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Phil Bywater

...songs of freedom...redemption songs

About Me

Phil plays tenor, alto and baritone saxophones, clarinet, flutes, sings, and writes music. He has played all over Australia and toured Europe, the USA and South East Asia playing countless gigs and festivals as a soloist and with bands Fallingwater Trio, Big Fela, Phil Bywater’s Buried Treasure, Adam Simmons Toyband, George Rrurrampu and Bomba.
Phil has also worked with an array of Australia’s finest jazz, rock, experimental, improv, pop and world music performers including Joe Camillieri, Bomba (Australian and European tours) , Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Larry Maluma (Australia/Zaire), Owen Gray (Jamaica), Ted Vining, David Tolley, Ren Walters, Anita Hustas, Tania Bosak’s Velika Buka, Adrian Sherriff, composers Kate Neal and Gareth Skinner, Bob Sedergreen, Sean Kelly (Models), Steve Purcell’s Pearly Shells, Ted White Big Band, Zulya Kamalova, Michael Keiran Harvey, Bzark, Ross Hannaford, Ross Wilson, Mal Webb, Camille O’Sullivan (Ireland), Rosie Westbrook, Frock, Brian Brown, Felicity Provan (Holland/Aust) Carlos Malcolm (Jamaica), Will Guthrie, Melbourne Saxophone Summit (musical director), Hop Jump Big Band, and numerous recordings for film and television.
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My Interests

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Member Since: 7/31/2006
Band Website: philbywater.com
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Influences: in no particular order
David Suzuki Rahsaan Roland Kirk Pharoah Sanders Duke Ellington Thelonius Monk Charles Mingus Pablo Picasso e e cummings Giorgos Mangas Igor Stravinsky John Cage Marcel Duchamp David Tolley Ren Walters Ted Vining Bob Marley Miles Davis Bootsy Collins John Lee Hooker Ali Farka Toure Ravi Shankar first peoples and traditional owners everywhere Mohandas K Gandhi Martin Luther King Jr Malcolm X Fela Kuti Bob Brown George Rrurrampu Peter Cundall Harry Carney Frank Sinatra Little Richard Evan Parker Jim Denley Will Guthrie Henry Reynolds Michael Moore Antoni Gaudi Sandy Evans JS Bach Bill Evans Claude Debussy Sonny Sharrock Art Ensemble of Chicago Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Ronaldinho John Aloisi Jimi Hendrix Coleman Hawkins Lester Young John Coltrane Jim Henson Toshiro Mifune..

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