Philip Booth
Philip’s Contributions
02/06/12 Albums
There are lots of advantages to a musical collective, at least the way such an entity is operated by SFJAZZ, the organization behind multiple inspired jazz initiatives in San Francisco. SFJAZZ Collective has an occasionally shifting lineup, sometimes gaining...
01/08/12 Albums
Philip Booth reviews Bill Frisell's John Lennon tribute album
12/31/11 Albums
Philip Booth reviews guitar great Pat Martino's new live album
12/30/11 Albums
The world-renowned bassist makes his debut as big-band leader
12/23/11 Albums
Philip Booth reviews the legendary bassist's new CD
12/22/11 Albums
Philip Booth reviews the latest from the Israeli-born bassist
12/20/11 Albums
Listeners unexcited by the glossy, beat-heavy, smoothness of 2005’s Paris Blue and its two successors will be pleasantly surprised by the direction Kyle Eastwood takes on Songs From the Chateau , his fifth album as a leader. The virtuoso bass doubler and...
12/02/11 Albums
With the Zawinul Syndicate gone following the 2007 passing of its leader, and guitarist Fareed Haque exiting Garaj Mahal, who will carry the torch for the variety of fusion that blends organically with world music? One candidate for the job is Human Element...
10/31/11 Albums
Philip Booth reviews the new release by the flugelhorn great
10/29/11 Albums
Philip Booth reviews the latest from guitarist extraordinaire John Scofield
10/07/11 Albums
Fusion heaven with John McLaughlin, Lenny White and more
09/05/11 Albums
Garage a Trois may have started 12 years ago as a groove-intensive jam outfit centered on the eight-string guitar ministrations of Charlie Hunter. But the group, with Skerik on tenor sax and effects, Mike Dillon on vibraphone and percussion, Stanton Moore...
08/28/11 Albums
Yes, State of Art is an audacious title for any musician’s debut album. But the CD, the first under D.C. native Ben Williams’ name as a leader, largely lives up to the hype. Williams, a mainstay in Stefon Harris’ band and winner of the Thelonious Monk International...
08/02/11 Albums
The groove is the thing for High Time, a quartet of accomplished journeymen who have never quite reached household-name status. And the groove on much of the group’s debut CD leans on the laidback side of fusion: closer texturally to Yellowjackets/Fourplay...
07/29/11 Albums
Since ending its affiliation with Jazz at Lincoln Center in 2002, Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra has grown more adventurous, its leader travelling well beyond his Afro-Cuban roots. The musical exploration continues on 40 Acres and a Burro...
07/23/11 Albums
Given six-string electric bassist Gerald Veasley’s rep as a smooth-jazz exponent and, through his radio show, advocate for the genre, it’s easy to forget his multiyear stint with the late Joe Zawinul and his work backing such artists as McCoy Tyner. And...
About Philip Booth
Longtime arts journalist and bassist Philip Booth has been playing and writing about music since the era when lime-green leisure suits weren't yet considered abominations. The Florida native, pop music critic for the Tampa Tribune from 1988 to 1996, contributes coverage of jazz, rock, Americana, blues, world music and other genres to Billboard, Down Beat, Jazziz, Bass Player, Relix, the St. Petersburg Times and Las Vegas City Life, and his byline additionally has appeared in many other publications.
Booth produced and played on a 1996 Thelonious Monk tribute disc, "Monk in the Sun," featuring Nat Adderley, Jeff Berlin, and Kenny Drew, Jr., and his now-defunct jamband Ghetto Love Sugar played major festivals and venues around Florida. But he counts a one-off teenage gig with Bo Diddley, during his college years at the University of Florida, as his true brush with fame. When not writing or playing upright and electric bass with Trio Vibe and other groups, Booth watches movies, pursues fiction writing, and spends time with his wife Callie and their two children.
- Articles
- Community
- Guides
- Promotions
- Reviews
- Shopping
E-mail
Share
RSS
Report