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Philip Yaeger
About Me
Born in Northern Maine, Philip Yaeger learned to sing as soon as he could talk.
Improvisation came naturally to him and by the age of fourteen he was gigging
regularly with a trio, not an easy thing to accomplish in a town of nine thousand
souls.
The stations of his life thus far:
William Paterson University: B.A. or B.M. (I can never remember); studied w/Ed
Neumeister, Steve Turre, Conrad Herwig, Rufus Reid, et al).
New York City: the Lower East Side free scene - often as an apprentice/observer
but also occasionally as a participant, also numerous work in soul, pop, rock and
Afropop.
Philadelphia: that fantastic, chaotic West Philly do-it-yourself scene, work with
Tim Motzer, Ursula Rucker, Elliot Levin et al.
Graz, Austria: Master of Arts from the Arts University of Graz; further studies
with Ed Neumeister and others.
Yaeger plays throughout Europe (and, when he's Stateside, there as well). He is
the house composer for the Jazzorchester Vorarlberg, and is regularly called
upon to write for any number of different ensembles, ranging from
jazz to contemporary classical to post-rock.
Further name-dropping: Ari Hoenig, David Murray, Joe Zawinul (fleeingly), Elliott
Sharp, Jon Sass. In Austria, people and organizations who have been
rearranging the music landscape for the last few years: the JazzWerkstatt Wien,
Studio Dan, Elektro Guzzi. More recently, he has begun consulting on, and
advocating for, jazz and all its friends at MICA - music austria.
Two albums with his band Hunter are available on the Vienna label
JazzWerkstatt Records.
