I am available for booking anything from baptisms, weddings and funerals to small clubs and concert settings.

I am also available for lessons. Just go to CONTACT if interested in connecting. Thank you.

Public Appearances:

 

Me and Sasha Elliahna Durta at Snug Harbor “Happy Hour”, 4:30 ~ 6:00, Sunday, March 22, no cover

Me and Sasha Elliahna Durta at The Broadside, 7:00 (one set), Thursday, March 26

Me and Sasha Elliahna Durta at Swirl Wines, Saturday, March 28, 4:00 ~ 5:29, no cover

 

 A Brief Gig History

  • Hot Strings, a New Orleans based String Quartet in the style of Django Reinhardt
  • A regular at New Orleans Jazz fest in the 1980s and 90s
  • Duet with Hank Mackie (Phil’s teacher)
  • Duet with Leigh “Lil Queen” Harris
  • Duets with Larry Coryell, Charlie Hunter, Mike Stern, Steve Masakowski, Reeves Gabrels, David Tronzo
  • TWANGORAMA, a regular at N.O. Jazz Fest, a New Orleans-based fusion of five guitarists, spearheaded by Jimmy Robinson
  • Snug Harbor, New Orleans
  • The Cutting Room, NYC
  • Spazzio’s, Los Angeles
  • Festivals:
    • New Orleans Jazz Fest
    • Big Sur Jazz Fest
    • Albuquerque Jazz Fest
    • International Guitar Festival in France, 2000, spearheaded by France’s great guitarist Pierre Bensusan
    • Missoula, Montana Jazz Fest (Jazzoula)