Phill C

Phill C’s Musical journey started at the age of six in a second grade class at St Francis Middle School Caterham, London where he was first introduced to the glockenspiel and the Xylophone. He was bought a professional glockenspiel set, which he played in front of large audiences at an early age. This inspired him further and he began to compose tunes and practice more. A break came when in 1988 he was invited to a keyboard workshop. Within a period of 3 months, he had started playing in church services. The mid nineties saw him involved in producing, arranging, and engineering recordings of different artistes until he began to record several compositions of his own. Meeting and learning from the great Chick Corea in 2001 had a major part to play in his overall disposition towards experimentation and creativity in jazz. He was a finalist of Take 6's Spread Love 2020 challenge after creating 10 different remixes of their Grammy award-winning song "Spread Love". He lists Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, Keith Jarrett, Bob James, Oscar Peterson, Joe Sample, Quincy Jones, and Take Six as Major influences.