After studying classical piano, guitar and harmony, Phil Abraham was seduced by jazz and took up the trombone, on which he is self-taught. His styles evolve parallel to the history of jazz, and even if he is a modern soloist today, he has played with a large variety of renowned musicians such as Hal Singer, Toots Thielemans, Klaus Ignatzek, Lew Tabackin, Art Farmer, Andy Emler, Paolo Fresu, John Engels, Dusko Goikovich, Benny Bailey, Bart Van Lier, Henri Texier, Klaus Weiss, Deborah Brown, Ferdinand Povel, Phil Minton, Lou Bennet, Claudio Roditi, Williams Sheller, Michel Legrand...
Phil Abraham has played on more than twenty albums, three of which are with his own quartet, winning quite some awards (May 88: Prize of the best Young Band at the Brussels Jazz Rally; June 88: 1st Prize at the International Jazz Contest in Sorgues, France; September 88: Prize of the Best Belgian Group at the 10th International Jazz Contest in Belgium; June 88: Prize of the Best Soloist at the "Concours de la Défense" in Paris).
His Stapler album (with Michel Herr, Jean-Louis Rassinfosse and Stéphane Galland) was picked CD of the month by the Belgian jazz-magazine Jazz In Time.
Phil Abraham has ofter been featured playing in big bands. He is a soloist in Act Big Band, on many recordings and at concerts of the Big band of the Belgian Radio (BRT), who asked him to represent Belgium in the Big Band of the European Broadcasting Union in Strasbourg. Invited by the Moscow Big Band he played a televised concert in the Russian capital. He is the first Belgian jazzman to be a member of the "Orchestre National de Jazz" in France, a contract to be exceptionally renewed for three years.
Phil Abraham also devotes a part of his career to teaching training courses and master-classes. He taught vocal improvisation in Antwerp. Currently he teaches trombone at the Brussels Royal Conservatory.
En Public, his latest album, featuring live-recordings was recently released by Lyrae Records.

Biography courtesy of Lyrae Records.