Barre Phillips

Barre Phillips (born October 27, 1934, in San Francisco, California, United States) is an American jazz bassist. A professional musician since 1960, he moved to New York City in 1962, then to Europe in 1967. Since 1972, he has been based in southern France where, in 2014, he founded the European Improvisation Center. He studied briefly in 1959 with S. Charles Siani, Assistant Principal Bassist with the San Francisco Symphony. During the 1960s, he recorded with (among others) Eric Dolphy, Jimmy Giuffre, Archie Shepp, Peter Nero, Attila Zoller, Lee Konitz and Marion Brown. Phillips' 1968 recording of solo bass improvisations, issued as Journal Violone in the US, Unaccompanied Barre in England, and Basse Barre in France on Futura Records, is generally credited as the first solo bass record. A 1971 record with Dave Holland, Music from Two Basses, was probably the first record of improvised double bass duets. In the 1970s, he was a member of the well-regarded and influential group The Trio, with saxophonist John Surman and drummer Stu Martin. In the 1980s and 1990s, he played regularly with the London Jazz Composers Orchestra, led by fellow bassist Barry Guy. He worked on soundtracks of the motion pictures Merry-Go-Round (1981), Naked Lunch (1991, together with Ornette Coleman) and Alles was baumelt, bringt Glück! (2013). He has also worked with (among many others) bassists Peter Kowald and Joëlle Léandre, guitarist Derek Bailey, clarinetists Theo Jörgensmann, Vinny Golia, and Aurélien Besnard, saxophonists Peter Brötzmann, Evan Parker and Joe Maneri, and pianists Bob James and Paul Bley. Barre is the father of the rock guitarist, Jay Crawford from the band Bomb; of the bassist Dave Phillips; and of singer Claudia Phillips, who was a one-hit wonder in France in 1987 with "Quel souci La Boétie".

Last Concert in Europe at the Space Lucerne (Live, Lucerne, 2021) - 2022-09-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Face à Face - 2022-08-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Confluence - 2022-05-27T00:00:00.000000Z

We Met - and Then - 2021-06-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Ahoy! - 2021-01-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Engatsse ! - 2020-11-27T00:00:00.000000Z

End To End - 2018-09-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Les passagers du delta - 2018-05-04T00:00:00.000000Z

La vida es sueño - 2017-03-31T00:00:00.000000Z

No Man's Zone (Fukushima, the Day After...) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - 2017-03-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Breath of Time - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Birds Abide - 2010-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Portraits - 2009-11-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Elm City Duets 2006 - 2008-10-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Angles Of Repose - 2004-06-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Journal Violone 9 - 2001-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Wing Vane - 2001-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Sankt Gerold - 2000-10-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Tales Of Rohnlief - 1999-09-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Time Will Tell - 1995-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Aquarian Rain - 1992-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Camouflage - 1990-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Call Me When You Get There - 1984-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Music By... - 1981-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Journal Violone II - 1980-03-25T00:00:00.000000Z