Miles Donahue

Miles Donahue (born August 19, 1944 in Watertown (Massachusetts) ) is an American jazz musician (trumpet, saxophone, piano, composition).

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Donahue began studying the trumpet at the age of ten, encouraged by his father, who himself was under the influence of Roy Eldridge as a trumpeter. As a student at Lowell State College , he heard Charlie Mariano and began learning the saxophone as well. He also studied piano at Lowell State College ; During his student days he played as a trumpeter in a soul band. After dropping out of college, Donahue married and had two children at a young age. He initially worked as a pianist in various genres and wrote the material for a jazz album by flautist Paige Brook (who was then part of the New York Philharmonic ). It was not until the mid-1980s that Donahue began to concentrate on a career in jazz and also became active again as a wind player.

In the 1990s, Donahue recorded several albums on independent European labels; first appeared Double Dribble on Timeless Records (with Kenny Werner , Bruce Gertz and George Schuller ), 1994 The Good Listener on RAM Records, in which his childhood friend Jerry Bergonzi was involved. The Italian label RAM released its next album Simple Pleasures in 1998 (with Kenny Werner, George Garzone , Mick Goodrick , Bruce Gertz and Billy Hart ). In 2003, four albums with Donahues were released on his own Amerigo label . In the same year Q and W Records released the album A Journey Home under the band name Donnachadha , which is based on Irish music and was recorded with a string orchestra. In 2005 he released an album with singer Maylyn Atkinson and a jazz album (with Joey Calderazzo , John Patitucci and Adam Nussbaum ). In 2017 his album The Bug was released (with different line-ups) .

Donahue teaches at Middleburry College . His textbook Jazz Workbook was published by Mel Bay Books in 2005 .

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SURNAME	Donahue, Miles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician (trumpet, saxophone, piano, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH	August 19, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH	Watertown, Massachusetts