RJ Miller

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RJ Miller (Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2018)

RJ Miller (born April 17, 1984 in Machias , Maine ) is an American modern jazz musician ( drums , synthesizer , composition ).

Live and act

Miller began playing drums at the age of eleven. As a teenager he attended a jazz camp in Farmington, Maine . After graduating from high school, he moved to New York in 2002, where he studied jazz at the New School for a year . Then he worked with musicians like Bill McHenry , Eivind Opsvik , Rebecca Martin , Reid Anderson , Ethan Iverson , Mike Kanan, John McNeil , Ben Monder , Chris Higgins , Matt Penman or Larry Grenadier . In 2014 he was invited to the SWR New Jazz Meeting with Melissa Aldana , Jakob Bro , Kirk Knuffke , Joe Martin and Jacob Sacks .

On his debut album, released in 2013, he fused jazz with the electronic minimalism of ambient . He can also be heard on albums with Eivind Opsvik, Jorge Rossy , Albert Sanz, Robert Stillman, Bill McHenry ( Ben Entrada La Nit ) and Luke Temple.

Discographic notes

RJ Miller (2015)
  • Ronald's Rhythm (Loyal, 2013; with Pete Rende, Adam Chilenski, Liz Kozack, Leo Genovese )
  • Afonso Pais, RJ Miller, Albert Sanz Fluxorama (JACC, 2012)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Review (Something Different)
  2. ↑ Mark F. Turner's Best of 2013
personal data
SURNAME Miller, RJ
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Miller, RJ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (drums, synthesizer, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Machias , Maine