Roy in concert
May 2008 The Auckland performance included a very special guest - the legendary trombonist Jim Pugh who has played with many world class musos including Woody Herman, Chick Corea's Return to Forever and recently, Stelly Dan.
Suite London re-released 31 July 2006 "The album (plus six like- minded singles tagged on) is an absolute beauty. Gliding between funk, soul and orchestral pop, it showcases a Fender Rhodes piano and Hammond organ as they were meant to be played, all iced by the simultaneously silken and gritty vocal of keyboardist Roy Phillips." New Album Released 8 March 2006
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Roy performed four live shows during May. Opua was a solo gig while the Auckland, Wellington and Manawatu shows featured the Roger Fox Big Band.
Roy with the Roger Fox Big Band - Wellington, 30th May 2008
Poster for the Auckland gig
"Shadows" released September 2007
The new Roy Phillips CD "Dancing with Shadows" was released in September 2007. Recorded at Muscle Music studios in the far North of New Zealand, this CD contains a mix of classics and new material including a stunning new version of "Girlie".
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This is one of Roy's favourite albums. The combination of The Peddlers with The London Philharmonic Orchestra is outstanding. Martin Aston writing in The Times gave the album five stars.
"The real find is the Peddlers’ Suite London. It’s rare that a band whose fans included Princess Margaret and Eric Sykes is a cause for rediscovery, but then the Peddlers weren’t just another band. In the pop-rock world of the 1960s they were MOR squares, but in truth they were singularly suave pop-jazz minimalists who haven’t dated a jot, unlike many of their peers."
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Roy's new album, That's Way 'Tis has been released and is available for sale via this website. You can purchase the CD via PayPal secure server on this page. Kiwis can buy the album via online auction site TradeMe.