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His debut album, Where Do I Go From You?, featuring songs and arrangements of the big-band era, came out in November of 2000; Show Business called it "lush and lavish, a tenor's dream... Chaffin has a flexible and soaring instrument whose honey-colored timbre is both refreshing and sexy." His second album, Warm Spring Night, took on seventy years of romantic Broadway song. National Public Radio raved, "If you have a love for passion and romance as expressed in great musical theatre songs, you should do yourself a favor and seek out Warm Spring Night, a wonderful collection of romantic musical numbers." His third solo disc, When the Wind Blows South, allowed him to revisit his Southern roots and bring them to bear on the music he loves best. It's a meeting of two worlds - the sounds of the South gently filtered through the music of Broadway and Hollywood - that embraces songwriters from George Gershwin to Frank Loesser, from Duke Ellington to Harold Arlen. His fourth solo disc, Somethin' Real Special (The Songs of Dorothy Fields) will be released in November 2013. Where Do I Go From You? launched the record label PS Classics, for which Philip serves as A&R Director. These days, Philip divides his time between performing and running PS Classics, which is dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American Popular Song. As A&R Director, Philip reviews all submissions and ultimately greenlights all recordings - in particular, those involving the vocal artists who'll appear on solo albums and compilations. Solo artists on the PS Classics roster include Maureen McGovern, Liz Callaway, Christine Andreas, Rebecca Luker, Steven Pasquale, Jessica Molaskey and Victoria Clark; its cast albums - including Sondheim on Sondheim, A Little Night Music, Nine: The Musical, Assassins, Grey Gardens and Company - have been honored with eight Grammy nominations. Recently, Philip has been taking a more active role in album producing; in 2011 and 2013, he received Grammy nominations for producing the Broadway Cast Recordings of Sondheim on Sondheim and Follies. |