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Phil Manzanera returns to the city where he first began learning the guitar, aged 6 years old, back in 1957. Phil will be playing in concert with his longtime friend, Augusto Enriquez, the celebrated Cuban singer. Phil is also delighted to announce that Jack Bruce, the legendary bassist and singer from Cream, will be appearing with him at this not-to-be-missed very special concert.

The concert will take place on 27 February at Havana’s famous Karl Marx theatre, as part of the annual Habanos Festival. It’s a return visit for Phil, as he last played this venue in 1992 and recorded there the first ever multitrack live album in Cuba with Augusto Enriquez’s band, Moncada. The album, ‘Manzanera Moncada Live at the Karl Marx,’ was released on Manzanera’s label, Expression Records (www.youtube.co/watch?v+BZ6e7sdBntM). Phil is greatly looking forward to playing alongside the great Jack Bruce: they have previously performed together at the Guitar Legends Festival in Seville in 1991 (www.youtube.com/watch?v+MZDmj7Kuw70) and at the San Remo Music Festival.

Release date: 30 April 2012

Phil releases ‘Nth Entities’ on 30 April 2012 on Expression Records. This startingly beautiful album is a collaboration with poet, Anna LeDoes Poetry. It is a collection of nine poems set to original music composed by Manzanera, and has four bonus tracks. The project was seeded two years ago when Phil and Anna had a chance encounter at Gavin Martin’s ‘Talking Music Revolutions: Jimi Hendrix’ at a pub in Hoxton. It was Charles Shaar Murray, music writer and Jimi’s biographer, who having been blown away by Anna’s ‘Jimi’ poem, turned to Phil, and said….’you should set that to music’…….

Following last year’s critically acclaimed, Corroncho, Phil has teamed up again with Lucho Brevia, his fellow Corroncho, for Corroncho Dos. As the two ‘oddballs’ embark on their next musical adventure, they will be inviting some exciting music guests to join them, many of which appeared on the first album.

Merry Christmas ! It’s that time of year, and once again Phil is giving away a free download of ‘Giddy
Up (Sleighride)’ by the Dumbells .

Recorded allegedly by some Roxy members back in’ YE
Good Olde ‘80!’ Also available is ‘Christmas by the Players’

You can get you free download here

You can order ‘Christmas by the Players’ here.

GIG CANCELLED.

Due to the scheduling difficulties of the other musicians involved the gig in the Wirral on the 12th November has been cancelled. Standby for gigs in 2012

PLEASE NOTE THIS GIG HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED

Phil Manzanera and Friends are performing at the International Guitar Festival, Liverpool, on 12 November. His ‘Friends’ are Roxy’s drummer Paul Thompson, and longtime Pink Floyd players, bassist Guy Pratt and keyboard player, Jon Carin.

You can find more info here:

http://www.bestguitarfest.com

Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera has had his guitar riff from K – Scope, his 1978 solo album, used by Kanye West and Jay-Z as the basis for the track No Church in The Wild the first track on their new album, Watch the Throne, released on 8 August 2011.

Phil Manzanera:

“ I never saw this coming and I’m delighted. When I was first contacted about who wanted to use the riff, I did wonder if it was some sort of hoax…as the rapworld and my music are not natural bedfellows, but this great track has proved otherwise.”

The April edition of Classic Rock Prog has a great review of Diamond Head/Mainstream collectors editions.
You can read it here

Classic Rock have given a great review of Manzanera Diamond Head and Quiet Sun Mainstream.

You can read the review here

Mojo have reviewed Diamond Head in the March edition.

You can read it here