Phil Meadows Music

Saxophonist. Composer. Educator.

Phil Meadows Group Launch

Thankyou!

I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you who made the trip to Oliver’s Jazz Club for the launch of the Phil Meadows Group. We had a fantastic night and it was incredible to see so many people there, apologies go to those who couldn’t fit into the main room. We’re now busy planning a recording and getting some more dates in the diary. We already have one booked in 2013, so watch out Bradford!

More information can be found on the group here and here are a few (very) rough recordings from the gig for those of you who missed it:

Happy New Year!


Happy New Year!

So it’s 2012 and what a year to be in! It has a lot of potential to be something rather spectacular for us all and this post is to introduce or remind you of some people up and down the country who are going to be up to all sorts of fantastic things throughout 2012.

For me it kicks off with the launch of the brand new ‘Phil Meadows Group’ on the 9th January at Olivers in Greenwich! If you can make it, we would love you to come down and see what we’ve been up to! (Click here for the event page)

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LondonJazz - Sebastian Scotney’s fantastic comprehensive guide to Jazz in London has become the place to look to see both what people are saying and what is happening in the capital! One of my favourites!

Efpi Records – Based in Manchester and ran by Anton Hunter and Ben Cottrell they’ve brought you Beats and Pieces, HAQ and Trio Riot and are set to be bigger, better and sprouting more incredible creative music throughout 2012!

British Jazz Blog – Josh Jennings’ comprehensive guide to all that is happening on the UK Jazz scene. One of my favourites, regularly updated with fantastic previews, reviews and all the latest news on what is happening in our very own thriving jazz community.

Chaos Collective - New on the London scene, Chaos Collective are a group of talented musicians bringing their brand of original, improvised music to you! Lead by the fantastic Laura Jurd, Elliot Galvin and Corrie Dick these guys are worth keeping your eyes peeled for!

The Jazz Mann – Ian Mann’s fantastic website covering the best jazz in (mostly) the UK. Lots and lots of interesting articles, reviews and features on all things Jazz. One of my favourites!

Jack Davies - Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader, Organiser, Blogger and all-round good guy Jack has always got something interesting to say, play and promote. His blog is a particular favourite of mine, well worth keeping up with!

The Social Jazz - Blog of jazz fanatic, kind soul and social media demon Sandra Nicholls Marcy. This is a great read for all musicians wanting to know how to get the most coverage for whatever they do! Lots of articles here to help lots of musicians. Could this lady be much nicer? I think not!

Cobweb Collective - This Birmingham based collective have been hosting some of the best gigs in Birmingham over the past few years and have regular jazz club residencies all over the City! They create some pretty fantastic groups too!

Abram Wilson – Trumpeter, Composer and Educator, this is a man always up to something interesting and consistently posting about the things he loves and cares about!

SE Collective - Based in Deptford, this new collective of creative musicians are hosting some of the best gigs in London and creating some of the finest groups too! Their blog gets updated with listings of whats to come as well as videos of past gigs, well worth watching!

 

Indigo House Band Wednesday December 21st!

On Wednesday December 21st i’ll be down at one of my favourite Mancuniuan jazz haunts; the fabulous Indigo bar in Withington (see map below for directions). It’s the last of their weekly sessions before Christmas so come on down and lets see it into 2012 with a bang!

 

As always it’s a jam session and I am joined by an incredible house band containing three of my favourite musicians: Mark Donlon (Piano), Pete Turner (Double Bass) and Marek Dorcik on Drums.

 

We’re going to be playing some of our favourite tunes in the first setbefore it opens out and everyone is welcome to get up and play! It’s free entry and starts between 9-9:30pm and goes on until the early hours of the morning.


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The all-new ‘Phil Meadows Group’

The all-new ‘Phil Meadows Group’

Phil Meadows – Laura Jurd – Elliot Galvin

Conor Chaplin – Corrie Dick

 

 Introducing a brand new group featuring some of the UK’s finest up-and-coming jazz talents. Based in London the group performs an array of original compositions written by bandleader Phil Meadows. Combining a cocktail of influences this group appeal to a host of audiences with a passion for improvisation, beauty and groove. Complex, powerful and emotive one minute; thoughtful, delicate and beautiful the next. Think Miles Davis meets Bartok with a helping hand from the ECM record label.

Click here to meet the band

3point1 Leeds/Birmingham Round-Up!

3point1 at The Yardbird

Thank you to all who came to see my trio 3point1 at Seven Arts in Leeds (with Stuart McCallum) and the Yardbird in Birmingham. We had a great time meeting some fantastic people and playing the music we love. If you missed the mailing list, just send an e-mail entitles ‘mailing list’ to phil@philmeadowsmusic.co.uk and i’ll add you to the list for monthly-ish updates.

 

For those who attended or just those who want to know what’s going on in these fantastic cities here are the links to the organisers, they both host some fantastic gigs all year around and are definitely worth keeping an eye on. Just click on the names below:

Seven Jazz – Leeds | The Cobweb Collective – Birmingham

3point1 November Update:

3point1 are playing a couple of times in November and we can’t wait! We have gigs in both Leeds and Birmingham at Seven Arts Centre and The Yardbird respectively!

In Leeds we are joined by a great friend and incredible guitarist Stuart McCallum of Cinematic Orchestra fame. It’s been a while since we’ve played in either city and we’re looking forward to catching up with old friends, playing some great tunes and meeting some fantastic new people. We would love to see you there! Here’s the information:

2oth November:1-4pm £5/4 (students)
Seven Arts Centre, Chapel Allerton, Leeds

Click here for facebook event page

24th November: 9pm £Free
The Yardbird, Birmingham

Click here for facebook event page

Alex J Watson – Free Download

I wanted to take the chance to let you all know that there is a track available for free download by both a great musician/producer/dj and friend of mine Alex J Watson! He has both a great taste in music and a great way with writing. I overdubbed all of the saxophone’s and flutes before the final mix and highly recommend you clicking here and visiting his website to see what he’s up to.

If you like the you can click on the downward arrow on the music player below and download it free of charge! You can also comment on the track via the player to let Alex know what you think.

3point1 – Mini Tour this weekend! (24th,25th,27th)

This weekend I am looking forward to coming back up North for the first time since moving to London. I can’t wait for to catch up with everybody, make some new friends and share my music with some of my favourite musicians on stage. We have some great music prepared including some of our favourite standards including the music of John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk and Ornette Coleman. We also have a few originals too, it really is going to be a lot of fun.

 

3point1 features the delightful Maxwell Sterling on Double Bass and Steve Hanley on Drums. We’re also joined by the beautiful craftsmanship of Pete Turner on Double Bass at the Cinnamon Club. I hope you can make it to one of the gigs, it would be great to see you! The details are below:

 

24th September:
The Cinnamon Club, Altrincham £10 in advance or on the door, 8pm
Featuring the marvelous Pete Turner on Double Bass with me on Sax and Steve Hanley on drumshttp://www.thecinnamonclub.net/
25th September:
Lancaster Jazz Festival – Not (Contemporary) Stage – £5/4 for the day, on stage at 6:15pm
With Maxwell Sterling on Double Bass, Steve Hanley on Drums and myself on Sax.http://www.lancasterjazz.com/
27th September:
Matt and Phreds Jazz Club – Manchester, 9pm
With Maxwell Sterling on Double Bass, Steve Hanley on Drums and myself on Sax.

Guy Hatton’s Pantechnicon – Album out now!

So today is the day! Guy Hatton’s Pantechnicon has been released for general sale and is available to buy/download at CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon and all other good online stores. The album features both some great tracks and musicians which have been written, rehearsed, gigged and recorded over the past year. All the material has come from the musical mind of the group leader/guitarist Guy Hatton and shows a really exciting beginning to a great project! Keep an eye out for upcoming performance dates.

The artists included on the album are: Guy Hatton (Gtr, Composition), Me (Sx/Electronics), Graham Clark (Violin), Dave Evans (Pno), Roger Inniss (Bs), Jose Williamson (Drms)

You can both purchase and download this brand new album right here, right now from the CD Baby link below:

 

Album Release: Guy Hatton’s Pantechnicon

This year some of you may have seen me playing with guitarist Guy Hatton’s band ‘Pantechnicon’. The group was set up to realise a set of original compositions by the man himself. They draw on his life expereriences and musical influences including Jazz, Prog, Experimental, Rock and many more contemporary genre’s. This all encompassing set of music was recorded earlier this year and the final product has arrived!

All involved are getting excited as it is set to be released on September 5th 2011 and will be available on CD from CD Baby and as a digital download from iTunes, Amazon, eMusic and other good stores.

The album features myself (on alto, soprano saxophone and effects) Guy Hatton (guitar/composer), Graham Clark (electric violin), Dave Evans (Fender Rhodes, piano and synthesisers), Roger Inniss (bass guitar) and Jose Williamson (drums).

Here’s a taster of what’s in store:

 

Indigo Jazz Jam Session – This Wednesday (10th Aug)

If you are in Manchester this Wednesday it would be amazing to see you before I head to the big smoke. Even better still, it would be great to have a play as I am going to be fronting the house band at the Indigo Jazz Jam Session.

This session has become one of the most happening places to be for so many reasons! Indigo itself  is a cracking bar with a great friendly  atmosphere and has become a meeting place for both aspiring and professional musicians the like! The Jam is also ran and promoted by two of the cities favourite faces, the fantastic sax player Ed Kainyek and equally brilliant drummer Marek Dorcik! If you don’t know where it is, it is in Withington, many buses travel out this way and it is really worth the journey!

This is going to be my Manchester swan song before moving to London so would be fantastic to catch up, hang out and have a play with each and every one of you. On Wednesday I am joined by  the great Andrzej Baranek on Piano, the beautiful playing of John Sandham on Bass and for the first time ever my wonderful father and drummer Clive Meadows!

It all kicks off with a set by the house band at 9:30 before we Jam the night away until 1am!

Back up North with 3point1

I know it’s an early warning but get your diaries out now as I am craving gravy on my chips, meat and potato pies and a fancy new flat cap!

 

…3point1 have an upcoming 3 date mini-tour which we are very excited about indeed. Maxwell Sterling, Steve Hanley and myself are lucky to start off with the chance to make our debut at the beautifully situated, incredibly popular Cinnamon Club in Altrincham and we can’t wait, we know the audience here is one of the best listening crowds in the North of England!

With a few hours of sleep and preparation in-store next up on the road is one of the fastest growing contemporary Jazz Festivals in the UK, the Lancaster Jazz Festival where we are part of a great Sunday afternoon line-up.

Finally we return to our regular Manchester haunt and old-time heavyweight on the Manchester scene: Matt and Phred’s Jazz Club!

There are going to be new tunes, exciting performances and some stories a long the way! We would love it if you could join us between the 24th – 27th September to catch up and divulge in our little world of music. We really have been working hard on this one. All the specific information and links are below!

24th September, £8:30PM, £TBC

3point1 
The Cinnamon Club
http://www.thecinnamonclub.net

25th September, 6:30PM, £5/4
3point1 
Lancaster Jazz Festival
http://www.lancasterjazz.com

27th September, 9PM, £free
3point1 
Matt and Phreds Jazz Club
http://www.mattandphreds.com

 

 

 

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