Philip Catherine

Philip Catherine (born 27 October 1942) is a Belgian jazz guitarist.

Biography

He was born in London from an English mother and Belgian father.

He began playing in the 60's with Lou Bennett then with Dexter Gordon and Stéphane Grappelli. He was then a member of Jean-Luc Ponty quintet, right after he recorded his first album (Stream, produced by Frenchman Sacha Distel) in 1971. A year later, he met John Scofield, Ran Blake, George Benson and more musicians in Boston.

In 1977 Philip Catherine replaced Jan Akkerman in the Dutch rock group Focus and appeared on one album with the group, "Focus Con Proby" which also featured American singer P. J. Proby.

He also played with Charlie Mingus (who named him Young Django) and Chet Baker. He is now considered as the grandfather of Belgian jazz as he continues to play on the now very active Belgian jazz scene. He won the first Belgian Golden Django (in 1995) as best French-speaking artist.

Discography

* "Stream" (1971)
* "September Man" (1975)
* "Guitars" (1975)
* "Babel" (1980)
* "End of August" (1982)
* "Transparence" (1986)
* "September Sky" (1988)
* "Oscar" (1988)
* "Moods", Vol.I (1992)
* "Moods", Vol.II (1992)
* "Philip Catherine "live" (1997)
* "Guitar Groove" (1998)
* "Blue Prince" (2000)
* "Summer Night" (2002)
* "Guitars Two" (2008)

References

* [http://www.philipcatherine.com Official website]