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Phil Broadhurst

Composer, Performer, Jazz Composer

Died: 2020

Biography

Phil was one of New Zealand’s leading jazz artists. A pianist, composer and educator, he became the first jazz musician to be awarded the MNZM for services to jazz in 2001. His numerous credits included work in the U.S., U.K. and other foreign parts, and collaborations with many jazz greats including saxophonists Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott, and Scott Hamilton.

Phil played regularly in Auckland, notably at the premiere jazz venue The London Bar, where he was resident for many years. Through the 80s and 90s he both organised and performed frequently at the annual Winter Jazz Series at the Auckland Art Gallery. Three times winner of the “Jazz Record Of The Year” award, he was also a well-known broadcaster, presenting his own programme “The Art Of Jazz” weekly on Concert FM.

Phil frequently performed and taught at the Magnetic Island Jazz Festival (Queensland, Australia), and also played with his own group in Paris and London. Other concert appearances included the Wellington International Jazz Festival with John Bell’s Immaculate Trio, the Tauranga Jazz festival with the Jazz Divas and Mojave, the Queenstown Jazz festival with Rodger Fox’s All-Stars, and the Nelson Jazz Festival with the Jazz Divas and Frank Gibson’s Rainbow Bridge.

For many years, Phil presented, or was a major soloist, in concerts at the Tauranga Jazz Festival. These included tributes to Chick Corea, Miles Davis and Duke Ellington, a celebration of Kiwi jazz composing, a jazz/classical crossover concert and the Jazz Divas. He also performed at the inaugural Samoa Jazz and Blues Festival, and the Wellington International Jazz Festival with John Bell’s Immaculate Trio.

In 2003 Phil released The Road Ahead, featuring his trio and septet in live recordings, including a jazz suite commissioned by Massey University. Later, he appeared as sideman and composer on Colin Hemmingsen’s album The Rite of Swing. Panacea, the third album of his “Dedication” trilogy on Rattle Records, was released in 2015. This followed 2013’s Flaubert’s Dance and 2011’s album Delayed Reaction, dedicated to French pianist Michel Petrucciani, the subject of his Masters thesis. Both albums were finalists in the Tui Jazz Album of the Year Awards. January 2012 saw the release on Ode Records of a jazz/classical crossover release, Sketches, featuring a composition by Phil for jazz quartet and chamber ensemble called Byways. Commissioned by the NZ School of Music where he served as Head of Jazz Studies, it features the saxophone of Colin Hemmingsen alongside works by Mike Nock and John Rae.

Phil Broadhurst passed away in April 2020.

"His music is a testament to the global language of jazz which crosses international boundaries with enviable ease"
– Florence Wetzel, All About Jazz


Composed (78)

Absent Friends

for jazz ensemble


Auckland 1

for jazz septet


Auckland 2

for jazz septet


Black Suede Boots

for jazz quintet


Byways

for jazz quartet and chamber ensemble


Byways

an improvisation for solo piano, 4m 33s


Cadeau

for jazz septet


Cricket In Brazil

for jazz septet


Drive

for jazz ensemble


Five for Two

an improvisation for solo piano, 2m 33s


Gretel's Breadcrumbs

an improvisation for solo piano, 2m 20s


Higgins

for jazz septet


I'm Busy

for jazz quintet


Interlude 1

for jazz septet


Interlude 2

for jazz septet


Interlude 3

for jazz septet


Inverted

for jazz ensemble


Jam One

for jazz septet, 5m 46s


Japanese Shadows

for jazz ensemble


JPJ


Just Enough for Two

for jazz quintet


K.B.

for jazz quintet


Keep It This Way

an improvisation for solo piano, 4m


Knee Lever

for jazz ensemble


Ludo

for jazz ensemble


Matai Bay

for cello and piano


Matai Bay

for jazz ensemble


Palmerston North

for jazz septet


Panacea

for jazz ensemble


Pat


Positif

for jazz quintet


Precious Metal

for jazz ensemble


Pukeko

for jazz ensemble


Queenstown

for jazz ensemble


Reflection

an improvisation for solo piano, 3m 6s


Resolution

an improvisation for solo piano, 2m 17s


Sambal

an improvisation for solo piano, 3m 35s


Santa Margherita

for jazz septet


Scoreless

an improvisation for solo piano, 4m 5s


Simply in C

an improvisation for solo piano, 4m 7s


Sing Me Softly of the Blues

an improvisation for solo piano, 5m 59s


Soliloquy

an improvisation for solo piano, 3m 15s


Some Other Time

an improvisation for solo piano, 5m 54s


Sorrento Sunset

for jazz quintet


Sunside

for jazz quintet


The Road Ahead

for jazz septet


Wellington

for jazz septet


Wheeler of Fortune

for jazz ensemble


Winged One

an improvisation for solo piano, 2m 7s


You Stepped Out of a Dream

an improvisation for solo piano, 3m 24s



Performances (1)

Inverted: the music of Phil Broadhurst

Auckland Jazz Orchestra presents a heartfelt tribute to the late New Zealand jazz pianist and com...