None Other than Aaron Neville prodded a young Phillip Manuel to make his public debut at age 8. Manuel's first paid gig was three years later. Growing up in New Orleans, he honed his jazz chops at The Exchequer on Elysian Fields Avenue.
In the early 1990s, he hit the road with trumpeter Terence Blanchard and spent a year singing in Portuguese. Among several critically acclaimed albums, Manuel has recorded with trumpeter Nicholas Payton, pianists Ellis Marsalis and Peter Martin percussionist Bill Summers and saxophonist Brice Winston.
On this week’s episode of The EntreMusician Podcast, Phillip joins host Danny Jones to discuss treasured experiences of working with Allen Toussaint, Patti LaBelle and the joys of following his musical heart!
SHOW NOTES
00:00- SHOW OPEN
02:00 – PATTI LABELLE
05:31 – ALLEN TOUSSAINT
09:37 – RECORDING
11:26 – 24 HOUR SESSIONS
15:50 – “NOW THAT I KNOW YOU LOVE ME”
17:33 – JAZZ RELEASES
21:40 – NEW ORLEANS JAZZ FEST
24:00 – CONTACT PHILLIP
25:27 – WRITING
27:23 – SHOW CLOSE
Theme Music is "YOYO" written by G.H. Beulah, Jr. & J. Herod, Jr.
Performed by SounDoctrine © 2002 Soul Food Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved
YOYO - Original Composition – ALL Rights Reserved
ISRC: ushm80313063
BMI Work #: 5852411
ISWC: T-071.347.654-0
MLC Song Code: YA2UJ9
SOUL FOOD MUSIC IPI: 00231529687
Publisher Number: PV45SE
Publisher Share: 100%
US Copyright Office Registration Date: May 24, 2002
US Copyright Office Registration Number: PA1-145-851
