Phil Miller

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.

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(s)	Musician
Instruments	Guitar
Associated acts	Delivery, Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North, National Health, Short Wave, In Cahoots

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] He later founded Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North, National Health, Short Wave (with Hugh Hopper, Pip Pyle, and Didier Malherbe), and In Cahoots, which he founded in 1982 with Richard Sinclair, Elton Dean, Peter Lemer, and Pip Pyle.[3] Miller also performed and recorded extensively in solo projects.

In 2005 and 2006, Miller toured with the re-united Hatfield and the North.

Miller died on 18 October 2017 in London from cancer. He is survived by his wife Herm.[2]