Jazz Articles about Drew Phelps

Drew Phelps: Round to It

by Dave Nathan
December 1, 2000

Bassist Drew Phelps grew up in North Texas, in Denton to be exact. While playing bass guitar while in junior high school, he was tuned onto the music of the Allman Brothers and Freddie King. During the 1980's Phelps hooked up with veteran modern jazz musicians like James Clay and Nuradeen Fameen and after a two-year stint with Clay, received a scholarship to the School of Fine Arts at the Banff Centre in Canada. There, under the tutelage of modern ...