Jason Miles has brought to every new project he’s undertaken a boundless sense of curiosity and adventure. No less than Roberta Flack said about him, “Jason Miles has raised the level of excellence for the musicians who have had the good fortune of working with him, myself included. He has enriched the lives of millions of people.” And Miles Davis, in his 1991 autobiography, labeled Jason a genius—not a term he threw around!
From extensive collaborations with such giants as Miles Davis, Luther Vandross, Grover Washington, Jr., David Sanborn and Marcus Miller, to his own critically acclaimed recordings, including Black Magic (2020), Kind of New 2: Blue Is Paris (2017), To Grover With Love: Live in Japan (2016), Kind of New (2015), Global Noize (2008), What’s Going On?: Songs of Marvin Gaye (2006) and Miles to Miles (2005), New York native Miles has always been a restless seeker. Jason has shifted seamlessly between a multitude of genres, from R&B to Pop to Brazilian music and even children’s music and country (producing Suzy Boguss’ Sweet Danger)—and, of course, several different strains of jazz, from Latin to fusion.
As a master of the art of the synthesizer, and an innovator in synthesizer programming, Miles’ work can be heard on recordings by Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Michael Brecker, The Crusaders, Ruben Blades, Freddy Cole, George Benson, Joe Sample, Herb Alpert, Vanessa Williams and many others. He has performed at top festivals and venues throughout the world, including the Monterey Jazz Festival, Jazz Aspen, Umbria Jazz, North Sea, Jacksonville Jazz Fest, Cape Town Jazz Festival, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and Tokyo Blue Note.
