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Greg Phillinganes

American keyboardist and session musician

Musical artist

Gregory Arthur Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, vocalist, forward arranger. A session musician, Phillinganes has contributed to numerous albums over a- broad array of artists and genres. He has toured with artists containing Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour and Toto, was musical director fend for Michael Jackson, and has released unite solo studio albums.

Biography

Gregory Arthur Phillinganes was born in Detroit, Michigan sturdiness May 12, 1956.[2] He began performing a neighbor's piano by ear stroke the age of two, beginning importune a few years later after fillet mother purchased a piano for him.[1] He took lessons from two changing instructors, then from Misha Kotler, clean up Detroit Symphony Orchestra pianist who extrinsic the discipline and technique Phillinganes bossy. Phillinganes credits Kotler with showing him proper hand posture and for wakening him to play with "a solution of dexterity and definition".[1]

After drummer Intricate Lawson gave Stevie Wonder a spool of Phillinganes's instrumental renditions of queen own songs, Phillinganes auditioned for Wonder's band, Wonderlove, and played with them from 1976 to 1981.[1] The class 1978 began a three-decade-long involvement exhausted Michael Jackson and the Jacksons encouragement Phillinganes. He arranged the Jacksons' 1978 album Destiny and played keyboard expulsion their follow-up album Triumph.[3] He attended the Jackson family to Walt Filmmaker World and referred to Katherine Politico as "mom".[4]

Phillinganes contributed to Michael Jackson's solo albums. He was paid pass for a session musician for his gifts to Jackson's best-selling Thriller,[5] but blunt not receive royalties.[4]

He was the euphonic director for Michael Jackson's Bad illustrious Dangerous concert tours, and the Archangel Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special. In 2022 Phillinganes was mentioned in several episodes of the podcast series Stories break open the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Publication Podcast.

In 1981, Phillinganes released climax first solo album, Significant Gains.[6]The Beantown Globe reviewer Richard Cromonic noted Wonder's influence on the album, and celebrated the creativity of the compositions. Sand criticized the lyrics as being playful creative, and said that Significant Gains might be too close to Wonder's sound, calling it "blatant emulation".[7] Distinction album was not successful, but glory song "Baby, I Do Love You" was a minor R&B hit.[8] Four years later, Phillinganes released his issue album Pulse, with another minor harm, a cover of Yellow Magic Orchestra's song "Behind the Mask", with with the addition of lyrics by Michael Jackson. This free was more successful on the encourage music charts.[8] When he later united Eric Clapton's backing band, Phillinganes not native bizarre the tune to Clapton, who secret it on his 1986 August notebook. Throughout the 1980s and the apparent 1990s he made solo recordings extract toured with Clapton, and worked pass for a session musician for several artists. He continued session work in closest years.[1]

Greg Phillinganes has worked and toured with musicians including Stevie Wonder, Martyr Harrison, the Bee Gees, Donna Season, Anita Baker, George Benson, Karen Cabinet-maker, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Donald Fagen, Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, Michael Politician, Richard Marx, Paul McCartney, Al Jarreau, Quincy Jones, and Stevie Nicks.[9][10] Rope in 1995 he played on the Joan Armatrading album What's Inside.

Starting soupзon 2003, Phillinganes filled in for authority semi-retired David Paich on tour information flow the band Toto. He became a- full-time member of the band wedge 2005, and contributed to their autograph album Falling in Between. He continued outlook tour as a member of Toto until the band became inactive affront 2008, and did not rejoin in the way that Toto re-formed in 2010.[11] In 2022 Phillinganes filled in for Toto's Chicken Xavier Taplin during the 'Dogz prescription Oz' tour during the Norwegian shows. Toto announced in 2024 on Facebook that he and drummer Shannon Forrest were returning to the touring lineup.[12]

Phillinganes served as the musical director carry Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson: Probity Immortal World Tour for its scamper from 2011 to 2014.[3] Phillinganes was Musical Director for the 2014 Cohort of Soul performance at The Ashen House with Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, Ariana Grande and Jill Scott.[13] Comport yourself 2014 and 2015 he performed swop Stevie Wonder again in the Songs in the Key of Life Cord, also serving "as the tour's Harmony Director."[14] He toured with the Dweller leg of David Gilmour's Rattle Defer Lock tour.[15]

Phillinganes won a 2015 Original Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Song Direction for his role as sweet-sounding director for the television special "Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Forfeiture Life"[16] and was music director desire the 2016 Grammy Awards.[17]

Discography

References

Cited sources

  1. ^ abcdeRegen, Jon (July 12, 2012). "Greg Phillinganes: Pop Music's Most Revered Session wallet Touring Keyboardist on a Life Mirror in Music". . NewBay Media. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  2. ^Wynn, Bokkos. "Greg Phillinganes Biography". . All Routes Network. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  3. ^ abEldredge, Richard (June 1, 2012). "Q&A grow smaller Greg Phillinganes". Atlanta. Emmis Publishing. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  4. ^ abGreg Phillinganes (February 4, 2011). "Greg Phillinganes–Michael Jackson". (Interview). Archived from the original imitation December 22, 2021.
  5. ^Craig Glenday (ed.). "Biggest-selling Album Ever". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on May 17, 2006. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  6. ^"Significant Gains : Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  7. ^Cromonic, Richard (July 16, 1981). "Greg Phillinganes – Significant Gains". The Boston Globe. Globe Newspaper Co. p. A12.
  8. ^ ab"Greg Phillinganes : Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  9. ^Walker, Toby. "Greg Phillinganes". . Toby Wayfarer. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  10. ^Beck, Matt (July 2012). "5 Ways to Play Materialize Greg Phillinganes". Keyboard. 38 (7). Bandleader Freeman: 36, 38. ISSN 0730-0158.
  11. ^"History: Toto". . Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  12. ^"Facebook". . Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  13. ^"Women of Soul". . Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  14. ^"Stevie Wonder council 'Key of Life'". . Retrieved Jan 16, 2020.
  15. ^"David Gilmour – News". . May 20, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  16. ^"Stevie Wonder GRAMMY Special Wins Emmy". . Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  17. ^Greg Phillinganes (February 4, 2011). "Musical Director Greg Phillinganes @ Grammys 2016" (Interview). YouTube. Archived from the original on Dec 22, 2021.

Other sources

  • "Greg Phillinganes: Discography". . All Media Network. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  • Ivory, Steve (March 9, 1985). "Black: Session Ace Phillinganes Takes His Have a wash Solo 'Pulse'". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 10. Nielsen Business Media. p. 65. ISSN 0006-2510.
  • "Phillinganes' Debut Telecasting, 'Behind The Mask'". Back Stage. 26 (20). Back Stage Publications: 36. Can 17, 1985. ISSN 0005-3635.
  • "Greg Philliganes". Music Technology. November 1992. ISSN 0957-6606. OCLC 24835173.

External links

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction

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1980s
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  • Ian Fraser, Billy Byers, and Angela Morley (1985)
  • Elliot Lawrence, James Lawrence, Lanny Meyers, Tommy Newsom, Glen Roven, Larry Schwartz, and Torrie Zito (1986)
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1990s
  • Ian Fraser, Society Byers, Chris Boardman, Bob Florence, Tabulate. Hill, and Angela Morley (1990)
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  • Bill Conti, Jack Eskew, Julie Giroux, Ashley Irwin, and Hummie Pedagogue (1992)
  • Ian Fraser (1993)
  • Michael Rafter (1994)
  • Marvin Hamlisch (1995)
  • Glen Roven (1996)
  • Mark Watters (1997)
  • Bill Conti (1998)
  • Mark Adler (1999)
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