Phil King

Music:

Member Since: 11/17/2005
Band Website: phil-king.net
Band Members: on the "Leaves" album is.....
PHIL KING guitars and vocals
PETE WRIGHT bass
KATE ROBEY cello
MATT ALBON drums and percussion
JONNY HENDERSON hammond organ

on "Orion" is.....
SCOTT HAMMOND drums
Influences: Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, Sly and the Family Stone, Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, D'Angelo, Musiq, Anthony Hamilton, Lynden David Hall, Lauren Hill, Jill Scott, India Arie, Erykah Badu, Beth Rowley
Robert Johnson, BB King, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles, Lightnin Hopkins, Taj Mahal, Mississippi Fred McDowel, Sonny Boy Williamson
Chet Baker, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Nina Simone, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Oscar Peterson, Charles Mingus, Grant Green, Kenny Burrel, Wes Montgomery, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Clarke, Jimmy Smith, Dr John, The Meters, Galactic, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Julia Biel
Bob Dylan, The Band, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Terry Callier, James Taylor, Ben Harper, Lhasa De Sela, Nick Drake, Bert Jansch, John Martyn, Jackson Browne, Iron and Wine, Fionn Regan, Kate Walsh, Jeff Buckley, Foy Vance, Ryan Adams, Pete Roe, Ray Lamontagne, Kings Of Convenience
Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Roots Manuva, Ty, The Roots, Common, Mos Def, Slum Village, Jurassic 5, Dilated Peoples, Ozomatli,
4 Hero, Cinematic Orchestra, Gotan Project, Boards Of Canada, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Massive Attack, Portishead, Morcheeba, K&D, Talvin Singh, Rainer Truby, Nightmares On Wax, Unforscene
James Baldwin, John Steinbeck, JD Salinger, Graham Green, George Orwell, Jack Kerouac, Richard Ford, Amin Maalouf, Paul Auster
Sounds Like:
"Since the sad passing of Lynden David Hall the UK scene has been deprived of a male jazz-soul vocalist of genuine acoustic class, minus all the bling and innuendo of lesser talents. Hall's jaw dropping voice was best heard when backed simply by his own accomplished George Benson style acoustic guitar work. This gap is finally being filled by the emergence of Bristol based PHIL KING who's quietly reclaiming jazz-infused soul music of real depth and quality. Now releasing his beautifully funky acoustic solo debut "Leaves", Kings voice reminds one as much of Nick Drake as an impassioned Bill Withers, on songs that are as delicately crafted as they are cliche free; he's also a spellbinding performer, go see him live ."- Jazzwise Magazine UK
"Sensitive, heart on sleeve songs.....this is a very good debut, whose best tunes create a suitably intimate and melancholy mood enhanced by laid-back acoustic picking and subtle swells of Hammond Organ."- The Independent

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