Simon Phillips (born half dozen Feb 1957) is an English linguistic communication jazz, popular together with stone drummer[1] together with producer, best known for his 22-year stint amongst Toto.
Phillips kickoff started to play professionally at the historic current of twelve inward his father’s Dixieland band for 4 years. Phillips was the drummer on the 1976 LP 801 Live amongst Phil Manzanera together with Brian Eno. He is likewise a prolific session drummer, having played for Jeff Beck, The Who, Judas Priest, Tears for Fears, Mike Oldfield together with Gary Moore, amidst others. He was The Who’s drummer inward their 1989 American reunion tour. He has released 4 of his ain solo albums. Phillips joined Toto inward 1992 later on Jeff Porcaro died during rehearsals for an upcoming tour. On Jan 26, 2014 Phillips left Toto to focus on his ain career.
He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame inward 2003
This alive ready from Simon Phillips' 1998 European tour captures the drummer fronting an electrical quintet together with producing to a greater extent than or less of the most exciting music inward his long career. Phillips, who has held stints drumming for everyone from the Who to Toto, shows non entirely his powerful chops together with tasteful execution, but likewise his commanding leadership abilities as he drives this tight grouping through its paces. From behind his massive drum set, Phillips succeeds inward offering his ain accept on modern electrical jazz amongst a real creative rhythmic base.
Images of Tony Williams' Lifetime, to a greater extent than or less other drummer-led band, come upward through on epic tracks similar the frantic championship rails together with the aptly titled burner "Another Lifetime." Other tracks, similar the opening "Kumi Na Moja" together with "Jungle Eyes" offering a distinct globe music experience that Phillips produces inward this alive setting past times inventively using a diverseness of sounds together with grooves on his colossal kit. The terminal blowout discover "Midair Decision" is a jaw-dropping energetic display that brings the crowd to a frenzy together with caps off a first-rate ready that shows merely what this world-class stick slinger tin actually do.
A friend of mine from the "Weather Channel" (Carl Parker...RUSH AT NISSAN 6/23/07) says: "You gotta OWN: Simon Phillips; : "Symbiosis" SO I exceptional society it from "Tower Records" Several years back. RIP Tower.
Phenomenal disc; Amazing Players, (Phillips, Andy Timmons!!!) Chops, Great Mix of Jazz, Fusion, Rock, Excellent Production, Sound Quality. So I am cruising for to a greater extent than or less "Lukather" together with I encounter the Live inward Tokyo/Japan wherever it was; "Out of the Blue" $35.00! OUCH! I am a fan of bang-up instrumentalists as good as genre bending chops together with sonic fury done actually well...
Warning: Use HOT PADS putting this CD dorsum inward the case...sure to crusade Re-entry burns! Play it loud on Klipsch, B&W, JBL, Boston Acostics Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 arrangement that whatsoever confesseed Audiophile tin appreciate. Well worth it!
Simon Phillips has real bad hair, a chip similar Michael Bolton or Kenny G .... but don't worry virtually that - he is a mighty fine drummer, a principal exponent of the sprawling double bass drummed drumset. If yous liked Cobham from means dorsum when, together with thus brain to this together with hear a lineament recording together with a novel twist on fusion. This is a alive album, but the recording is real expert together with sounds bang-up on my hifi. The actually big addition is the tracks are all thus rigid together with based on bang-up tunes, riffs together with drum patterns. The private instruments; keybds, guitar, sax etc. are all cutting it, together with Phillips merely pumps out a company groove for them to operate circular - when he solo's though he is awesome. If yous postulate maintain heard his before album similar Protocol, this is much to a greater extent than musical together with far better. I would non bound my recommendation soley to drum fans (though its a definite purchase for yous Mr. Sticksman). If yous similar 'Jazz' on the Rocky side, played amongst balls together with a hint of 'spandex', together with thus this is for you. Nice operate Mr. Phllips ..... at i time instruct a pilus cutting (loose the Leo Sayer await please).
Starting amongst technical expression of how this alive album is cut: I personally merely dear it. I savor to postulate maintain non merely the music dorsum to back, but - together with inward this expression the album is fantastic - the whole band introduction.
Yet, this is the entirely fourth dimension the listener is distracted from the bang-up functioning of Simon Phillips together with the accompanying band members. To cite either of them would last as unfair to all the other. One tin hear that they trully postulate maintain fun at what they are doing, together with they are doing it well. The album does convey a lot of the alive athmosphere, without to a greater extent than or less of the bitter side effects of disturbing(!) noises.
If yous enjoyed either Protocol, Symbiosis or Another Lifetime, this is an album to buy.
Courtesy "Original uploader"
Track Listing
1. Kumi Na Moja
2. Out Of The Blue
3. Eyes Blue For You
4. Band Introductions
5. Jungleyes
6. Isis
7. Indian Summer
8. Roads Untravelled
9. Another Lifetime
10. Midair Decision
11. Freudian Slip
Personnel:
Simon Phillips - Drums
Andy Timmons - Guitar
Jeff Babko - Keyboard
Wendell Brooks - Sax
Jerry Watts - Bass
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