Barre Phillips

American bassist (1934–2024)

Born: 27 October 1934
San Francisco
Died: 28 December 2024
Las Cruces
Country: United States
Active: 1960–
Record labels: ECM Records
Discography: 38 albums

Biography

Barre Phillips was a jazz musician who played double bass. Barre Phillips was born on 27 October 1934 in San Francisco and died on 28 December 2024 in Las Cruces. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: ECM Records. The discography here lists 38 albums, from “Journal Violone” (1968) to “Togetherness” (2026).

Barre Phillips (October 27, 1934 – December 28, 2024) was an American jazz bassist. A professional musician since 1960, he moved to New York City in 1962, then to Europe in 1967. From 1972 he was based in southern France, where in 2014 he founded the European Improvisation Center.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Journal Violone 1968 · Opus One

For All It Is 1973 · Japo Records Mountainscapes 1976 · ECM Records Three Day Moon 1978 · ECM Records Journal Violone II 1980 · ECM Records Music by... 1981 · ECM Records Call Me When You Get There 1984 · ECM Records

Camouflage 1990

Naxos 1990

Aquarian Rain 1992

Etchings in the Air 1996

No Pieces 1996

Uzu 1996

Jazzd'aià 1998

Lest By Barre 1999

Play 'em as They Fall 1999

Trignition 1999

Journal Violone 9 2001

Maghzen 2001

October Bass Tri-Logue 2001

Voluminous Venture 2001

Racines 2002

After You Gone 2004 · Live

Live in Puget-Ville 2006 · Live

Live in Vienna 2006

A L'Improviste 2008

Elm City Duets 2008

Portraits 2009

Birds Abide 2010

Breath of Time 2016

New York CIty 2016

No Man's Zone 2017

End To End 2018

Oh My, Those Boys! 2018

Basse Barre 2021

We met - and then 2021

Face a Face 2022

Togetherness 2026

Also plays on

Albums where Barre Phillips is credited as a sideman

1965	New Thing at Newport — John Coltrane / Archie Shepp	double bass
1968	Zo-Ko-Ma — Attila Zoller, Lee Konitz, Albert Mangelsdorff	bass
1969	Monday Morning — Rolf Kühn & Joachim Kühn	bass
1970	Alors!!! — Michel Portal, John Surman, Barre Phillips, Stu Martin, Jean-Pierre Drouet	double bass
1970	How Many Clouds Can You See? — John Surman	double bass
1971	Music From Two Basses — David Holland / Barre Phillips	bass
1971	Tales of the Algonquin — John Surman / John Warren	double bass
1971	B & S — Slide Hampton & Václav Zahradník Big Band	bass
1974	It's Up to You — Friedrich Gulda - Paul Fuchs . Limpe Fuchs . Albert Mangelsdorff . Barre Phillips . Mounir Bashir . Gerhard Herrmann . Leszek Zadlo . Ursula Anders	bass, vocals
1974	What Comes After — Terje Rypdal	bass
1977	Nachricht vom Lande — Friedrich Gulda, Ursula Anders, Barre Phillips, John Surman, Cecil Taylor, Stu Martin, Albert Mangelsdorff	bass
1978	Further Fire Music — Archie Shepp	double bass
1983	Vocal Summit — Lauren Newton, Urszula Dudziak, Jeanne Lee, Jay Clayton & Bobby McFerrin	bass
1986	Vintage Dolphy — Eric Dolphy	double bass
1988	Figuring — Derek Bailey & Barre Phillips	bass
1989	Réservé — Brötzmann, Sommer, Phillips	liner notes, double bass
1989	Harmos — Barry Guy & London Jazz Composers’ Orchestra	double bass
1990	Double Trouble — Barry Guy & London Jazz Composers’ Orchestra	double bass
1991	Arcus — Barry Guy & Barre Phillips	bass, producer
1992	From Newport to Nice — Lee Konitz	double bass
1992	Theoria — Barry Guy and The London Jazz Composers’ Orchestra, Irène Schweizer	double bass
1994	Portraits — Barry Guy / London Jazz Composers’ Orchestra	double bass
1995	Time Will Tell — Paul Bley, Evan Parker, Barre Phillips	double bass
1997	Three Pieces for Orchestra — Barry Guy; London Jazz Composers Orchestra	double bass
1998	Double Trouble Two — Barry Guy / London Jazz Composers Orchestra with Irène Schweizer, Marilyn Crispell, Pierre Favre	double bass
2000	Sankt Gerold Variations — Paul Bley, Evan Parker, Barre Phillips	bass