Jeff Miley is an accomplished Jazz, Fusion, Brazilian, and Classical guitar player and composer from Los Angeles. Available for sessions, live performance and private instruction.
BIO
Jeff Miley was born in Van Nuys, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. When he was 9 years old, he heard Chet Atkins for the first time on an 8-track tape of his Mom’s (yes, that’s right, an 8-track tape. vintage!). That was the sound that first seriously piqued his interest in the guitar. When his Dad received a guitar as a birthday present a few months later, the deal was sealed and Jeff knew then that he wanted two things: to get a guitar of his own; and to play it till he dropped (a journey that continues unabated to this day). Several years of self-teaching interspersed with some formal lessons took him all the way through to the end of high school. From 1981 until 1987, he devoted himself to the serious study of music in a university environment, eventually earning a bachelor's degree in classical guitar performance from California State University, Northridge. At the same time that he was studying the classical repetoire on the guitar, he was also deeply immersed in learning about jazz harmony, improvisation, and composition.
Jeff has released several CD's of his own original music and has appeared on many others. He is a very versatile musician, equally comfortable playing many styles. Everyday, he re-commits himself to push at the boundaries of what is possible in improvisation and composition, and to seek out musicians who wish to do the same. He has performed all over the U.S., in Asia, and in Europe, and continues to maintain a very fulfilling live performance schedule. Features in written media include Guitar Player Magazine (he won that magazine's "Spotlight Award"), Jazzwise Magazine (U.K), Gendai Guitar Magazine (Japan), The Himalayan Tmes, and JazzTimes, among others.
Not content to stay in any one place for too long, Jeff divides his time between 3 places that he calls home: Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo when he’s in California, and New Jersey when he’s back east. He is on the faculty at Cuesta College, in San Luis Obispo, and at Cal Poly, Pomona.
A few upcoming events:
Jan 27, 7:30pm: Faculty Jazz Concert at Cuesta College.
San Luis Obispo, CA
Feb 11, 7pm: w/ Vox Lumiere in Columbia, MO.
Feb 12, 7pm: Tribute to Ron Purcell @ Cal State, Northridge