RE: Person I Knew – A Tribute to Scott LaFaro

2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the untimely death of bass legend Scott LaFaro. To mark this occasion, Phil recorded a tribute to the bass great that features Bill Evans alumnus and drum legend Eliot Zigmund and piano great (and former roommate of Scott’s) Don Friedman.

Phil’s Debut CD as a Leader: 80 EAST

“I have played this recording many times and have not tired of it’s performance wizardry.”
-Bassist Richard Davis 

Recorded in 1999, this 12 track debut CD features Harold Danko on piano, with Bill Evans alumna Joe LaBarbera on drums and saxophonist Walt Weiskopf.

Tri-Fi

Tri-Fi is a coopretative lead piano trio featuring two of my favorite musicians- Matthew Fries on piano and Keith Hall on drums.

A Tri-Fi Christmas

This TRI-FI Christmas album features 12 holiday classics!

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Released in 2011, this is the 3rd album from TRI-FI. I’m really excited about the music and the recording quality on this one. I hope you’ll check it out! 100% original music by the three of us.

Postcards

TRI-FI is back with more from my collaborative project with Matthew Fries (piano), Phil Palombi (bass) & Keith Hall (drums). This 2nd album from our trio features a special guest, Steve Wilson (saxophone).

Tri-Fi

This self-titled release is the 1st album with my collaborative project – Matthew Fries (piano), Phil Palombi (bass) & Keith Hall (drums). We began playing together as the rhythm section for Curtis Stigers (vocals), so we asked him to be our special guest on this release.