Simon Phillips

An innovative, intense drummer, Simon Phillips embarked on his music career young. He demonstrated affinity for the drums quickly — you start with a plaything kit at age group four, shifting to some snare and cymbal arranged at six; by age group 12, Phillips was carrying out and recording along with his father’s Dixieland jazz music group. After his father’s loss of life, Phillips remaining the jazz music group and began discovering other musical designs, including rock and roll and musicals. A gig like a drummer to get a creation of Jesus Christ Superstar resulted in session function, drumming for the demos of varied solid people. As his contacts within the music picture grew, so do his program credits: Through the ’70s onward, Phillips performed with prominent rock and roll and jazz performers like Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, Gil Evans, Stanley Clark, Frank Zappa, and Peter Gabriel. By 1997, nevertheless, Phillips was prepared to business lead his own music group. Joined by way of a solid of seasoned rock and roll and jazz music artists including guitarists Ray Russell and Andy Timmons, saxophonist Wendell Brooks, bassist Anthony Jackson, and percussionist Peter Michael Escovedo, Phillips started touring like a bandleader. This lineup also documented Phillips’ 1997 recording Another Lifetime. 3 years later on, Vantage Point premiered.