Brigham Phillips (trumpeter, pianist, bandleader) was born on January 8, 1960 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Well-known as leader of the accomplished Brigham Phillips Big Band, and long-time Musical Director for international recording & touring artist...
Phillips’ strength is his versatility. He plays both piano/keyboard and trumpet, sings, and plays many styles of music – jazz and blues, big band and dance music, pop, Dixieland, show music, musical theatre, multicultural, solo piano, and digital computer/MIDI...
Brigham Phillips with The Jive Bombers, playing at Toronto’s premiere Jazz spot – The Rex. The boys in the band are: John Karpenko (valve trombone), Brigham Phillips (trumpet), Alex Dean (tenor sax), Bob Brough (alto sax), John Johnson (bari sax), Gord...
Jazz trumpeter Brigham Phillips is extremely grateful to be surrounded by talented musicians in Toronto. “[As Canadians] we don’t often celebrate our own as much as we should, until they go to the states and get big,” says Phillips. “There is no question that...
Brigham Phillips has been on the Toronto music scene for 25 years as a player (piano and trumpet), bandleader, teacher, producer, composer and arranger, performing jazz, pop, Dixieland, theatre and orchestral music. His CD “And It Really Was” featuring Canadian...
