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Jonny Phillips is a prolific British guitarist and composer. He played the violin and studied theory 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 two albums on the F-IRE Collective
F-IRE Collective
F-IRE Collective is a creative music community founded by Barak Schmool in London, United Kingdom. Additionally, the Collective also has a record label....

label. Oriole are perhaps one of the few groups to feature two Mercury nominated artists: Ben Davis
Ben Davis (cellist)
Ben Davis is a cellist from the United Kingdom known for his improvisation. His group Basquiat Strings was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2007. He is a member of the F-IRE Collective....

on cello and Seb Rochford
Seb Rochford
Sebastian "Seb" Rochford is a British drummer who spans many musical genres.He comes from Aberdeen and has a large family of 2 brothers and 7 sisters...

on drums. Phillips is now based in North London after a three and a half year period living in Andalusia, Spain.

Oriole

Albums

Song for the Sleeping - 2005 - F-ire Recorded Music
Migration - 2006 - F-ire Recorded Music

Lineup

Jonny Phillips - Guitar
Ingrid Laubrock
Ingrid Laubrock
Ingrid Laubrock is a German-born jazz saxophonist, who plays soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones.She studied with Jean Toussaint, Dave Liebman and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama....

- Tenor Saxophone
Ben Davis
Ben Davis (cellist)
Ben Davis is a cellist from the United Kingdom known for his improvisation. His group Basquiat Strings was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2007. He is a member of the F-IRE Collective....

- Cello
Idris Rahman - Tenor Saxophone
Nick Ramm
Nick Ramm
Nick Ramm is a London based pianist and composer, son of pianist and cruise ship musical director Dave Ramm. He studied music at Keele University and at the Guildhall, London before embarking on his career with Nick Ramm's Quota...

- Piano
Adriano Adewale - Percussion
Ruth Goller - Bass
Fernando De Marco - Bass
Seb Rochford
Seb Rochford
Sebastian "Seb" Rochford is a British drummer who spans many musical genres.He comes from Aberdeen and has a large family of 2 brothers and 7 sisters...

- Drums

Magical Realism

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

Associated bands

Phillips has also played and recorded with:

Soothsayers
Julia Biel
Julia Biel
Julia Biel is a British singer and songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.After a spell in indie rock, Biel became involved with jazz. Her career took off when in 2000 she won the Perrier Vocalist of the Year award...
F-ire Large Ensemble
Seb Rochford
Seb Rochford
Sebastian "Seb" Rochford is a British drummer who spans many musical genres.He comes from Aberdeen and has a large family of 2 brothers and 7 sisters...

s Polar Bear
Renato D'Aiello

Discography

The Perrier award winners - 2000 - JazzFm Compilation - Jazz-Fm Records
Song for the sleeping - Oriole - 2005 - F-ire Recorded Music.
Migration - Oriole - 2006 - F-ire Recorded Music.
Not alone - Julia Biel - 2006 - Rokit Records
Held on the tips of fingers - Polar Bear - 2006 - Babel
F-ire works - vol 1 - 2006 - F-ire Recorded Music
Tangled roots - 2006 - Red Earth
F-ire works - vol 2 - 2007 - F-ire Recorded Music
ZOOM! European Jazz Collective - 2007 - Yolk

Reviews

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