James Miley
Composer and pianist, James Miley is a recipient of the IAJE/Gil Evans Fellowship in Jazz Composition and Professor of Music at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, where he directs the Willamette Jazz Collective and teaches composition, improvisation, orchestration, music theory, and music technology. He is a founding member of the Radiohead Jazz Project, and his music has been performed in Europe, China, and Nepal, as well as by many of the top high school and university big bands throughout the United States. As a pianist, Miley can be heard with Bug (featuring saxophonist Peter Epstein), the Hashem Assadullahi Sextet with Ron Miles, and the Jazz Emporium Big Band on Origin Records. His most recent release is with the free jazz collective Trio Untold (2018), featuring Mike Nord (guitar and electronics) and Ryan Biesack (drums and percussion), on PJCE Records.