EARL PHILIPS BIG BAND

Tribute to Terry Gibbs & His Dream Band | Steve Weiss Mallet Festival)

Earl Phillips is active as composer/arranger, educator, and bass trombonist in the greater Philadelphia area. As a composer/arranger, Earl directs and writes for the Earl Phillips Big Band and has led his own 17-piece big band since 2007.

As an educator, Earl is the Professor of Jazz Trombone and a member of the Composition / Arranging faculty at Rowan University.  Earl is also the Director of thel Jazz Ensemble, and teaches Music Theory and Music Technology at Cherokee High School.  Earl has also directed the Philadelphia Grammy Band (2005-2007), the All South Jersey Jazz Ensemble (2008 &2012), the All Central Jersey Jazz Ensemble (2014) and he has been a clinician/manager with the New Jersey All State Jazz Ensemble (2009-2014).

In 2020, through the COVID pandemic, Earl ran 2 All-State Jazz Ensembles to keep region jazz running and, for those efforts, was recognized as  the 2020 New Jersey Association of Jazz Education “Teacher of the Year” award.