Phil Miller

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Phil Miller
Miller at The Vortex, London, October 2006
Background information
Birth name	Philip Paul Miller
Born	(1949-01-22)22 January 1949 Barnet, Hertfordshire, England
Died	18 October 2017(2017-10-18) (aged 68)
Genres	Jazz fusion, progressive rock, experimental
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Guitar

Philip Paul Miller (22 January 1949 – 18 October 2017)^[1] was an English progressive rock/jazz guitarist and a central part of the Canterbury scene.

He was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire. Self-taught on guitar, Miller formed his first band, Delivery, at age 17, which backed blues musicians playing at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London.^[2] In the 1970s he was a founding member of Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North and National Health. In later years he was a member of Short Wave (with Hugh Hopper, Pip Pyle, and Didier Malherbe), and In Cahoots with Richard Sinclair, Elton Dean, Peter Lemer, and Pip Pyle.^[3] In 2005 and 2006, Miller toured with a re-united Hatfield and the North. Miller also performed and recorded extensively in solo projects.

Miller died on 18 October 2017 in London from cancer.^[2]