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Damani Phillips

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Dr. Damani Philips is a native of Pontiac, MI, where he began playing at the age of 10. He currently serves as assistant professor of jazz studies and African-American studies at the University of Iowa, where he teaches applied jazz saxophone, directs jazz combos, and teaches courses in African-American music, jazz history, jazz theory and improvisation. Previously, Phillips was assistant professor of music (Jazz Studies) at Grinnell College, where he directed the jazz ensemble and taught jazz composition/arranging, jazz history, improvisation, musicianship and aural skills. He earned B.A

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No More Apologies

Label: Openmind Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: So in Love (A Nod to Cannon); Sunset’s Last Embrace (remix); Corcovado (MJ version); Hymn (for Trayvon); Midnight Sun (remix); But Beautiful; bonus track: Dear Lord.

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Article: Album Review

Damani Phillips: No More Apologies

Read "No More Apologies" reviewed by Troy Dostert


One of the often encountered effects of the pandemic has been to reduce artistic motivations to their most fundamental core. The hunger to make art simply for its own sake, without the encumbrances of marketplace considerations or stylistic categories, has emerged more fully than ever before. We have seen this in the jazz world, with plenty ...

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Duality

Label: Dazzle Recordings
Released: 2015

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Article: Album Review

Northwest +1: Minor Suggestions

Read "Minor Suggestions" reviewed by Geannine Reid


Northwest + 1 is a group of five jazz musicians, all educators that were brought together in a routine guest artist appearance at Spokane Falls Community College in June of 2013, by trumpeter/educator Kevin Woods. Woods along with his SFCC colleague pianist Danny McCollum, assembled a rhythm section of Washington's finest with Jon Hamar on bass ...

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Damani Phillips: The Reckoning

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Track listing: No Room For Squares; One For C.P.; Shalom; You Are Who You Are; Sinister Intent; Lotus Blossom; Isfahan.

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Article: Extended Analysis

Damani Phillips: The Reckoning

Read "Damani Phillips: The Reckoning" reviewed by Victor Verney


Damani PhillipsThe ReckoningSelf Produced2012“Reckoning" is a complex word with many shades of meaning, an apt choice for reedman Damani Phillips' latest CD. As a noun, it signifies (among other things) an objective appraisal built with concrete facts. Used as a verb, the word denotes an educated guess based ...

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Damani Phillips: The String Theory

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2011
Track listing: Pavane; Destiny's Eyes; Spanish Kiss; Lush Life; Nothing Seems Pretty Anymore; Carmen; Spanish Kiss (Barcelona Nights version); Nancy With The Laughing Face.

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Article: Extended Analysis

Damani Phillips: The String Theory

Read "Damani Phillips: The String Theory" reviewed by Victor Verney


Damani PhillipsThe String TheorySelf Produced2010 The idea of adding strings to a jazz combo has long been a divisive issue among the music's aficionados. It's often disparaged by many purists as a commercial sell-out, similar to the “fusion" concept of marrying jazz with rock. One self-proclaimed hard ...


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