Pianist, Composer, Producer

Phil began performing on stage at an early age. He knows because there is a picture that was hanging in his parents house of him in a straw hat, striped coat and a cane at age 4 doing the lead role for his school play. His mother played piano in church, and at home, when she had a moment free from two young boys. She complained to a friend that no matter where he was and or what he was doing Phil would come running in to bang on the piano while she was playing. Her friend said, 'he wants to play .... get him a teacher'.

Phil was born in Dallas and he started piano lessons at age 5. At age 8 , just after Hurricane Betsy, his family moved to New Orleans .

'I remember the drive to New Orleans from Dallas and the progressive devastation as we got nearer to New Orleans, billboards twisted, trees down, rooftops peeled away from their houses. It was scary at the time.

He became obsessed by jazz as a teenager after heari...
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