Phil Miller
Philip Paul Miller (22 January 1949 – 18 October 2017)[1] was an English progressive rock/jazz guitarist and a central part of the Canterbury scene.
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Background information | |
Birth name | Philip Paul Miller |
Born | Barnet, Hertfordshire, England | 22 January 1949
Died | 18 October 2017 68) | (aged
Genres | Jazz fusion, progressive rock, experimental |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | Guitar |
Associated acts | Delivery, Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North, National Health, Short Wave, In Cahoots |
Miller was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire. Self-taught on guitar, Phil formed his first band, Delivery, at age 17 which backed blues musicians playing at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London.[2] He later founded Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North, National Health, Short Wave (with Hugh Hopper(†), Pip Pyle(†) and Didier Malherbe), and In Cahoots, which he founded in 1982 with Richard Sinclair, Elton Dean(†), Peter Lemer, and Pip Pyle.[3] He also performed and recorded extensively in solo projects (see discography).
In 2005 and 2006, Miller toured with the re-united Hatfield and the North.
Miller died October 18, 2017 in London from cancer. He is survived by his wife Herm.[2]
Discography
Year | Artist | Title |
1970 | Carol Grimes & Delivery | Fools Meeting |
1972 | Caravan | Waterloo Lily |
1972 | Matching Mole | Matching Mole |
1972 | Matching Mole | Little Red Record |
1973 | Coxhill/Miller | Miller/Coxhill |
1974 | Hatfield and the North | Hatfield & the North |
1975 | Hatfield and the North | The Rotters’ Club |
1978 | National Health | National Health |
1978 | National Health | Of Queues and Cures |
1980 | Hatfield and the North | Afters |
1982 | Gowen/Miller/Sinclair/Tomkins | Before A Word Is Said |
1982 | National Health | D.S. Al Coda |
1986 | Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin | Up From The Dark |
1987 | Phil Miller | Cutting Both Ways |
1988 | Geoff Leigh and Frank Wuyts | From Here To Drums |
1988 | Phil Miller | Split Seconds |
1990 | National Health | Complete |
1991 | Phil Miller/In Cahoots | Live 1986-1989 |
1991 | Phil Miller | Digging In |
1992 | Phil Miller/Fred Baker | Double Up |
1993 | Phil Miller/In Cahoots | Live in Japan |
1993 | Hatfield and the North | Live 90 |
1993 | Short Wave | Short Wave Live |
1994 | Phil Miller/In Cahoots | Recent Discoveries |
1994 | Matching Mole | BBC Radio 1 In Concert |
1994 | Robert Wyatt | Flotsam Jetsam (Matching Mole) |
1995 | Miller + Hopper | Unsettled Scores |
1996 | National Health | Missing Pieces |
1996 | Phil Miller/In Cahoots | Parallel |
1998 | Pip Pyle | 7 Year Itch |
1999 | Mark Hewins | Rebela |
2001 | In Cahoots | Out of the Blue |
2003 | Phil Miller/In Cahoots | All That |
2005 | Hatfield and the North | Hatwise Choice |
2006 | Hatfield and the North | Hattitude |
2006 | Phil Miller/In Cahoots | Conspiracy Theories |
2011 | Phil Miller/In Cahoots | Mind Over Matter |
Filmography
- 2015: Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales (DVD)
References
- "Canterbury Legend Phil Miller Remembered". Teamrock.com. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- Boyle, Doug (December 29, 2017). "Phil Miller obituary" – via www.theguardian.com.
- Dorsch, Jim. "Phil Miller: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phil Miller. |
- Official Phil Miller website
- Biography at Calyx, the Canterbury website
- Interview with Phil Miller at allaboutjazz.com
- Phil Miller Discography
- Canterbury Music Family Tree