Jon Miller Quartet tours Vancouver Island “Woah! Where have you been hiding, Jon Miller Quartet? ...on behalf of sun-deprived Canadians everywhere, thanks for this much needed dose of Vitamin D.” -Robert Rowat, CBC Music
=0D=0A=“This has got to be one of the best jazz acts in the city” -Adrian Chamberlain, Victoria Times Colonist
=0D=0A=A wonderful winter surprise for Vancouver Islanders is on its way from celebrated jazz drummer/bandleader Jon Miller's upcoming Vancouver Island tour. Renowned Victoria drummer Miller's exceptional Hammond organ-driven Parallel Universe Band will perform in two island cities. For these dates the group will perform material from Miller's latest release 3 Days in Winter along with soulful organ-jazz repertoire in the vein of giants of the genre Jimmy Smith, Brother Jack McDuff and Larry Goldings.
=0D=0A=On Thursday January 11 2018 the band takes the stage at the Avalanche Bar & Grill 275 8th Street, Courtenay BC at 7:30pm, Members $10 - non members $12. Contact the Georgia Strait Jazz Society for more information. The next evening on Friday January 12th the quartet will perform for their first time at Nanaimo's Lighthouse Bistro & Pub 50 Anchor Way, Nanaimo BC. Showtime 7:30pm. Tickets $20.00 (students $10.00) from the Lighthouse Bistro (250) 754-3212 and Fascinating Rhythm (Nanaimo).
=0D=0A=Jon Miller is a multi-talented drummer, composer and arranger. At once energetic and passionate, his music cross-cuts a wide swath of musical interests. The newest organ-driven incarnation of his quartet made its debut in the summer of 2017 leaving Island audiences spellbound and demanding more. “I love the more conventional jazz quartet with bass and I definitely want to do more in that format in the future but these days its been just a ton of fun bringing this Hammond organ sound to audiences, and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. I have always had a soft spot for organ-jazz which I got to hear a lot of -and grew to love- while living in Philadelphia. Tony Genge is a great musician who has really dug deep in the organ jazz tradition while at the same keeping up with current trends so there is a lot of depth to his approach to his playing which I really admire. In this format the four of us sound more like a five piece band, so its a fuller sound and we can hit a little harder when we want which is also a big plus to me.
=0D=0A=” Since releasing 3 Days in Winter in 2015, the Jon Miller Quartet has made regular appearances throughout the BC jazz circuit including JazzFest Victoria, Pat's Pub, the Avalanche (Georgia Strait Jazz Society), McMillan Arts Centre, Hermann's Jazz Club. The 2015 CD release 3 Days in Winter charted at #1 at several west coast radio stations.
=0D=0A=Lineup The band is led by McGill University Jazz Programme graduate and powerhouse drummer Jon Miller. Along with writing for and leading his quartet Miller held the drum chair for the Victoria Jazz Orchestra from 2013 to 2016, performing with many guest artists including Alan Matheson, Mike Allen, Mike Herriot and Andrew Homzy. Living in the US and Europe in the 1990's he played clubs, festivals and in studios in Philadelphia, New York, Paris, Berlin and Monte Carlo with renowned artists including Charlie Hunter and members of the Sun Ra Arkestra.
=0D=0A=In addition to being a prolific and accomplished composer, guitarist Rob Cheramy is an extremely inventive, technically impressive jazz guitarist with a highly individual style, celebrated both for his exciting solos and for his inventive accompaniment.
=0D=0A=A force to be reckoned with on the Hammond B-3 organ, Tony Genge has performed with many leading Canadian and international jazz artists and can be heard on the critically acclaimed jazz piano trio CD Blues Walk available from Roadhouse Records. His tasteful and thoughtfully refined playing, writing and arranging can also be heard on recordings by Joe Coughlin and Paul Horn.
=0D=0A=As one of BC’s top jazz saxophonists, Monik Nordine has a powerful, lyrical, and impressive command of the saxophone. Her playing and writing has been celebrated in the pages of Downbeat and Jazz Improv Magazine. In addition to playing in the Jon Miller Quartet, Nordine leads her own groups as well as directing the Victoria Jazz Orchestra who have performed with guest artists Mike Allen, P.J. Perry, Andrew Homzy, Greg Bush and Chelsea McBride, among others. Nordine has shared the stage with Michael Bublé, P.J. Perry, Paul Horn, Hugh Fraser, Tommy Banks, Brad Turner, Phil Nimmons and Pat Coleman.
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