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Simon Phillips (drummer)

Simon Phillips (born 6 February 1957) is an English jazz fusion and rock drummer,[2] songwriter, and record producer, based in the United States. He worked with rock bands during the 1970s and 1980s, and was the drummer for the band Toto from 1992 to 2014.

For other people with the same name, see Simon Phillips (disambiguation).

Simon Phillips

(1957-02-06) 6 February 1957
London, England

  • Musician
  • record producer

  • Drums
  • percussion

1969–present

Phillips worked as a session drummer for Brian Eno's 801, Jeff Beck, Gary Moore, Michael Schenker, Bernie Marsden, Jon Lord, Nik Kershaw, Mike Oldfield, Judas Priest, Mike Rutherford, Tears for Fears, 10cc, the Chemical Brothers,[3] Pete Townshend, and the Who. He was the drummer for the Who during the band's American reunion tour in 1989. He became the drummer for Toto in 1992 after the death of Jeff Porcaro.

Influences[edit]

Phillips cited Buddy Rich, Tony Williams, Billy Cobham, Steve Gadd, Ian Paice, Tommy Aldridge, and Bernard Purdie as his main influences.[12]

In 2003 Phillips was inducted into the magazine Hall of Fame.[13]

Modern Drummer

In 2015 at the 14th Annual Independent Music Awards, Phillips was the winner in the Jazz Instrumental Album category for Protocol II.

In 2019 Phillips was voted #1 in the Fusion category of the annual Modern Drummer Readers Poll.

In 2019 the Protocol 4 album was nominated for a GRAMMY Award in the Contemporary Instrumental Album category.

(Food for Thought, 1988)

Protocol

Simon Phillips (Manhattan, 1992)

Force Majeure with , Anthony Jackson, Tony Roberts (B&W, 1993) - live album

Ray Russell

Symbiosis (Lipstick, 1995)

Another Lifetime (Lipstick, 1997)

Out of the Blue (Victor, 1999) - live album

Vantage Point with Jeff Babko (Jazzline, 2000)

Protocol II with , Steve Weingart, Ernest Tibbs (Phantom, 2013)

Andy Timmons

Protocol III with Andy Timmons, Steve Weingart, Ernest Tibbs (In-akustik, 2015)

Protocol 4 with , Dennis Hamm, Ernest Tibbs (Phantom, 2017)

Greg Howe

Protocol V with , Alex Sill, Jacob Scesney, Ernest Tibbs (Phantom, 2022)

Otmaro Ruiz

List of drummers

Official site

at AllMusic

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discography at Discogs

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at IMDb

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Simon Phillips Chronology & Releasography Site

. stevelukather.com. 24 February 2009.

"Reggie Boyle talking with Simon Phillips"

stevelukather.com. 18 June 2012.

"Reggie Boyle talking with Simon Phillips..."