Jazz Bridge presents their “Third Thursday Neighborhood Concert Series-Jazz on the Main Line,” at The New Leaf Club, 1225 Montrose Avenue, Rosemont, PA 19010 on Thursday, May 19. This concert, eighth in the series, features drummer Jim Miller and his group. Showtime is 7:30-9:00 p.m. and tickets are $10 general admission/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For more info call: 856-858-8914, 215-517-8337 or visit online at jazzbridge.org/events/neighborhood-concerts.
Midwestern born percussionist Jim Miller took snare drum lessons with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra percussionist, and studied informally with J.C. Heard, John Von Ohlen, Ed Shaughnessy, and Alan Dawson. He began playing professionally in 1970 through a stylistic variety of original-material bands, and moved to the East Coast in 1977. ...
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Jazz Bridge presents their “Third Thursday Neighborhood Concert Series-Jazz on the Main Line,” at The New Leaf Club, 1225 Montrose Avenue, Rosemont, PA 19010 on Thursday, May 19. This concert, eighth in the series, features drummer Jim Miller and his group. Showtime is 7:30-9:00 p.m. and tickets are $10 general admission/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For more info call: 856-858-8914, 215-517-8337 or visit online at jazzbridge.org/events/neighborhood-concerts.
Midwestern born percussionist Jim Miller took snare drum lessons with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra percussionist, and studied informally with J.C. Heard, John Von Ohlen, Ed Shaughnessy, and Alan Dawson. He began playing professionally in 1970 through a stylistic variety of original-material bands, and moved to the East Coast in 1977.
He was the co-founder of famed group Reverie, and performed at festivals, clubs, and colleges from New England to Florida, as the leader of his own "Miller Time.” As a sideman, Miller made concert appearances and/or recordings with Ira Sullivan, Johnny Coles, Larry Coryell, John Blake, Al Grey, Don Alias, Cecil Bridgewater, Steve Giordano, Victor Bailey, Anita O'Day, Frank Tiberi, Jef Lee Johnson, Steve Rudolph, Alex Foster, Bootsie Barnes, Sid Simmons, Onaje Alan Gumbs, "Doc" Gibbs, Reggie Workman, Uri Caine, Rebecca Parris, Mark Murphy, Ben Schachter, Tony Williams, Jeff Jarvis, Evelyn Simms, Ron Thomas, Larry McKenna, Lynn Seaton, Bob Kindred, Gordon Brisker, Richie Cole, Charles Fambrough, Randy Brecker, Vanessa Rubin, Houston Person, Bob Mintzer, Buddy DeFranco, Clark Terry, James Moody, Eddie Gomez, Dave Liebman, Slide Hampton, Ray Mantilla, Joe Ford, Jean Carn, Bobby Zankel, Clifford Adams, John Simon, Dave Stryker, Dave Leonhardt, Randy Johnston, Ted Rosenthal, Michael Pedecin, Jr., Steve Marcus, Jim Ridl, and Darryl Hall.
Affiliations & Accomplishments: Administrator of ElectroJazz Music (BMI, 1980); founded Encounter Records in 1986 and Dreambox Media in 1995, resulting in Philadelphia Magazine's choice award for 1999 Best of Philly® Jazz Record Label; exclusive Artist Endorsement agreement with DREAM cymbals; Produced Evelyn Simms' "On My Own," awarded “Best Jazz Recording” of 1989 by the Philadelphia Music Foundation; two trips to Europe w/ pianist Brian Trainor; Jazz History lecturer at University of Pennsylvania; Adjunct for Advanced Study of Drum Set on Jazz Faculty at Rowan University, Glassboro, N.J.; Active Member American Federation of Teachers, Local 2373; and proud board member of Jazz Bridge. In early 2007, Dreambox Media / Encounter Records celebrated its 20th anniversary, coinciding with its one hundredth release. Named "Jazz Hero" award-winner for the greater Philadelphia region by the Jazz Journalists' Association in 2013. Memebers of Jim Miller’s group for this concert are E.J. Yellen on EWI and saxophones, Dave Hotep playing guitar-tronics, keyboardist Chris Simonini, and bassist Tyrone Brown.
Jazz Bridge, an award-winning nonprofit dedicated to assisting Greater Philadelphia Metro area jazz and blues musicians and vocalists in times of crisis, sponsors these neighborhood concerts throughout the region to keep the sound of Philadelphia alive.
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