Jason Miles

Jason Miles
Born (1951-06-30) June 30, 1951
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genres Jazz, jazz fusion
Occupation(s) Musician, composer, record producer
Instruments Keyboards
Years active 1974–present
Labels Lipstick, Telarc, Narada, Shanachie, Whaling City Sound
Associated acts Marcus Miller, Miles Davis, Luther Vandross, Grover Washington Jr., David Sanborn, Michael Brecker, Romero Lubambo, Jay Beckenstein
Website jasonmilesmusic.com

Jason Miles is an American jazz keyboardist, composer, and record producer. Throughout his career, he has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, bassist Marcus Miller, and singer Luther Vandross, as well as maintaining a successful solo career.

Career

Miles was born in Brooklyn, New York, and went to Indiana State University. When jazz fusion was becoming popular in the 1970s, Miles was in New York creating innovative techniques in synthesizer programming and electronic music. He recorded Cosmopolitan (1979), his first album, with Michael Brecker and Marcus Miller, although it wasn't released. During the 1980s he was a session musician who worked with Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, Diana Ross, David Sanborn, and Luther Vandross.[1]

During the 1990s, he played keyboards on I'm Your Baby Tonight by Whitney Houston, The Power of Love by Luther Vandross, and HIStory by Michael Jackson. He wrote music for the animated film The Snow Queen and People: A Musical Celebration of Diversity on the Disney Channel. He and his wife Kathy Byalick composed Visionary Path, a New Age album with narration by Diana Krall, Roberta Flack, and F. Murray Abraham.[1]

In 2000 Miles released The Music of Weather Report, the first of several tribute albums. During the next year he won a Grammy Award for producing A Love Affair: The Music of Ivan Lins with appearances by Sting and Brenda Russell. His next solo album To Grover, with Love, was a tribute to Grover Washington Jr. that was nominated for Record of the Year by the National Smooth Jazz Awards. He also recorded tributes to Miles Davis and Marvin Gaye.[1]

Discography

  • World Tour (Lipstick, 1994)
  • Mr. X (Lightyear, 1996)
  • Visionary Path: Guided Journeys for the Mind and Spirit (Prophesy, 1997)
  • Celebrating the Music of Weather Report (Telarc, 2000)
  • A Love Affair: The Music of Ivan Lins (Telarc, 2000)
  • Brazilian Nights (Turn Up the Music, 2002)
  • Brazilian Nights Featuring Romero Lubambo (Q, 2002)
  • To Grover, with Love (ARTizen, 2002)
  • Miles to Miles: In the Spirit of Miles Davis (Narada, 2005)
  • Cosmopolitan (Turn Up the Music, 2005)
  • What's Going On? (Narada, 2006)
  • Global Noize (Shanachie, 2008)
  • To Grover, with Love (Koch, 2008)
  • Soul Summit (Shanachie, 2008)
  • Kind of New with Ingrid Jensen (Whaling City Sound, 2015)
  • To Grover with Love: Live in Japan (Whaling City Sound, 2016)
  • Kind of New 2: Blue Is Paris (2017)[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Edelstein, Paula. "Jason Miles". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Jason Miles | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
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