Episode #36 Michael Dease
The Trombone Corner
The Trombone Corner Podcast is brought to you by and . Come watch the Los Angeles Brass Alliance (LAB-A) at 7PM on May 4th at Glendale First baptist Church for their second installation of Next Up! This free concert (generously sponsored by Bob Reeves Brass) spotlights LAB-A's annual collaboration between emerging LA-based composers and brass musicians. Learn more at: . Join hosts Noah and John as they interview , commercial trombonist from Los Angeles. About Michael: Michael Dease is one of the world's eminent trombonists, lending his versatile sound and signature...
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Episode #35 - Nick Lane
The Trombone Corner
The Trombone Corner Podcast is brought to you by and . Join hosts Noah and John as they interview , commercial trombonist from Los Angeles. About Nick: Nick Lane is a free lance trombonist, arranger & composer who’s been a fixture on the Los Angeles music scene for many years. Born and raised in Marshalltown Iowa, he attended Drake University on a euphonium scholarship after high school. More excited by performance and jazz, he transferred to Boston’s Berklee College of Music to pursue trombone and music composition. Soon after graduating he joined...
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Episode #34 - Ira Nepus
The Trombone Corner
The Trombone Corner Podcast is brought to you by and . Join hosts Noah and John as they interview , jazz and commercial trombonist from Los Angeles. About Ira: Ira Nepus was born in Los Angeles, California and was raised on the jazz heritage of his father, one of the key founders of the Hot Club of France in Paris during the late Thirties and was featured in his first jazz concert at the age of 15. Ira gives equal importance to all styles of jazz, from traditional on up through contemporary. Ira currently performs with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, which he...
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Episode #33 - Naomi Moon Siegel
The Trombone Corner
The Trombone Corner Podcast is brought to you by and . Join hosts Noah and John as they interview , trombonist and composer from Mizzoula, Montana. About Naomi Moon Siegel: An award-winning trombonist, improviser, composer and educator, Naomi Moon Siegel is committed to creating a positive, transformative music culture beyond conventional genre norms. She has been an innovative performer and recording artist since graduating from Oberlin Conservatory in 2006. Siegel kicked off her professional career on the West Coast in Oakland, California, and came of age as...
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Episode #32 - Conrad Herwig
The Trombone Corner
The Trombone Corner Podcast is brought to you by and . Join hosts Noah and John as they interview , commercial and jazz trombonist from New York City. About Conrad: New York jazz artist CONRAD HERWIG has recorded nearly 30 albums as a leader, receiving four GRAMMY®-nominations for his own projects. His latest CD release is The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner (Savant; 2024). This albums marks 27+ years of the “Latin Side . . .” series, and is a follow-up project to The “Latin Side of ...” tributes to Charles Mingus (Savant 2022), Horace...
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Episode #31 - Ed Neumeister
The Trombone Corner
The Trombone Corner Podcast is brought to you by and . Join hosts Noah and John as they interview , commercial and jazz trombonist from Oakland, California. About Ed: As a trombonist, composer-arranger and bandleader, Ed Neumeister is a musician’s musician. Saxophone star Joe Lovano has valued Neumeister as a colleague for some four decades, praising him as a conductor of “infectious flair” as well as “a soloist of deep expressive passion.” Another renowned saxophonist, Dave Leibman, simply dubbed him “one of the best trombonists in the business.” Neumeister...
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Episode #30 - Jeff Reynolds
The Trombone Corner
The Trombone Corner Podcast is brought to you by and . Join hosts Noah and John as they interview , the Bass Trombone of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1969-2006. About Jeff: Jeffrey Reynolds was born in Ohio, but spent most of his life in Southern California. A graduate of California State University at Long Beach, he was the bass trombonist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic starting in 1969. His major teachers were Robert Simmergren and Roger Bobo, with help from Robert Marsteller, Tommy Johnson, and Byron Peebles. His orchestra experience includes the...
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Episode #29 - Nicholas Daley
The Trombone Corner
The Trombone Corner Podcast is brought to you by and . Join hosts Noah and John as they interview , a freelance and session trombonist in Los Angeles. Originally from St. Paul, MN, Nicholas Daley is an active freelance trombonist in the greater Los Angeles area where he regularly performs with a diverse collection of ensembles ranging from orchestras to jazz, salsa and pop bands, while playing recording sessions for video game, television and movie scores. Noted performances include playing with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, Broad Stage...
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Episode #28 - Jim Nova
The Trombone Corner
The Trombone Corner Podcast is brought to you by and . Join hosts Noah and John as they interview , 2nd trombonist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. About Jim Nova James Nova joined the Grammy award-winning Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 2009 as second/utility trombone. In 2012, Nova made his solo debut with the PSO, performing Henri Tomasi’s Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra. Prior to that, he was a member of the Utah Symphony Orchestra where he served eight seasons as assistant principal/second trombone. Since 2012, James Nova has found a new passion...
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Episode #27 - John Sebastian Vera & Nick Schwartz
The Trombone Corner
The Trombone Corner Podcast is brought to you by and . Join hosts Noah and John as they interview and , trombonists and podcast hosts of . After you listen to this episode, head on over to for the second half of this episode. You can come see us at Booth #271 at the February 8th thru 10th, 2024 in San Antonio Texas. About John Sebastian Vera John Sebastian Vera, a native of Texas, became the principal trombonist of the in 2010 and also joined the as principal Trombone in 2015. He is also professor of trombone at and faculty member at the...
info_outlineJames Miller is the Associate Principal Trombone with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a position he has held since 1999. His duties include performing on alto, tenor, and bass trombone; tenor tuba; and bass trumpet. His previous orchestral experience includes the North Carolina Symphony, the Long Island Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic, and the Dallas Symphony. Miller earned his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Northern Iowa and his Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, where he was a scholarship student of Per Brevig.
His playing experience includes performances with the Silk Road Ensemble, the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, Ensemble ST-X, the Michael Bublé Big Band, and a variety of jazz, rock, ska, and Latin ensembles. He has been a participant in the Mainly Mozart Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Ojai Music Festival as well as performing as a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and on the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella series. His solo career spans performing with orchestras and wind enssembles in the United States and Mexico. As a composer, he has had world premieres at New York’s Lincoln Center and continues to perform his own works in solo performances throughout the country. He serves on the faculty of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Aspen Music Festival.
Miller is a Conn/Selmer and a Denis Wick clinician and has released three CDs on All Barks Dog records: From Coast to Coast, Trio for Voice, Trombone and Cello and Delays, delays.