PHILIP DIZACK
Genres: Post-Fusion Contemporary, Post Bop • United States

Simply put, Philip Dizack‘s early career has been marked by honors. He received a full tuition scholarship to attend the Manhattan School of Music, was invited to join the NFAA Stan Getz/Clifford Brown Fellowship All-Stars, was named a third-place winner of the 2004 Carmine Caruso International Trumpet Guild Jazz Competition, won the John Coltrane Scholarship, and took first place in the 2005 National Trumpet Competition. In the 2007 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition, it was no surprise to see Dizack listed as the youngest semifinalist. That year, Philip was also profiled by DownBeat as one of “25 Trumpet Players For the Future.” Behind all of this recognition is a history of apprenticing under some of the idiom’s great bandleaders. Philip has cut his teeth in ensembles led by Bobby Watson, Nicholas Payton, Eddie Palmieri, and Orrin Evans, among others. He has also devoted himself to his own pursuits as a read more...