About.

Phil Meadows is recognised as one of the UK’s most distinctive, creative and talented musicians. Living in London his music is inspired by global sounds demonstrated by his passion for uniting and collaborating with musicians from all over the world. As a lover of music, Meadows performs across a multitude of genres, from jazz and classical; to house, hip-hop, electronica, contemporary music and more. He is a saxophonist, composer, conductor and DJ, living in London, but touring across the EU.

His career so far Meadows has been awarded the 2015 Parliamentary Jazz Ensemble of the Year, 2015 London Music Award for ‘Rising Jazz Star’, 2014 Parliamentary Jazz Newcomer of the Year and the 2013 Peter Whittingham Jazz Award. He was also a finalist in the 2017 B-Jazz International contest and the 2010 European Keep an Eye Jazz Award. In 2019, he was awarded a prestigious CHASE Scholarship to undertake a PhD research in music, having received the Arches Scholarship to study his postgraduate degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, been awarded a first-class degree and the George Murphy Prize for Saxophone at Leeds College of Music and completed two years of study at the internationally renowned Chetham’s School of Music. Meadows also honed his craft through his role as lead alto in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra between 2011-2014.

With four UK tours, two studio albums and a new, unreleased record in the bag Meadows’ touring ensembles have been dubbed ‘future jazz gods on the rise’ by TimeOut and ‘a collection of rising stars on the British jazz scene’ by BBC Radio 3 receiving widespread acclaim and radio coverage across BBC Radio 2, Radio 3 and JazzFM.

His current project Beware of the Bear is set to release their new album in 2020, alongside a series of EP’s from electronic-dance trio Skint. Meadows also performs across Europe with Matthew Herbert and his Brexit Big Band, the Andrew Linham Jazz Orchestra and is exploring the music of Scriabin with concert pianist Arsha Kaviani. He also has an active role as founder and artistic director of the award winning charity the Engines Orchestra. Meadows has worked across the national television network for programmes including: The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent, Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway and Stars in their Eyes backing artists such as Robbie Williams and Little Mix.

As a composer/conductor his commissions include a series of orchestrations to celebrate the music of NYC trumpeter Ingrid Jensen by Apollo Jazz Network’s Orpheus Project (performed at Ronnie Scott’s 2016), the orchestration of Meadows’ second album Lifecycles for the Royal Northern Sinfonia with Jambone Big Band by the Gateshead International Jazz Festival (performed at Sage Gateshead 2016) and the composition of the Lifecycles suite for the Engines Orchestra (premiered at the EFG London Jazz Festival 2014). He has also conducted Decade Zero, a new commission by Dave Maric for the internationally acclaimed piano trio Phronesis which was featured across BBC Radio 3, Mezzo TV and CultureBox.

Alongside his role as a lecturer at the University of Kent, Phil Meadows is part of the educational team with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, has been a tutor on the Falmouth University-Yamaha Jazz Summer School and has ran educational projects both at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and in partnership with the Lancaster, London and Gateshead International Jazz Festivals. He also continues to programme and run educational activity with the Engines Orchestra.

Meadows is also proud to be endorsed by D’Addario Woodwind and Yanagisawa Saxophones.