UPCOMING PERFORMANCES & RECORDINGS:

Philip will be returning to Bristol Riverside Theatre from July 14th to 24th, 2011, for THE SWEETEST SOUNDS: An Evening With Richard Rodgers & Friends. For ticket info, call 215-785-0100, or click here. Philip will be singing such Rodgers classics as "I Didn't Know What Time It Was," "I Have Dreamed" and "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning."

Coming July 12th: Philip appears opposite Marin Mazzie and Danny Burstein in the world premiere recording of the long-lost Vernon Duke/Ogden Nash musical, SWEET BYE AND BYE. A futuristic farce sending up big business, telecommunications, robotics, space travel, self-help groups and even the traditions of courtship and matrimony, at heart SWEET BYE AND BYE is a simple love story with some of the most beautiful ballads Broadway had ever heard -- and Philip is singing three of them! Click here to read more, hear sound clips, and order a copy!

RECENT RECORDINGS:

Newly released! Philip is one of the soloists on LOVE ON A SUMMER AFTERNOON: SONGS OF SAM DAVIS, featuring an all-star, all-male cast of Broadway vocalists including Danny Burstein, Gavin Creel, Michael Arden, Kevin Chamberlin, Aaron Lazar, Jason Danieley, Malcolm Gets and David Hyde-Pierce. Philip sings the title track; at Talkin' Broadway, Rob Lester noted, "He imbues it with his reliably resplendent vocals and cozy phrasing," while Theatermania's Andy Propst found it one of the album's highlights, "a seductively languorous title track, performed with moving nuance by Philip Chaffin." Click here to see a track listing, to hear clips and to order.

Philip also appears opposite Kate Baldwin and Rebecca Luker -- backed by a 24-piece orchestra -- on the studio cast recording of the famed Harold Arlen-Ira Gershwin-Yip Harburg revue LIFE BEGINS AT 8:40. At Playbill.com, Steven Suskin called it "as delightfully delicious as one would hope!" Click here to see a track listing, to hear clips and to order.

Philip is also featured on the new, all-star studio cast recording of the 1926 musical comedy KITTY'S KISSES. Philip joins Rebecca Luker, Danny Burstein, Andrea Burns, Christopher Fitzgerald and Victoria Clark, among others, to revive this forgotten Jazz Age hit. In the San Francisco Chronicle, Robert Hurwitt raved, "They really truly don't make 'em like they used to! Kitty's Kisses has been brought back to life with a buoyancy that immerses you in Jazz Age verve!" Click here to see a track listing, to hear clips and to order.

REVIEWS OF "WHEN THE WIND BLOWS SOUTH":

Philip's third solo album, WHEN THE WIND BLOWS SOUTH, is now on sale! Philip revisits his Southern roots and brings them to bear on the music he loves best. It's the sounds of the old South gently filtered through the music of Broadway. Click here to see a track listing, to hear clips and to order.

In the Spring 2009 issue of Southern Breeze magazine, Mark A. Newman called Philip "a true crooner in the tradition of the greats, from Tony Bennett and Sinatra to Harry Connick, Jr. and Michael Buble. He doesn't just sing a song; he vocally caresses it, resulting in a fanciful aural feast." After offering high praise for "Leaving on a Jet Plane" ("the immediate standout"), "Old Devil Moon" ("decidedly joyful"), "Love Walked In" ("spectacular"), and "Pardon My Southern Accent" ("a no-holds-barred, unapologetic revelry in being from the South"), he concluded, "WHEN THE WIND BLOWS SOUTH is an unforgettable collection of standards with a wickedly Southern twist that is best served with an ice-cold mint julep under the gentle breeze of a slowly rotating ceiling fan!"

At Playbill.com, Steven Suskin named it one of the top albums of 2008. So did Rob Lester at Talkin' Broadway, who called the album "a joy," "elegant and effervescent," and the "musical equivalent of a Thanksgiving feast," cheering, "Philip Chaffin's newest solo album is his most satisfying, after two prior releases that were quite strong and rewarding. Not just a sturdy and robust musical theatre singer (that side, quite prominent before, remains a facet), his previous firmly established way with ballad crooning has risen to a new level, with more colors and textures to the voice."

At Potomac Stages, Brad Hathaway trumpeted, "The top slot for a vocalist's solo album this year belongs to Philip Chaffin. Of course, he's held a similar place in earlier lists as a result of the lovely Warm Spring Night and the rapturous Where Do I Go From You? This time out he mixes a Broadway sensitivity with his down-south heritage on songs from such southern-tinted writers as Johnny Mercer and some who probably never had a southern bone in their body such as George Gershwin. As with the earlier outings, this is a superbly produced song set that can contribute to a gathering as background music or reward solo listening under earphones with an evening drink - perhaps a mint julep."