Matt Phillips Author

Matt Phillips has been a Level 42 fan since seeing the band perform ‘The Chinese Way’ on Top Of The Pops in January 1983. He is the founder of movingtheriver.com and soundsofsurprise.com, has contributed to various magazines including Classic Pop and Jazzwise and won the inaugural Write Stuff award for jazz writing. Matt has been Universal Music’s jazz catalogue manager and Jazz FM’s web editor, and written the liner notes for Miles Davis, Tony Williams and Billy Cobham DVDs and CDs. As a multi-instrumentalist, Matt has performed extensively in London and Europe, and co-written songs for Silver Sun. He lives in London.