Person · Male
Barre Phillips
- From
- San Francisco, United States
- Active
- 1934–2024
- Releases
- 85
- jazz
- avant-garde jazz
- free improvisation
- free jazz
- third stream
About
Barre Phillips (October 27, 1934 – December 28, 2024) was an American jazz bassist. A professional musician since 1960, he moved to New York City in 1962, then to Europe in 1967. From 1972 he was based in southern France, where in 2014 he founded the European Improvisation Center.
Member of
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The Trio double bass
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Elsie Jo bass
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London Jazz Composers’ Orchestra double bass
Discography
Albums
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Journal Violone
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Alors!!!
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Music From Two Basses
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For All It Is
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It's Up to You
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Mountainscapes Apple Music
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Three Day Moon Apple Music
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Die Jungen: Random Generators
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Engatsse !
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Journal Violone II Apple Music
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Music by...
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Call Me When You Get There Apple Music
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Passages
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Figuring
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Réservé
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Open Spaces
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Camouflage Apple Music
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Naxos
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Arcus
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Heavy Mental
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Aquarian Rain Apple Music
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Autour De La Rade
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Looking Out Our Window
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Two Strings Will Do It
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Time Will Tell
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No Pieces
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Etchings in the Air
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Uzu
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One Way Out
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Jazzd'aià
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Heat Transfer
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Tales of Rohnlief
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Play 'em as They Fall
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Trignition
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Lest By Barre
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Lone Jack Pine
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Other Songs
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Voluminous Venture
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The Space Between
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Maghzen
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Wing Vane
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Journal Violone 9
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October Bass Tri-Logue
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Racines
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Vieles ist eins
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Angles of Repose
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Orbit 2: Voyaging Antipodes
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Live in Vienna
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Elm City Duets
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A L'Improviste
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Teatro Museo
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Arts Interplay
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Portraits Apple Music
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Peitzer Grand mit Vieren
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Birds Abide
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Sonic Brotherhood - DTFP Israel 2009
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The Rock on the Hill
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3 on a Thin Line
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Les Passagers Du Delta (The Passengers of the Delta)
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Schwarm
Singles
Live
Compilations
Links
Listen
Official
Concerts
Buy
Parent
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 4670f76a-b712-439e-813b-613f1e5c0a9c
- ISNI
- 0000000121174614
- IPI
- 00041106240
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 14 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.