Phil Miller
Philip Paul Miller (22 January 1949 – 18 October 2017)[1] was an English progressive rock/jazz guitarist and a central part of the Canterbury scene.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Philip Paul Miller |
| Born | 22 January 1949 Barnet, Hertfordshire, England |
| Died | 18 October 2017 (aged 68) |
| Genres | Jazz fusion, progressive rock, experimental |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Associated acts | Delivery, Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North, National Health, Short Wave, In Cahoots |
He was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire. Self-taught on guitar, Miller formed his first band, Delivery, at age 17, which backed blues musicians playing at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London.[2] In the 1970s he was a founding member of Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North and National Health. In later years he was a member of Short Wave (with Hugh Hopper, Pip Pyle, and Didier Malherbe), and In Cahoots with Richard Sinclair, Elton Dean, Peter Lemer, and Pip Pyle.[3] In 2005 and 2006, Miller toured with a re-united Hatfield and the North. Miller also performed and recorded extensively in solo projects.
Miller died on 18 October 2017 in London from cancer.[2]
Discography

| Year | Artist | Title |
| 1970 | Carol Grimes & Delivery | Fools Meeting |
| 1972 | Caravan | Waterloo Lily |
| 1972 | Matching Mole | Matching Mole |
| 1972 | Matching Mole | Little Red Record |
| 1973 | Coxhill/Miller | Miller/Coxhill |
| 1974 | Hatfield and the North | Hatfield & the North |
| 1975 | Hatfield and the North | The Rotters’ Club |
| 1978 | National Health | National Health |
| 1978 | National Health | Of Queues and Cures |
| 1980 | Hatfield and the North | Afters |
| 1982 | Gowen/Miller/Sinclair/Tomkins | Before A Word Is Said |
| 1982 | National Health | D.S. Al Coda |
| 1986 | Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin | Up from the Dark |
| 1987 | Phil Miller | Cutting Both Ways |
| 1988 | Geoff Leigh and Frank Wuyts | From Here to Drums |
| 1988 | Phil Miller | Split Seconds |
| 1990 | National Health | Complete |
| 1991 | Phil Miller/In Cahoots | Live 1986–1989 |
| 1991 | Phil Miller | Digging In |
| 1992 | Phil Miller/Fred Baker | Double Up |
| 1993 | Phil Miller/In Cahoots | Live in Japan |
| 1993 | Hatfield and the North | Live 90 |
| 1993 | Short Wave | Short Wave Live |
| 1994 | Phil Miller/In Cahoots | Recent Discoveries |
| 1994 | Matching Mole | BBC Radio 1 In Concert |
| 1994 | Robert Wyatt | Flotsam Jetsam (Matching Mole) |
| 1995 | Miller + Hopper | Unsettled Scores |
| 1996 | National Health | Missing Pieces |
| 1996 | Phil Miller/In Cahoots | Parallel |
| 1998 | Pip Pyle | 7 Year Itch |
| 1999 | Mark Hewins | Rebela |
| 2001 | In Cahoots | Out of the Blue |
| 2003 | Phil Miller/In Cahoots | All That |
| 2005 | Hatfield and the North | Hatwise Choice |
| 2006 | Hatfield and the North | Hattitude |
| 2006 | Phil Miller/In Cahoots | Conspiracy Theories |
| 2011 | Phil Miller/In Cahoots | Mind Over Matter |
Filmography
- 2015: Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales (DVD)
References
- "Canterbury Legend Phil Miller Remembered". Teamrock.com. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- Boyle, Doug (29 December 2017). "Phil Miller obituary" – via www.theguardian.com.
- Dorsch, Jim. "Phil Miller: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
External links
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phil Miller. |
- Official website
- Biography at Calyx, the Canterbury website
- Interview with Phil Miller at allaboutjazz.com
- Phil Miller Discography
- Canterbury Music Family Tree
