was born in Vienna, Austria. In the early 1960s, he was a student at the Academy of Music and V ...

, ''More Movies'' (WATT Works, 1980) *

Charlie Mariano Carmine Ugo Mariano (November 12, 1923 – June 16, 2009) was an American jazz saxophonist who focused on the alto and soprano saxophone. He occasionally performed and recorded on flute and nadaswaram as well. Biography Mariano was born in ...

, ''Cascade'' (Keytone, 1974) * Charlie Mariano, ''The Great Concert'' (Enja, 2009) *

, ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1977) *

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, ''Misa Espiritual'' (Harmonia Mundi, 1983) *

Alphonse Mouzon Alphonse Lee Mouzon (November 21, 1948 – December 25, 2016) was an American jazz fusion drummer and the owner of Tenacious Records, a label that primarily released Mouzon's recordings. He was a composer, arranger, producer, and actor. He ga ...

, ''In Search of a Dream'' (MPS, 1978) *

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, ''Doldinger Jubilee '75'' (Atlantic, 1975) *

Jacques Pelzer Jacques Pelzer (24 June 1924 – 6 August 1994) was a Belgian musician. He played alto saxophone and flute. Notably, his performance with Chet Baker Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz t ...

, ''Salute to the Band Box'' (Igloo, 1993) * Jean Claude Petit, ''The Best of All Possible Worlds'' (WEA, 1980) * Jean-Claude Petit, ''Salopes!! Vent De Panique'' (Milan, 1987) *

Enrico Pieranunzi Enrico Pieranunzi (born 5 December 1949) is an Italian jazz pianist. He combines classical technique with jazz. Biography The son of Renata Brillantini and Alvaro Pieranunzi, Enrico Pieranunzi was encouraged to study music at a young age. Hi ...

, ''Alone Together'' (Challenge, 2001) *

Aldo Romano Aldo Romano (born 16 January 1941) is an Italian jazz drummer. He also founded a rock group in 1971. Biography He was born in Belluno, Italy. Romano moved to France as a child and by the 1950s he was playing guitar and drums professionally in P ...

, ''Alma Latina'' (Owl, 1983) *

Zbigniew Seifert Zbigniew Seifert (7 June 1946 – 15 February 1979) was a Polish jazz violinist. Seifert was born in Kraków, Poland. He played alto saxophone early in his career and was influenced by John Coltrane. He devoted himself to jazz violin when he b ...

, ''Zbigniew Seifert'' (Capitol, 1977) * Zbigniew Seifert, ''We'll Remember Zbiggy'' (Mood, 1979) *

Jack Sels Jean-Jacques (Jack) Sels (29 January 1922 – 21 March 1970) was a Belgian jazz saxophonist, arranger, and composer. Biography Jack Sels grew up in Antwerp, as a teenager he started collecting jazz records. Due to a substantial inheritance fro ...

, ''Sax Appeal'' (Relax, 1966) * Jack Sels, ''Jack Sels'' (Best Seller, 1978) *

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, ''Culture Griot'' (Cypres, 2009) *

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, ''Sol Mestizo'' (ACT, 1996) *

Toots Thielemans Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 – 22 August 2016), known professionally as Toots Thielemans, was a Belgian jazz musician. He was mostly known for his chromatic harmonica playing, as well as his guitar and whistl ...

, ''Two Generations'' (Limetree, 1996) * Toots Thielemans, ''Chez Toots'' (Private Music 1998) *

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, ''Transitory'' (MPS/BASF 1974) * Jasper Van't Hof, ''The Door Is Open'' (MPS/BASF 1976) *

Johan Verminnen Johan Maurits Verminnen (born 22 May 1951 in Wemmel, Belgium) is a Belgian singer. Discography *2019 ''En Daarna ga ik Vissen'' (Album) *2016 ''Tussen een Glimlach en een Traan'' (Album) *2014 ''Stemmen'' (Album) *2009 ''Solozeiler'' (Album) * ...

, ''Traag Is Mooi'' (RCA, 1986) * Johan Verminnen, ''Le Coeur Content'' (RCA, 1987) *

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& Chet Baker, ''Blamann! Blamann!'' (Hot Club, 1988) *

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, ''Sanctuary'' (IDA, 1991) *

Diederik Wissels Diederik Wissels (born December 1960, in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch jazz pianist. In 1968, he moved to Brussels, Belgium and later attended Boston's Berklee College of Music. In his early career, he played with Chet Baker, Joe Henderson ...

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, ''If One More Day'' (Crepuscule, 1993) *

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, ''Shleep'' (Hannibal, 1997)

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