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Phil Seamen
Burton upon Trent, United Kingdom
Phil Seamen is credited on 264 releases across 71 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
264
Pressings credited
71
Albums
8
Decades active
32
In collections
Biography
Philip William Seamen (28 August 1926 – 13 October 1972) was an English jazz drummer. With a background in big band music, Seamen played and recorded in a wide range of musical contexts with virtually every key figure of 1950s and 1960s British jazz. Notable examples included Joe Harriott, Tubby Hayes, Stan Tracey, Ronnie Scott, Denny Termer, Dick Morrissey, Harold McNair, Don Rendell, Victor Feldman, Dizzy Reece, Tony Coe, Tony Lee, and George Chisholm, among others. Later in his career he worked with Alexis Korner and Georgie Fame, and had a spell with Ginger Baker's Air Force, the leader of the band being Seamen's foremost disciple. Addiction to alcohol and other drugs hampered his career.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
264 releases · 71 albums · active 1953–2025
- Performance · 285
- Other credits · 4
Studios: Royal Albert Hall · Decca Studios · Ronnie Scott's · Lansdowne Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Victor Feldman
- Josh White
- Zoot Sims
- The Joe Harriott Quintet
- The Jazz Couriers
- Various
- Tubby Hayes
- Jack Parnell & His Orchestra
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