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phillip alexander

LOVE YOU GOOD, the debut album

About Me

Nurtured by the sweet soul stirrings of the church; blue lights in the basement. Phillip Alexander blends these impulses and attitudes to render songs that move—music that inspires, and motivation that takes hold. Phillip Alexander has brought together the strands of his creative life, and composed a group of seasoned and emerging musicians and musical styles to create a soul music project that is funky, jazzed out, sometimes smooth, and erotically charged to arouse sighs, chills and sweat.
Hot?. . .not merely “hot.” Original, Sexy, and Gifted . . . “hot,” certainly, but that’s just a start.
The story is familiar-- black boy from the Midwest growing up in the church discovers he can sing, and soon after is in every choir, talent show and competition in sight. The son of an accomplished studio drummer and Amnesty band co-founder; Phillip had music in his genes. Soul, funk, r& b, Deep House, with Jazz references provided the score for his upbringing in Indiana and New York. This boy can really sing.
Phillip Alexander has the genuine, unaffected emotional resonance of Donny Hathaway, and the manly sex appeal of Teddy Pendergrass, as well as contemporary style of artist like Prince, Stevie Wonder, without pretending to become a facsimile of those soul singers.— all of whom, like Phillip use every part of their bodies and souls to convey their stories of love, life, disappointment and joy. This man is an innovator. Phillip Alexander honors the inventiveness of jazz icons like Sarah Vaughn and Ella Fitzgerald, and the Duke.
Other cats are working so hard at ‘keeping it real’ and ‘keeping it gully’ that they have lost the art of storytelling, soul soothing and seduction. Refreshing as cold water on a hot day in the city, and as erotically dangerous as a handsome man in a dark bar far from home . . . .he is the real thing. Phillip Alexander has come to share the ”spot “ with new artists like Ledisi, Jill, Jaguar, Dwele, Peven Everett, Donnie and veteran-newcomer Sandra St. Victor have recently blown up with their intensity, originality and musical virtuosity.
Educated in art and design at New York’s world renowned FIT; Phiillip Alexander used the opportunity of being in the music and theatre capital to do more than win international competitions and create his own design firm while in college.
Phillip played the roles of Claridge Conrad White (Ci Ci) in Dreamgirls, and Redemption Angel in No Way Out- off-Broadway productions. As a session artist, his wide tenor range with enormous color and power has graced the projects of a variety of artists, from emergent to superstar: Eternal Sun; Michael Jackson (“They don’t really care about us”), and is a featured vocalist on the: new project by Eternal Sun —lending his distinctive style to get dancers moving in tracks like “Body movin,” “It’s like magic,” and the hit that says it all for this soon to be released album—“Time to celebrate,” Phillip shares with us his own feelings about his art: “My way of keeping it real is being uncompromising about my artistic integrity in whatever I do, and communicating messages that motivate and encourage. I am being healed as I heal through my music; and blessed as I share my blessings. “So many have come before that feed and lifted me”—“and still more are coming up now”. “It’s a beautiful thing to be right here right now”. “Thankful and faithful and ready!”
More sounds from Phillip Alexander
Metrotrax: "Body Movin’"
"This song is much too much, we can’t find words to describe it, Larry Levan would have loved it, engineering is INCREDIBLE. If that doesn’t make you dance then you have a serious problem, we nod in our cars, hey, hey!".
-- Discostyle.com
Ibiza space 2002 Dance(release): "time to celebrate"
" The vocals are uplifting and are a way of remembering all the good things about life. Gospel love all the way in to Milk and Honey"
--Johnathan Ulysses

My Interests

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Member Since: 3/8/2006
Band Website: phillipkirkalexander.com, cdbaby.com, itunes,
Band Members: MY BAND: COLOR BOX: JONATHAN ALEXANDER: DRUMS
FUMIHITO: GUITAR
LEON ROBERTS: ORGAN
MICHAEL STEVENS: BASS
Come visit my store on CafePress!
Influences: THE DUKE, ELLA, SARAH, BETTY CARTER, DONNY HATHAWAY, JOHN COLTRANE, MAVRIN GAYE, MILES, PHYLLIS HYMAN, LUTHER VANDROSS, JAMES BROWN, Quincy Jones, Nancy Wilson, Aretha Frankin, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, Betty Carter Rufus & Chaka khan, Amnesty, The Ohio Players, Earth, Wind and Fire, Labelle, Sylvester, Prince, Cameo, The Clark Sisters, BeBe and CeCe, Larry Levin, Whitney Houston, Anita Baker, Mica Paris, Loose Ends, Kenny Loggins, Soul2Soul, Africa Bambatta, Omar, Caron Wheeler, Lalah Hathaway, Oleta Adams, Biggie, Earl Blaize, Hanifa Walidah, Lasonya Gunter, Nedlka Prescod, Cassandra Wilson, Rachelle Ferrell, MeShell Ndegocello, Sandra St. Victor, De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, Rasshan Patterson, Eryka Badu, Frank McComb, Q-Tip, India Arie, Jill Scott, Kurt Elling, The Roots, Conya Doss, Kim Burrell, Donnie Ledisi, Peven Everett, Ndambi, Beyonce, Cee-lo Green, JSA, Sharon Bridgforth, Marvin K. White..and more Check out my new Music video "MAKIN MY MOVE"!!!!!!!
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Record Label: Abel Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

My first interview

Hey folks, Well, I had my first interview and it was a blast over @ MandrakeSocietyRadio.com with your host JW Richard.. check this brotha and his site out. He’s a wonderful cat "he’s gott...
Posted by phillip alexander on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:08:00 PST

Funk For Your Soul

When I was just a little boy 4 or 5 years old, with a nappy head, big eyes seeing everything and hearing every word grown folks were talking about, I found my love. Some say that children are too youn...
Posted by phillip alexander on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 06:57:00 PST

Dreamgirls; A Review and A Recollection

On Christmas Day, I went to see "Dreamgirls," here in Austin, Texas.  Everyone was excited-- who couldn't be with all the hype.  (As a new artist, I fantasize about that sort of publicity bu...
Posted by phillip alexander on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 06:21:00 PST