A three time consecutive winner in the Union and Civic Arts League of Chicago Jazz Improvisation Contest, Dave Miller attended Northern Illinois University under the tutelage of virtuoso guitarist, Fareed Haque, and graduated in 2005 with a jazz guitar degree.  Soon after, he moved to Chicago and quickly became immersed in this great city’s historic jazz scene.  Not about to be pigeonholed, Miller also soon became involved in many other diverse groups, performing anything from traditional jazz, to avant garde noise, to klezmer, to modern dance accompaniment.  Check Miller’s CURRENT PROJECTS for groups with which he is presently involved.

These diverse musical experiences have led Miller to a performance at the 2004 Chicago Jazz Festival with Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls, as well as appearances at Millenium Park, the Green Mill, the Elbo Room, Subterranean, Elastic, the Jazz Record Mart, the Hungry Brain, the Empty Bottle, Pete Miller’s Steakhouse, the Chicago Cultural Center, Katerina’s, Rodan, Martyrs’, the Velvet Lounge, Andy’s, and the Hothouse.

Miller’s resume of collaborators reads like a who’s who of Chicago jazz and improvised music stars.  He has performed or recorded with Ron Perrillo, Dennis Carroll, George Fludas, Ted Sirota, Jeb Bishop, Dana Hall, Geof Bradfield, Tim Daisy, Anton Hatwich, Jason Stein, Pete Benson, Clark Sommers, David Boykin, Pherez Whitted, Matt Ulery, Jason Ajemian, Andreas Kapsalis, Kobe Watkins, Jake Vinsel, Josh Abrams, Art Davis, John Herndon, Nori Tanaka, Jeff Parker, Greg Ward, Michael Raynor, Rob Clearfield, Tom Garling, Larry Kohut, Matt Ferguson, John Wojochowshi, John Goldman, Greg Wyser Pratte, and Frank D’Rone.

Miller has also performed with internationally renowned jazz starts such as Conrad Herwig, Eddie Henderson, Donald Harrison, Steve Coleman, Mark Turner, Eric Alexander, Mike LeDonne, and Joe Farnsworth.  Miller’s guitar playing has been praised by jazz guitar masters Peter Bernstein, Bobby Broom, and Jeff Parker.

In addition to his talents in guitar performance, Miller has also become known and respected as a serious composer, mainly from the output of his experimental indie jazz group, Algernon (www.myspace.com/algernonmusic).  Since the birth of this band, Miller has been commissioned to write pieces for classical guitar and film score.  Algernon performs regularly in Chicago/Midwest area and have a new album due out in early 2007.