| Intro | Ugandan musician |
| Is |
Musician Jazz musician Composer Violinist |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type | Music |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 5 August 1944, Kampala, Kampala District, Central Region, Uganda |
| Age: | 76 years |
Phil Wachsmann (born 5 August 1944) is an African avant-garde jazz/jazz fusion violinist born in Kampala, Uganda, probably better known for having founded his own group Chamberpot. He has worked with many musicians in the free jazz idiom, including Tony Oxley, Fred van Hove, Barry Guy, Derek Bailey and Paul Rutherford, among many others. Wachsmann is especially known for playing within the electronica idiom.
Discography
With Roscoe Mitchell
- Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (ECM, 2004)
With Evan Parker
- Toward the Margins (ECM, 1996)
- Drawn Inward (ECM, 1998)
- Memory/Vision (ECM, 2002)
- Boustrophedon (ECM, 2004)
- The Moment’s Energy (ECM, 2007)