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More on Phil's Recordings - More on Performance Options - About Phil's Broadcasting Phil is one of New Zealand’s leading jazz artists. Pianist, composer and educator, he became the first jazz musician to be awarded the MNZM for services to jazz in 2001. He is currently Head of Jazz Studies at the New Zealand School of Music, Massey University, Albany, Auckland. Phil has played regularly in Auckland, notably at premiere jazz venue, the London Bar, where he was resident for many years. Through the eighties and nineties he both organised and performed frequently at the annual Winter Jazz Series at the Auckland Art Gallery Three times winner of the “Jazz Record Of The Year” award (Iris- Phil Broadhurst Trio; Live at the London Bar - Broadhurst/ Hopkins/Haines; Perfect Strangers -George Chisholm Quintet), he is also a well-known broadcaster, presenting his own programme “The Art Of Jazz” weekly on Concert FM, currently in its eighteenth year. In 2003 Phil released a new CD The Road Ahead, featuring his trio and septet in live recordings, including a jazz suite commissioned by Massey University. More recently he appeared as sideman and composer on Colin Hemmingsen’s album The Rite of Swing. In 2002, 2004 and 2007 he taught and performed at the Magnetic Island Jazz Festival, Queensland, Australia, and more recently played with his own group in two of the major jazz clubs in Paris. Recent concert appearances include the Wellington International Jazz Festival with John Bell’s Immaculate Trio, the Tauranga Jazz festival with the Jazz Divas and Mojave, the Queenstown Jazz festival with Rodger Fox’s All-Stars, and the Nelson Jazz Festival with the Jazz Divas and Frank Gibson’s Rainbow Bridge. Upcoming dates include jazz festivals at Tauranga and Christchurch, and the month of June sees the debut of the New Phil Broadhurst Quartet with a gig at the Gables and the Omapere Jazz Festival, Northland. His numerous credits include work in the U.S., U.K. and other foreign parts, and collaborations with many jazz greats visiting N.Z. He has played in concert with several saxophone greats including Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott, and Scott Hamilton. Phil has recently earned a Masters Degree with Distinction for his work on the life and music of French pianist Michel Petrucciani. Phil has performed in concert with: From the U.S.
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As leader: The Road Ahead (Vox 003) One of the signature sounds of Kiwi jazz in the eighties and nineties was Sustenance, featuring mostly Phil’s compositions for the soprano and tenor saxes and bassoon of Colin Hemmingsen, the bass of Paul Dyne and the drums of Roger Sellers. Food for Thought (Southbound SD 01) 1997 Sustenance 3 (Kiwi Pacific SLC 185) 1986 Playing with Fire (Kiwi Pacific SLC 180) 1984 Sustenance (Kiwi Pacific SLC 176) 1982 Broadhurst, Hopkins and Haines: M6 (Ode SODET 407) The Phil Broadhurst Trio: Fabric (Ode SODE 278) 1987. The Phil Broadhurst Trio: Iris (Ode SODE 238) As sideman: Julie Mason &The Jazz Divas: Charmed Life (Ode/Vox 006) 2007 Colin Hemmingsen:The Rite of Swing (Rata RT 001) 2005 Julie Mason:Invitation (Vox 001) George Chisholm Quintet: Perfect Strangers (Scoop de Loop SCD 024)– Live (Scoop de Loop SCD 030) Resolution (Ode SODE 214) Brian Smith:Rendezvous (Ode CD300) Brian Smith (Ode SODE 250) Frank Gibson’s Jazzmobile: Keeping the Flame (Ode SODE) PERFORMANCE OPTIONSThe Phil Broadhurst Trio The Phil Broadhurst Quintet and… Solo or duo Phil can also be booked on his own or with bassist Alberto Santarelli for sophisticated background jazz. The Julie Mason Quartet/Quintet with Julie Mason & The Jazz Divas BROADCASTING & MorePhil presents “The Art of Jazz” a weekly jazz programme broadcast nationwide on Concert FM. (92.6 in Auckland) on Saturdays at 1 pm. He writes, edits, researches and presents each edition. This involves intensive listening to and selection of a wide variety of jazz recordings. Editions include historical and musical analysis of different genres. The content gives the listener a unique opportunity to hear music which is not available elsewhere on radio. Phil’s extensive knowledge of the international jazz scene contributes to a wider understanding of the music. Phil has received many favourable comments about the programme, which has influenced some young musicians to seek study and a career in music. While the general emphasis is on new releases and reissues, some editions follow such themes as Back to Back where two contrasting versions of the same tune are played; Classical Connection which features jazz versions of repertoire from the classical world; Dare to be Different with unusual treatments of classic standards; Final Bar - portraits of recently departed jazz greats; Pick of the Year – Phil’s choice of the best releases of the year.
Other music-related activities for Phil in the past few years include: Writing the sleeve notes for the debut CD, “Blues for Guppy”, by Wellington jazz pianist Charmaine Ford, and for a new reissue on Ode records of Alan Broadbent’s “Over the Fence” Head of the judging panel 2002-2005 Tauranga Jazz Festival Youth Band Competitions Head of the judging panel Auckland Jazz Workshop’s Secondary Schools Jazz Band Competitions at the London Bar Speaker at the National Conference for NZ Music Teachers, Tauranga 2006. Phil has conducted Jazz Clinics at the following:
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This collection represents an overview of New Zealand's burgeoning jazz industry. The Kiwi Jazz Pack is available free to soundtrack programmers, music critics, jazz radio broadcasters, and people in similar positions. 
With John Key, Phil compiled the Kiwi Real Books Vol.1 &2, a collection of several hundred jazz compositions by New Zealand composers. A celebration of New Zealand jazz, featuring tunes by Alan Broadbent, Mike Nock, Brian Smith, Colin Hemmingsen and many more.