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Trumpeters · b. 1940

Phil Minton

British jazz/free-improvising vocalist and trumpeter (born 1940)

Born: 2 November 1940
Torquay
Country: United Kingdom
Active: 1969–
Record labels: Emanem Records
Discography: 21 albums

Biography

Phil Minton is a jazz musician who plays trumpet and voice. Phil Minton was born on 2 November 1940 in Torquay. The music is usually filed under jazz and free jazz. Record labels: Emanem Records. The discography here lists 21 albums, from “Ways” (1987) to “With, Without” (2020).

Phil Minton (born 2 November 1940) is a British avant-garde jazz/free-improvising vocalist and trumpeter. Minton is a highly dramatic baritone who tends to specialize in literary texts: he has sung lyrics by William Blake with Mike Westbrook's group, Daniil Kharms and Joseph Brodsky with Simon Nabatov, and extracts from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake with his own ensemble. He sings on a Jimi Hendrix tribute album, belting out the lyrics in over-the-top fashion. Between 1987 and 1993 Minton toured Europe, North America, and Russia with Lindsay Cooper's Oh Moscow ensemble. He is perhaps best known, however, for his completely free-form work, which involves "extended techniques" that can be as unsettling as they can be mesmerising.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Ways 1987

Ways Past 1992

Dada Da 1993

Songs From a Prison Diary 1993

Round About Boby (Hommage à Boby Lapointe) 1994

Two Concerts 1996

A Doughnut In Both Hands 1998

A Doughnut in One Hand 1998

(For) Friends And Neighbo(u)rs 2002 · Live

Apples of Gomorrah 2002

Drainage 2003

Q 2004

Ways Out East - Ways Out West 2005

Tasting 2007

By The Stream 2013

Quintet 2013

A Doughnut's End 2015

Metal Breath 2018

Say Yes. Till No. 2018 · Live

Ways for an Orchestra 2019

With, Without 2020

Also plays on

Albums where Phil Minton is credited as a sideman

1982	Voice of America — Fred Frith, Bob Ostertag, & Phil Minton	vocals
1984	Full House — David Moss	vocals

Frequently asked questions

What instrument does Phil Minton play?

Phil Minton is known for playing trumpet and voice.

When and where was Phil Minton born?

Phil Minton was born 2 November 1940 in Torquay.

What are Phil Minton's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Ways (1987), Ways Past (1992), Dada Da (1993), Songs From a Prison Diary (1993) and Round About Boby (Hommage à Boby Lapointe) (1994).

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