Allan Phillips

Allan Phillips was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela. He's a music producer, composer, arranger, and musician now residing in Southern California. His musical style is a blend of contemporary music with ethnic elements from around the world. On October 18 of 2008, he won an Emmy Award for the musical score of the Public Television series Grannies on Safari. In September 2009 Allan Phillips got a Grammy nomination for production of Peruvian singer Eva Ayllón's Kimba Fá. In 2011, his composition Moon/Luna Llena was chosen as a wake up call song for the astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour’s STS-134 mission commanded by Capt. Mark Kelly.^[1][2][3] Also in 2011, music he composed and produced for Clark Marketing Solutions earned three Awards of Distinction from the 2011 Communicator Awards in the categories of audio production, jingle production ^[4] and video production/use of graphics ^[5] for work created for automotive client Diamond Valley Honda.

Biography

Born in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Allan Phillips' early musical roots are in Afro-indigenous street music, and over the years he has expanded his craft onto a blend of Latin, pop, funk, jazz, African, hip hop, dance, Caribbean/reggae, rock, soul/R&B, Brazilian, Mediterranean, Asian, European, country, ambient/new age, and classical.^[6]

Allan currently works as a music producer, composer/arranger, and multi-instrumentalist (keyboards, percussion, strings, and wind instruments). He has worked with Al Jarreau, Abe Laboriel, Alex Acuña, Argenis Carruyo, Big Mountain, Bob Hope, Boney James, Brenda Russell, Camilo Azuquita, Carlos Guedes, Donna Summer, Daniel Alvarado, Eva Ayllón, Fattburger, Greg Adams, Habib Koité, Jaime Valle, Jeff Lorber, Juice Newton, Justo Almario, Kenny Loggins, Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, Kirk Whalum, Mundell Lowe, Nancy Ramos, Native Vibe, Lila Morillo, Luis Enrique, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Patti LaBelle, Peter White, Pete Spreague, Regino Gimenez, Rick Braun, Sancorpé, San Diego Symphony, Sara Evans, Sérgio Mendes, Steven Bishop, Sheila E., Tito Puente, Tom Scott, Thomas Mapfumo, Up With People, U.S.I.U Mozart Plus Orchestra, Vusi Mahlasela, and Zap Mama.

Currently Performs with:

• Fattburger
• The Soul Collective
• Gene Perry
• Sol e Mar
• Peter Pupping

Compositions/arrangements and orchestrations

• Composed and produced the music score for season 1 and 2 of the PBS series Grannies on Safari.
• Arranged and produced the music for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York and The Rose Parade in Pasadena, CA., 2008
• Composed and produced music cues for:
  • NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, ESPN, CNN, A&E, THC, TWC, MTV, Televisa, Univision, Globovisión, Venevisión, RCTV. Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Peru, Panama, Venezuela, Denmark, The Netherlands, Italy, U.K., Germany, Japan, Singapore, Australia, and South Africa.
• Film:
  • Somewhere Between, 2009
  • Hope on a Red Bucket (documentary), 2008
  • Dog Tales (documentary), 2008
  • Lomita Ghosts (indie short), 2007
  • The Rhythm Collector (documentary), 2007
  • Si Se Puede (documentary), 2006
  • World Dance Workout (DVD), 2006
  • Tijuana Jews (feature), 2005
  • Family Values in the Goddess Years, 1999
  • Love Always (feature), 1996
  • Break of Dawn (feature), 1988
• Theatre:
  • Rule My World (Urban Opera), 2009
  • The New Mambo Kings (Musical), 2009
  • Latin Gems (Musical), 2004
  • Latin Twist (Musical), 2000
  • Blood Wedding (Play), 1983

Discography and Production

Awards and nominations

• Produced Eva Ayllon album Kimba Fa, which was nominated for a 2009 Latin Grammy nomination in the Best Folk Album category
• 2008 Emmy for the musical score of Grannies on Safari
• Allan Phillips was part of Alex Acuña's team in his Grammy nominated album Acuarela de Tambores
• Produced albums winners of 14 San Diego Music Awards
• Winner of 5 U.C.S.D outstanding artist awards

References

External links

• Allan Phillips Official Website
• Public Television "Grannies on Safari" Packs and Emmy
• Bradley Leighton: Funky flutes with pizzazz
• Spoke