First Name

Phillip

College/University:

University of Utah

I am here for:

Gigs, Job Inquiries, Educational Purposes, Meet Players, Networking

Whom I want to meet:

Just want to broaden my horizens

Employment Status

Employed

Occupation:

jazz director, band director, trumpet and bass player,

Employer:

Lubbock ISD

About Me:

Born in Las Vegas
Lived in Salt Lake 8 years
Moved to Texas 1980

Musical Background & Experience:

Studied with Bill Sullivan - Utah Symphony and Tommy Porello in Las Vegas.
Performed with - Salt Lake City Civic Orchestrs, Salt Lake Oprera Theater, Lubbock Symphony, Member of Mike Pritchard's Blue Thunder and the Fabulous Lighting Horns, Founding member of the Hub City Jazz Orchestra, Play Lead and Jazz Eb Soloist with Westwinds Brass Band. First United Methodist Orchestra, Trinity Church Orchestra, Westminster Presbyterian Brass Choir. St. Elizibeth Catholic Church Brass Choir.

Why I love jazz:

The complexity of the cultural heritage is something that needs to be passed on to our children. Plus it's just fun.

Music:

Anything from Wynton, Vaughn Nark, Marvin Stamm. Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Kenny Durham, Miles Davis, Wayne Bergeron, Phil Smith, Thomas Stevens, Adolf Herseth, David Hickman, Maynard Ferguson, Doc, Severeson, Adam Rappa, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Randy and Michael Brecker,
"Oh" just all of it. I just like music.

Books:

Stphen King's The Dark Tower Series
Under the Dome
Duma Key

Television:

Rules of Engagement, Big Bang Theory, The evening news CNN
NCIS

Movies:

Hitch, I am Legend, I Robot, Star Wars (all of them) Star Trek (the last one) mission Impossible 1, 2, & 3. Shrek 1,2, & 4
Men in Black 1 & 2
Any Disney movie that has Rick Baptist and Wayne Bergeron playing on the soundtrack
Anything with Bruce Willis, Jackie Chan,
The New A-Team