Matteson-Phillips Tubajazz Consort is a US big band scored for low brass instruments – euphoniums, and tubas – performed by artists who are renowned in jazz or classical or both.
The group was formed in 1975 by Rich Matteson and Harvey Phillips as a way to make a unique contribution to the First International Brass Congress in Montreux, Switzerland, the following year.
Other members included Ashley Alexander (euphonium, double bell euphonium), Steve Harlos (piano), Jack Petersen (guitar), John Marcellus ( euphonium), R. Winston Morris (tuba), and Daniel Perantoni (tuba).
They set attendance records at The Basement, a Sydney jazz club.
[1] Tubajazz is a trademark of the Harvey Phillips Foundation, Inc., a New York not-for-profit corporation founded by Harvey Phillips in 1977 and is based in Bloomington, IN.