Colin Philpott

Colin is one of Sydney’s busiest trombonists supplying his doubling talents for theatre, studio work, television and ensembles of various sizes. He has backed Australian and International artists including Frank Sinatra, Michael Crawford, Natalie Cole, Sammy Davis Jr, James Morrison, The Gypsy Kings, Richard Marx, Wayne Newton & Michael Buble.

Theatre credits include Anything Goes, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Cats, Miss Saigon, Chicago, Jolson, Shout, Singin’ in the Rain, Man of La Mancha, Chess, A Chorus Line, West Side Story, Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, The Lion King & The Producers.

In the studio setting, he has worked on themes & jingles for all national TV Networks, including Foxtel and leading audio production companies such as SongZu, Fresh Music & Whitenoise. Motion Picture soundtracks include Bootmen, South Pacific (featuring Harry Connick Jr), Moulin Rouge, being a featured Soloist in The Quiet American & featuring heavily on Silverchair’s breakthrough recording Diorama. In 2005 he literally was James Morrison’s trombone section on James’s release “The Gospel Collection” covering all trombone parts alongside his old friend and fellow Yamaha Artist, Paul Panichi.

I’ve always played Yamaha; my first horn was a student model YSL354. The thing that has always made me stick with Yamaha horns is that they’re the most responsive with the warmest of tones, the quality of craftsmanship is 2nd to none and, especially playing lead or Bass bone in the situations I encounter day to day, they go from purr to roar with an ease that makes me feel that I can play all day.

Colin plays the following Yamaha trombones:

Tenor
YSL 683
YSL 697Z
Xeno YSL882GO

Bass
Xeno YBL830