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Phil Dwyer

ts, p, *1965 CA, Duncan, British Columbia
Musician / Composer / Arranger / Producer of Jazz
A.k.a. Philip Richard Dwyer

Phil Dwyer is a jazz saxophonist, pianist, composer, producer and teacher who is now pursuing a law degree at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Dwyer has been nominated for Juno Awards six times and won Best Mainstream Jazz Album in 1994 with Dave Young for Fables and Dreams and Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year in 2012 for the recording Changing Seasons. Dwyer has also appeared on Juno Award winning recordings with Hugh Fraser (1988), Joe Sealy (1997), Guido Basso (2004), Don Thompson (2006), Molly Johnson (2009), Terry Clarke (2010), and Diana Panton (2015). He is an alumnus and Honorary Fellow of The Royal Conservatory of Music.

Instruments

• Tenor sax
• Piano
• Saxophone
• Soprano sax

Plays With