Jane Miller: Bios

Jane Miller

Guitarist, composer, arranger, and Berklee Associate Professor, Jane Miller has roots in both Jazz and Folk circuits. In addition to leading her own jazz instrumental quartet, she is in a working Chamber Jazz Trio with saxophonist Cercie Miller and bassist David Clark, for which she contributes many compositions. She has been a frequent guitarist with singer-songwriter SONiA, of disappear fear.

Jane is a contributing writer to Acoustic Guitar Magazine, writing lessons for the popular intermediate column, The Woodshed. She also writes a monthly column for Premiere Guitar Magazine called the Jazz Box . She has contributed several lesson columns for the Mel Bay publishing company’s on-line magazine, Guitar Sessions.

The Jane Miller Group has released three CDs on Jane’s label, Pink Bubble Records; all three received national radio play and press. She has performed solo and in duo and group settings regionally and around the country at clubs, festivals, and concerts as well as live TV and Radio appearances in New England.

Since joining the faculty in 1994 at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Jane has contributed many arrangements for solo guitar to the Guitar Department library, and has performed solo recitals and concerts with her group in the Berklee Performance Center and Recital Halls.

*Discography:
The Jane Miller Group "The Other Room" (2000)
The Jane Miller Trio "Secret Pockets" with guests Jay Ashby and Bill O'Connell (1998)
The Jane Miller Group "Postcard" with guests Patty Larkin, Mick Goodrick, Mili Bermejo and Ken LaRoche (1993)
SONiA "Me, Too" (1998)

*Performances: Regattabar, Scullers, The Berklee Performance Center,The Firehouse, The Iron Horse, Club Passim, The Acton Jazz Cafe, The Hatch Shell, First Nights in Boston, Hartford, and Worcester, NOW Summit in Washington, D.C., Pride Festivals in San Diego, Baltimore, and Worcester, Susquehanna Music and Arts Festival, MD, Capital Region Guitar Show, Saratoga Springs, NY

*TV and Radio: Live appearances throughout New England, including WGBH-FM, WICN-FM. Composed and recorded theme music for "Barbara...and You," for Leominster Cablevision, as well as other jingles and themes. Former Jazz Coordinator for WCUW-FM, Worcester, MA.

*Arts Lottery Grant recipient, award given to worthy artists and composers funded by Massachusetts Arts Lottery.

Don Kirby - Drums

Don Kirby is a sought after drummer and educator. He is the author of two books,4-Way Independence on the Drum Set, and The Kirby Drum Method.
In addition to maintaining a busy freelance schedule of shows and R+B groups, Don plays regularly with the Mark Marquis group, and is a welcome presence on many jazz gigs in the New England area.

Bob Simonelli - Bass

Bob Simonelli has become one of the most active bass players on the New England jazz scene. His versatility on electric and acoustic bass has put him in the company of a diverse field of jazz musicians such as singers Rebecca Paris, Toni Ballard, and Jim Porcella, pianist Bevan Manson, guitarists Mark Marquis and Jim Kelly, and trombone virtuoso Rick Stepton.

Tim Ray - piano

Tim Ray has traveled the globe as a pianist for such diverse artists as Lyle Lovett, Jane Siberry, Mili Bermejo, Eddie Daniels, and Cercie Miller. His own recording as leader, Ideas and Opinions, is on the GM label and features the distinguished players Rufus Reid and Lewis Nash on bass and drums. His latest recording with his trio, "Tres Corda" features Eugene Friesen on cello and Greg Hopkins on trumpet.
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