Philip Howard may refer to:
Phil Howard is an Australian jazz drummer best known for his brief stint with the jazz-rock group Soft Machine. Howard arrived in London from his native Australia in 1969, joining the band Caparius led by saxophonist Clive Stevens, alongside guitarist Peter Martin and bassist Neville Whitehead. The band's final line-up, in 1971, replaced Martin with future Isotope guitarist/leader Gary Boyle and pianist Dave MacRae.
Howard first came to the attention of Soft Machine when Robert Wyatt left in August 1971 and auditions for a potential replacement were held. In the end, Wyatt changed his mind, but Softs saxophonist Elton Dean borrowed Howard and fellow Caparian Whitehead as the rhythm section in his extracurricular Just Us group. Both were featured on Dean's eponymous 1971 solo album, and both were also members of the Keith Tippett Group during this period. A live radio session by Soft Machine in March 1971, in which the Dean group participated, saw Howard reinforcing the Softs on one piece, the one instance of Wyatt and Howard drumming together. In August 1971, Wyatt left and Howard was drafted in at Dean's insistence, although the other members of the group had Nucleus drummer John Marshall in mind (but Marshall had just joined Jack Bruce's band). Howard played with the band on British and European tours during the Autumn, but he was fired after recording the first side of the album Fifth in December 1971. Mike Ratledge and Hugh Hopper thought the band was getting too free-form.
FEEL RIGHT
Writer Larry Byrom
You know I want you baby
I can't help but feel this way
I got my eyes on your darlin'
Can't wait another day
Gonna wrap my arms around you
Squeeze you through the night
Love you till the morning
I wanta make you
Feel right
Well now take my hand and show me
The things you do so well
You might just learn to love me
Only time will tell
I wanna kiss you all over
It's gonna feel oh so nice
You know it's hard on me baby
Come on and make me
Feel right
Well now take my hand and show me
The things you do so well
You might just learn to love me
Only time will tell
You know I want you baby
I can't help but feel this way
I got my eyes on your darlin'
Can't wait another day
Gonna wrap my arms around you
Squeeze you through the night
Love you till the morning
I wanta make you