Phil Robson

Phil Robson  has been a professional musician & educator since 1990 & is a multi-award winning, internationally acclaimed guitarist & composer. Originally from the UK, he relocated to NYC at the end of 2015 where he is now rapidly becoming one of the major figures on the scene there on his instrument. During his career, he has worked with a huge cross section of artists within the umbrella of jazz including David Liebman, Charles Earland, Steve Lacy, Maceo Parker, Barbra Streisand and many more as well as leading bands featuring US stars such as Mark Turner, Billy Hart, Donny McCaslin, James Genus etc. He is best known for his work with the groundbreaking UK band ‘Partisans’ which he co-leads with Julian Siegel as well as for his work with the great singer/songwriter Christine Tobin. He has made many solo albums for both the innovative labels ‘Babel’ & more recently ‘Whirlwind Recordings’.As an educator, he held professor posts in most of the major London & UK colleges for many years including the Royal Academy of Music (of which he was elected to be an honorary associate in 2015), The Guildhall School of Music & Drama & Trinity Laban college of music. He has also been a visiting teacher in European colleges, workshops and summer camps. In NYC he is a regular tutor in the ‘Jazz for kids’ program at the Jazz Standard.“Phil is a wonderful guitarist and composer, definitely a unique player. We had a ball…” - David Liebman.“Phil Robson is a disturbingly good jazz guitar player!” - Wayne Krantz"Phil Robson has long been regarded as one of the UK's finest jazz guitarists, and has compiled a performance and teaching CV that speaks for itself. He and I have worked together examining undergraduate jazz guitar students on a number of occasions - Phil's comments are always full of insight and go right to heart of what someone needs to do in order to develop their playing. I'm honoured that I'm going to be teaching alongside him on Mike's Master Classes and I strongly recommend his classes to all our customers." - Jamie Taylor