Philip Dizack
Philip Dizack chooses the Adams Custom Series Flugelhorn! "I avoided playing flugelhorn at all cost. Why play a mediocre instrument that constricts your level of creativity and expressiveness? And then I tried an Adams..."
Biography
Named by DownBeat Magazine as one of twenty-five “Trumpet Players for the Future”, Philip Dizack is constantly pushing musical exploration and expression to new levels. In 2007, Dizack competed as the youngest semifinalist in the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition. Two years prior, he became the youngest winner ever of the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Competition in 2005. Around the same time, Philip released his debut recording as a leader, entitled "Beyond a Dream" (Fresh Sound Records). He later took that band on a tour of Spain and recorded the DVD "Live in Barcelona – Featuring Greg Tardy". Since the release of Beyond a Dream, Philip has been a regular member of Bobby Watson's sextet "Live and Learn", the salsa and Latin jazz bands of 8-time Grammy-winning pianist Eddie Palmieri, and Tim Warfield's Quintet. His sophomore album was scheduled for release in early 2012.
A native of Milwaukee, WI, Philip moved to New York City in 2003, where he attended the Manhattan School of Music on a full tuition scholarship. As a member of the NFAA Stan Getz / Clifford Brown Fellowship All-Stars, Dizack toured the United States, Canada, and Japan. In 2004, he was awarded third place in the International Trumpet Guild Jazz Competition, received the John Coltrane Scholarship, and won first place in the National Trumpet Competition in 2005.
Philip Dizack has had the pleasure of recording and performing with artists such as Bobby Watson, Eddie Palmieri, Tim Warfield, Greg Tardy, Aaron Goldberg, Dave Liebman, Nicholas Payton, and many more.
