Jaco, Rocco, Gary Willis, Weather Report, Alain Caron, Victor Wooten, Richard Bona, Miles, Coltrane, Bird, Monk, Marcus Miller, Vinnie Colaiuta, Brian Bromberg, Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, Dizzy, Ray Brown, NHOP, Eddie Gomez, Jimmy Bruno, Matt Garrison, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Pat Martino, Roy Hargrove, Brecker Brothers, Scott Henderson, Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, John Patitucci, Wes Montgomery, James Jamerson......the list goes on.....countless musicians.
Everyone that I currently play with and have played with in the past.
Miko Espanol was born and raised in the Philippines. He started playing the bass at age 17 and was influenced by the music of Weather Report, Jaco Pastorius, Tribal Tech, Return To Forever, Chick Corea, Charlie Parker, Ray Brown, Eddie Gomez, Pat Metheny. He performed all over the Philippines with artists such as Parliament Syndicate, Jeffrey Hidalgo, Kyla, Nino Alejandro, Soul Food, etc.
Since relocating to Southern CA in 2003, Miko has been busy working, performing, and recording with artists and groups such as New West 5, Garrett Morris, Tony White, MPG, Ron Kobayashi, Hitchhiker, Hour of Power Orchestra, Dark Sunday, Albert John, Ella May Saison, etc. Miko's jazz fusion trio, MPG, released their first CD in April 2006 and the group is also the house band for SNL legend Garrett Morris' Downtown Comedy Club in downtown Los Angeles. In 2007, Miko started playing bass for the Crystal Cathedral, Robert Schuller's mega-chruch. He holds down the bass chair at C3 (Crystal Cathedral Contemporary) and the Crystal Cathedral Hispanic group led by Dante Gebel.
Miko is endorsed by Bag End and Black Diamond Strings.
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