Phil Slater

Phil Slater
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Trumpet

Phil Slater is an Australian jazz trumpeter and composer based in the Illawarra region.

Slater has performed and recorded with a wide range of artists including Archie Roach, Missy Higgins, the Australian Art Orchestra, Lou Reed, Jim Black, Jonathan Zwartz, Katie Noonan, Vince Jones, Bernie McGann, Sandy Evans, Paul Grabowsky, Genevieve Lacey, PNAU, Directions In Groove, Nick Littlemore, Andrea Keller, Barney McAll, and Gian Slater. In the 1990s he studied composition with Peter Sculthorpe, Barry Conynham and Andrew Ford at the University of Sydney and University of Wollongong.

During the 1990s and 2000s Slater was a prominent member of the Sydney jazz and improvisation community and led a number of un-recorded projects including The Fresh Kills (with Samuel Dixon, Carl Dewhurst, and Simon Barker), the Very Interactive Band, the Whistle Stop Trio (with Carl Dewhurst and Simon Barker), and the Phil Slater Quartet (with Matt McMahon, Lloyd Swanton and Simon Barker).

Since the early 2000s Slater became the leader or co-leader of a number of award winning projects including Strobe Coma Virgo, Band of Five Names, Daorum, and Trace Sphere. Slater has composed and performed original music for many theatre, film and television productions including Stuff Happens and Exit The King for Belvoir Street Theatre, Mother Courage, Gallipoli, and King Lear with Sydney Theatre Company, the Tale of Samulnori with Legs On The Wall.

Slater has been awarded the Australian National Jazz Award, the Bell Award for Australian Jazz Artist of the Year, the Bell Award for Best Australian Contemporary Jazz Ensemble (Phil Slater Quartet), the Limelight Award for Outstanding Contribution to Australian Jazz, and the Freedman Fellowship.

In 2019 he released The Dark Pattern. Playing with him on the album were Simon Barker (drums), Matt McMahon (piano), Matt Keegan (saxophone) and Brett Hirst (bass). The album saw him nominated for the 2019 ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album.

Discography

Title	Details
The Thousands (as Phil Slater Quartet)	Released: 2007 Label: Kimnara Records (NARA007) Format: CD, digital download
The Dark Pattern	Released: 19 July 2019 Label: Earshift Records (EAR034) Format: 2xCD, digital download

And featured on

• Band of Five Names by Band of Five Names (1999)
• Severence by Band of Five Names (2002)
• Empty Gardens by Band of Five Names (2006)
• Daorum by Daorum (2008) - Kimnara

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
AIR Awards of 2020	The Dark Pattern	Best Independent Jazz Album or EP	Nominated

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
2019	The Dark Pattern	Best Jazz Album	Nominated

Australian Jazz Bell Awards

The Australian Jazz Bell Awards, (also known as the Bell Awards or The Bells), are annual music awards for the jazz music genre in Australia. They commenced in 2003.

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
2004	Phil Slater	Australian Jazz Artist of the Year	Won
2008	Phil Slater Quartet	Best Australian Jazz Ensemble	Won

• wins only

External links

• Phil Slater

• ARIA Award previous winners.