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 Masakowski at Swirl Mon, 12/15 and Sat, 12/27 probably in the 4:00 zone and at
Snug Harbor, Jan 3, 4:30 ~ 6:00, Happy Hour (and a half)

Harry Shearer and Judith Owen’s Christmas Without Tears at The Orpheum Theater, Tues, Dec 16, 8:00

Live on WWOZ Wed, Dec 17, 10:00 ~ Midnight

Tentative, weather-permitting :
3330 Gr Rt St John porch gig, SOLO, featuring many xmas parodies sure to piss off somebody
Solstice Sun, Dec 21, 3:00 ~ dark

With Steve Masakowski, opening up for Dave Styker …
Broadside, Fri, Jan 9, 7:00

 
 

 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)