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Derrek Phillips

Bill Withers. The Police. Rick James. Earth, Wind, and Fire. Led Zeppelin. Prince.

These were some of the first words I learned after the usual “Mama” and “Dada”.  Music was just as common than food in my childhood home. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, I was heavily indoctrinated by the sounds of Tower of Power, Journey, Sly and the Family Stone, Metallica, Tony! Toni! Tone! and Digital Underground. Thanks to my parents and older brothers, I developed an early obsession for music.

This obsession led to years in local bands, youth and community orchestras and the Concord Blue Devils drum and bugle corps. Lessons with Marc Van Wageningen and the late, great Tony Williams would soon follow. This same obsession took me to the East Coast to pursue a bachelor’s degree at William Paterson University in New Jersey. After years spent getting my career started in the New York jazz scene, I decided to head south and focus on the well-rounded Nashville scene.

Soundtrack For A Film Without Pictures

By Frank Swart

Label: Need To Know
Released: 2023
Track listing: The Life; The Call; The Refusal; The Meeting; The Crossing; The Test; The Approach; The Ordeal: The Reward; The Road Back; The Resurrection; The Return; Credits.

The Call

July 24, 2023

Album: Soundtrack For A Film Without Pictures
By Frank Swart
Label: Need To Know
Released: 2023
Duration: 3:50

Mosaic

By Rahsaan Barber

Label: Jazz Music City
Released: 2021

North Sea Jazz Festival: Rotterdam, The Netherlands, July 6-8, 2012

by R.J. DeLuke
August 1, 2012

North Sea Jazz FestivalAhoyRotterdam, The NetherlandsJuly 6-8, 2012The city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands seems ideal for a jazz festival. It's a large enough metropolis to hold things of interest for any tourist--arts, culture, architecture, fine eateries, interesting activities--while at the same time being friendly, laidback and manageable. Toss the mammoth ...

Vocalist Dara Tucker Releases "Soul Said Yes"- Examines Common Threads of Soul in Jazz, Gospel and New Originals and Features 7-String Guitarist Charlie Hunter and Drummer Derrek Phillips

August 17, 2011

Jazz Vocalist and Songwriter Dara Tucker has released her second CD Soul Said Yes, a collection of music that examines the common thread of soul in Dara's gospel roots, jazz standards and in newer classics reworked in distinct arrangements. “Soul, to me, is an audible expression of the human experience," Tucker said. “As this album reflects ...

Copperopolis

By Charlie Hunter

Label: Ropeadope Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Cueball Bobbin'; Frontman; Swamba Redux; Copperopolis; Blue Sock; The Pursuit Package; A Street Fight Could Break Out; Drop the Rock; Think of One.

Friends Seen and Unseen

By Charlie Hunter

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2004
Track listing: One for the Kelpers; Freedom Tickler; Lulu's Crawl; Darkly; Soweto's Where it's At; Running in Fear From Imaginary Assailants; Eleven Bars for Gandhi; Bonus Round; My Son the Hurricane; Moore's Alphabet