Mike Phillips to Launch New Record Label “Keep It Moving Music”

Saxophonist Mike Phillips Partners With The SRG-ILS Group To Launch New Jazz Record Label “Keep It Moving Music”

New York, NY – February 22nd, 2022, – World Renowned and Award Winning Saxophonist, Mike Phillips partners with The SRG-ILS Group to start a new Jazz Record label, “Keep It Moving Music” (KIMM).

As the 20th year anniversary of the release of his debut project, “You Have Reached Mike Phillips,” approaches, Mike Phillips felt it was the right time to make this move and start creating the path for the new generation and the SRG-ILS Group is the perfect fit. SRG’s founder and CEO, Claude Villani is a musician and producer himself and the company’s infrastructure is rooted in the genuine love of music, so the environment is conducive for growth and maintaining the integrity of the music.

Throughout his musical career, Phillips has experienced many shifts. He is known as one of the hardest workers in the industry and has taken what has come to him as far as change in the industry and has consistently pushed forward, reinvented as needed, but never stopped moving. Keep It Moving Music will serve as a platform for young jazz artists that are extremely intentional about their musical growth, willing to work hard and want to learn the dynamics of the business. Artists that partner with KIMM will be developed, educated, mentored, and will potentially be exposed to working with other established artists on the SRG roster such as Brian McKnight, Raheem DeVaughn, After 7, and many more. Where radio was once the main avenue to share new music, KIMM will work with their artists to utilize social media, curated playlist, NFT platforms and other cutting-edge technology to market their product.

In a time where contemporary jazz has become a cesspool of cultural appropriation, Phillips is determined to make sure that the shoulders upon which he stands on such as contemporary jazz artists like Grover Washington, Art Porter & George Howard, and legacy jazz artists such as John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald and Charlie Parker are respected and preserved. “We are responsible for the energy that we put into the musical space and that we patch up every hole that appears when an icon leaves us by working to build a new generation of jazz musicians that respect and connect with the culture”.

Phillips credits Wayman Tisdale for his current success and part of the ‘why’ behind KIMM. “Wayman is a huge reason why this vision is so important to me. As a young player, he took me under his wings, signed me to Tisway Productions and developed me as an artist’, Phillips says. “It was in that singular movement that I felt the energy of someone being extremely intentional in making sure that they used their power, relationships, musical insight and business acumen to propel me somewhere that I didn’t know I could get to on my own”. In life, things tend to happen in cycles and it’s important to complete your cycles. “Just as Wayman impacted my life by creating an opportunity for me and told me to take my rightful place in the music industry, I am completing the cycle by impacting and inspiring the budding artists coming behind me”.

Mike Phillips also commemorates the 20th year anniversary of his partnership with the Jordan Brand as the Air Jordan 17 turns 20. “The Culture of Cool” incorporates Fashion, Music, Art & Sport. The Air Jordan shoes have always been at the epicenter from a footwear perspective. The Air Jordan 17, was 1 of the first shoes, to overtly bring musical artistry to footwear design. MJ’s moves on the court, were never scripted. They took on the impromptu nature like the world of jazz. It was quite fitting that we were inspired by the artistry of a young saxophonist like Mike Phillips. The musical genre with a blend of sophistication and hip hop style, was a perfect representation of the man and the product designed for The Man!,” mentions Gentry Humphrey,__ Former Vice President of Jordan Footwear.

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