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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