In Cahoots
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In Cahoots was a Canterbury scene band led by guitarist Phil Miller, their main composer.
History
The band was formed in November 1982 by Miller with Pip Pyle (drums), Richard Sinclair (bass) and Elton Dean (saxophone), as the Phil Miller Quartet. It was expanded to a quintet and given its definitive name when Peter Lemer (keyboards) joined in early 1983. Miller and Pyle had been working together in National Health and had been in Hatfield and the North with Sinclair before that, while Pyle and Dean were longstanding collaborators too, recently having worked together in the Weightwatchers (with pianist Keith Tippett) and Soft Heap. Early in 1985, Hugh Hopper replaced Sinclair. The band appeared on Miller's first solo album, Cutting Both Ways (released 1987).
In 1987, Steve Franklin replaced Lemer, and in 1988
In 1991, Miller and Pyle were reunited with Hopper in
In 2002, Mark Fletcher replaced Pyle and the line-up of Miller, Fletcher, Dean, Dvorak, Baker and Lemer released All That in 2003. In 2004, Dean and Dvorak left and, since then, the brass section consists of Simon Picard on tenor sax, Simon Finch on trumpet, and occasionally Gail Brand on trombone. Former Short Wave collaborator Didier Malherbe, however, was the featured saxophonist on Miller's latest effort, 2006's Conspiracy Theories, which also included guest spots by Richard Sinclair, Dave Stewart and Doug Boyle.
Discography
- 1991: Live 86-89 (Mantra Records)
- 1993: Live In Japan (Crescent Discs)
- 1994: Recent Discoveries (Crescent Discs)
- 1996: Parallel (Crescent Discs)
- 2001: Out Of The Blue (Crescent Discs)
- 2003: All That (Cuneiform Records)
- 2007: Conspiracy Theories (Crescent Discs)
- 2011: Mind Over Matter (Crescent Discs)
Filmography
- 2015: Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales (DVD)