ALGERNON: Dave Miller (guitar/synth), Katie Wiegman (vibraphone/glockenspiel), Cory Healey (drums), Tom Perona (bass), Nick Fryer (guitar)
blink.: Jeff Greene (bass/electronics), Greg Ward (alto sax), Quin Kirchner (drums), Dave Miller (guitar/electronics)
ZING!: James Davis (trumpet/effects), Caroline Davis (alto sax/effects), Dave Miller (guitar/effects), Matthew Golombisky (bass/likeable noise), Quin Kirchner (drums)
TIM DAISY'S NEW FRACTURE QUARTET: Tim Daisy (drums), Jaimie Branch (trumpet), Nate McBride (bass), Dave Miller (guitar/effects)
W. W. LOWMAN: Bill Lowman (bass), Kevin Davis (cello), Cory Healey (drums), Dave Miller (guitar, synth, electronics)
SPAM FILTER: Ben Boye (piano), Dave Miller (guitar), Quin Kirchner (drums)
FALLING SKY QUARTET: Tim Haldeman (tenor sax), Dave Miller (guitar), Jake Vinsel (bass), Tim Daisy (drums)
THE PANDERING: Tommy Faulds (electronics), Scarlet Monk (vocals), Dave Miller (guitar/electronics), Matthew Golombisky (bass/likeable noise)
JOHN WOJCIECHOWSKI QUINTET: John Wojciechowski (tenor sax), Ron Perrillo (piano), Dennis Carroll (bass), Dana Hall (drums), Dave Miller (guitar)
DO3O: Justin Dillard (organ), Dave Miller (guitar), Makaya McCraven (drums)
KALEIDOSCOPE TRIO: Kevin Fort: piano, Kells Nollenberger: bass, Dave Miller: guitar
KEVIN KIZER QUINTET: Kevin Kizer: tenor sax, Kathrine Hughes (violin), Dave Miller (guitar), Jake Vinsel (bass), Ted Sirota (drums)
DEAN WINDEMULLER AND OPEN LAND: Dean Windemuller (guitar), Dave Miller (guitar)
JOHNNY PERONA AND THE FAQUE BROTHERS: Johnny Perona (guitar), Tom Perona (bass), Mike Racky (pedal steel), Tim Rimbos (drums), Dave Miller (guitar/effects)
JUNK IN THE TRUNK: Frank Check (drums), John Tate (bass), Stu Mindeman (keyboards), Rob Collazo (tenor sax), Marquis Hill (trumpet), Corey Fritz (trombone), Dave Miller (guitar)
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Influences
Sounds Like
Discography:
"Crystal Fish Club"--Regan ('98)
"Time and Again"--Regan ('00)
"The OHAC Convention"--Regan ('01)
"All The Fixins"--Davemillergroup ('03)
"Charlie Changed His Mind"--Algernon ('04, BoK Records)
"Hearth"--The Morningsides ('05, BoK Records)
"Magnetic Flux"--Zing! ('07 ears&eyes Records)
"Familiar Espionage"--Algernon ('07 ears&eyes Records)
"1000 Lights"--Tim Daisy's New Fracture Quartet ('08, Multi Kulti Records)
"The Epidemic of Ideas"--blink. ('08, Thirsty Ear Records)
"Songs From the Psalter Hymnal"--Dean Windemuller and Dave Miller ('08)
"Return is Selective"--Silences Sumire ('08, Ropeadope Records)
"Map to the Ocean"--Kaleidoscope Trio ('08, The Jazz Exchange)
"Family Portrait"--Johnny Perona and the Faque Brothers ('08)
"Noise Relief"--Algernon (comp., '08)
"Rock the Net"--blink. (comp., '08)
"Seize the Time"--Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls (forthcoming, Naim Records)
"?"--Kevin Kizer Quintet (forthcoming)
"?"--John Wojciechowski Quintet (forthcoming)
"?"--Mercury Effect (forthcoming)
"?"--Balkano (forthcoming)
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Guitarist, Dave Miller, has already
built a very impressive and wide-ranging roster of
collaborations in the short amount of time he has
spent in Chicago. From the traditional to the
avant-garde, the concert hall to the dive rock bar,
Miller leaves no musical stone unturned.
He has been a three time consecutive winner in the
Union and Civic Arts League of Chicago Jazz
Improvisation Competition and was recently featured in Chicago
Magazine and the Chicago Reader. In addition to his
sought-after, genre-defying talents in guitar
performance, Miller has also become respected and
heralded as a serious composer, mainly from the output
of his experimental indie rock group, Algernon, whose new album, "Familiar Espionage," was just released on ears&eyes Records. Miller is also a member of, among other bands, Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls (Delmark/Naim Records), Zing! (ears&eyes Records), blink. (Thirsty Ear Records), and Tim Daisy's New Fracture Quartet (Multi Kulti Records). Miller has also composed for classical guitar, film, and theatre.
Recent press:
"The guitar seems to be the only electric device and its sound pushes the climb towards a summit where the musical heights of this recording are realized (”Glass”). The guitar also explores territory that upends the idea that it is a string instrument (”I Am”)...On the closing and appropriately titled “We Disappear,” the guitar brings the group home, producing a quiet resonance that is nothing less than healing."
--Lyn Horton, All About Jazz, 9/24/08
"...guitarist Dave Miller is the star turn, providing an armoury of power chords and wistful strummings in support."
--Mike Hobart, The Economist, Financial Times
"Miller, one of those polymaths who can’t seem to find enough bands to fill his time...Miller draws from jazz and rock (prog, psych, and post-) but also aspires to a kind of latter-day chamber music: tautly composed lines and detailed, surprisingly delicate arrangements butt up against raucous free improvisation and splashy electronics."
--Neil Tesser, Chicago Reader
"Miller is increasingly active on the local scene--he plays in Algernon, Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls, Zing!, and Blink, among other bands--and he's starting to hammer out a more distinct sound...he seems to know how to rein in his impressive flexibility and focus on what he can bring to each group, from carefully structured improvisations to complementary texture and color."
--Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader/Post No Bills
"Miller plays with the refined restraint of someone twice his age."
--Matthew Lurie, Time Out
"Guitar player Dave Miller is the resident musical genius of this band (Algernon), the kind of composer that music critics will refer to in the not too distant future trying to pigeonhole other maverick six string wizards."
--Hans Werksman, Here Comes the Flood
"Someday, when jazz-rock protégé Dave Miller surpasses "alt.-music genius" or some other insurmountable rock title, having fed the indie circuit with enough reason to trade in radio noise for something a little more instrumental, he'll probably look back at it all and think, "Hmm, I could've done more."
--Lisa Balde, Beep Magazine
"Talented guitarist Dave Miller is making himself known as an innovative player in the scene..."
--Brad Walseth, Jazz Chicago
"Like fellow guitarists Jeff Parker and Fareed Haque, Dave Miller, 24, thinks beyond a single genre...bellowing his way out of the local fringe and into the big time."
--Mark Loehrke, Chicago Magazine
"...guitarist Dave Miller has been burning this past year in live performances, chicken-scratching like Ernest Ranglin and wailing like Pat Metheny."
--Time Out Magazine
"Watch out for Dave Miller. This guy’s got ears, time, chops, tone, and swing--an intelligent, thoughtful musician with a truly open mind. Watch out for Dave Miller..."
--Fareed Haque (Garaj Mahal, Fareed Haque Group, Sting, Joe Zawinul, Joe Henderson)
"Very heavy and musical compositions."
--Jeff Parker (Tortoise, Isotope 217, Chicago Underground, Joshua Redman)
We are very excited about playing at such an awesome jazz club. We have some great sets lined up for you, so don't miss it. Friday and Saturday November 20th and 21st, 5:00-8:30p at Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago
Aaron Koppel -Guitar, Matt Nelson; (Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos) -Keyboard, Graham Czach; (Chicago Afrobeat Project) -bass, Robert Tucker (Matthew Santos) -drums
JFJO returns to CHICAGO on SATURDAY (OCT. 24) at The Kinetic Playground. Liquid Soul opens! Doors @ 8pm. Advance Tickets are cheaper and still available! See you soon!
JFJO returns to CHICAGO at the House of Blues on SAT. APRIL 4th with the new quartet lineup, in support of 'Winterwood' - the new studio album available as FREE download at www.JFJO.com! Fifth World opens. See you there!
Ooh I see you online, but since I have a mac I can't install myspace chat! Oh well. I think this is the first time I've logged into myspace in like 6 months...
