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About Me


The Phill C Quintet (lead by Phill C) is an Arizona based quintet that renders a variety of musical styles, jazz being the primary.Phill C's musical journey started in a second grade class at St Francis Middle School Caterham, London where he was first introduced to the glockenspiel and the Xylophone. Several years later he was invited to a keyboard workshop at his church. Shortly after he started playing in church services and with various bands.He continued to study record and experiment with various music styles especially jazz with other musicians. Meeting and learning from Chick Corea in 2001 had a major part to play in his overall disposition towards experimentation and creativity in jazz.Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, Keith Jarrett, Bob James, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Joe Sample, Quincy Jones, and Take Six are major influences.
GIANT STEPS JAZZ-HOP VERSIONMary Had a Little Lamb

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Member Since: 5/2/2006
Band Website: phill-c.com
Influences: Musical: Take 6 ,Kirk Franklin, McCoy , Chick, Herbie, Coltrane, Bob James, Keith Jarrett , Monk, Miles, Mike Philly, Fred Hammond, Phill C.
Sounds Like: Him
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Chords for Giant Steps

Thanks for your comments on the Giant Steps jam :) I got several questions on the chords. Melody is played on Right hand (These are basic left hand chords. I went outside of these occasionally ...
Posted by Phill C on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:13:00 PST

Miles Davis discusses social jazz aka smooth jazz

Miles Talks
Posted by Phill C on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:42:00 PST