With legendary recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder on his 90th birthday. Photo by Takehiko Tokiwa.

Nick with Nancy King (L) and Karrin Allyson (R) at the Grammy Nominees' Celebration, 2007.

Nick with jazz trumpet great Eddie Henderson at the Prestige Records 65th anniversary celebration (Dizzy's Club, NYC. October 2014).

Nick with JazzTimes publisher Lee Mergner (L) and DownBeat publisher Frank Alkyer (R) at the Jazz Education Network conference. (New Orleans, January 2011).

Nick with Brandon McCune at the recording session of Nnenna Freelon's GRAMMY-nominated album Blueprint of a Lady: Sketches of Billie Holiday

Nick with Poncho Sanchez backstage at Yoshi's Oakland.

Nick with trumpeter Randy Brecker at the Grammy Awards.

Nick with Marian McPartland on her 85th birthday (March 2003, Birdland, NYC).

Nick with Kurt Elling and Larry Batiste at the GRAMMYs (2008).

Nick with pianist Mulgrew Miller at Karrin Allyson recording session, NYC.

Nick with Karrin Allyson and engineer Josiah Gluck at a recording session at Sear Sound in NYC.

The musicians on Alphabet Rockers children's music CD at CD release party '07: Dawn Richardson, Kent Brown, Kaitlin McGaw, Nick, Bradley Hughes.

At Manfredo Fest recording session, mid-'90s: Front row: Rogerio Botter Maio, Manfredo Fest, Portinho; Back row: Claudio Roditi, Phil Fest, and Nick.

Photo credit: Randall Gee

Photo by Randall Gee

Photo credit: Fahad Almenai

Photo by Fahad Almenai

Haiku Album Cover. Design: Kassondra Monroe. Photo: Nick Phillips.

Nick with Jenny Maybee. Photo by Kenny Schick.

Nick with Jenny Maybee. Photo by Kenny Schick.

Nick with Jenny Maybee. Photo by Kenny Schick.

The marquee at Yoshi's Oakland. February 1, 2016.

Photo by Capriece Batchelor

Nick performing live at Yoshi's Oakland, February 2014. Photo by Stuart Brinin.

Cava Menzies & Nick Phillips. Photo credit: Capriece Batchelor

Recording at Fantasy Studios

With blues legend Jeannie Cheatham at the Jazz School, Berkeley, CA.

Nick jamming with Dave Koz and Ricky Minor. (Maui, HI. 2006)

The marquee at Yoshi's Oakland. 2/1/16

Nick with students at Grammy Career Day (San Francisco, 2005).