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Albums A Hot Night in Paris, The Phil Collins Big Band Awards Porin Award for Best Foreign Jazz Music Album Members Phil Collins, Daryl Stuermer, Luis Conte, Harry Kim, Daniel Fornero | ||
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The Phil Collins Big Band was a side project of English rock drummer, singer and musician Phil Collins, which performed in 1996 and 1998.
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Although best known for his work in pop as a solo artist and progressive rock with Genesis, one of Collins' earliest influences had been the American big band drummer Buddy Rich. The group presented big band renditions of Collins and Genesis songs, including hits such as "Sussudio" and "Invisible Touch". The group was primarily an instrumental act, with Collins remaining behind the drums, like the early days of Genesis and rarely singing at performances. The group split up in 1999, when Phil Collins started to work on the music for the then upcoming movie, Tarzan.
The group released one album, A Hot Night in Paris, recorded in 1998 and released in 1999. The footage of Montreux Jazz Festival 1996 was featured as a bonus feature on the 2010 DVD "Phil Collins Live At Montreux".
Collins' work with the Phil Collins Big Band received acclaim and Modern Drummer readers voted him Big Band drummer of the year in 2000.
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Against All OddsA Hot Night in Paris · 1999
The Los Endos SuiteA Hot Night in Paris · 1999
SussudioA Hot Night in Paris · 1999