Miles Mosley is a vocalist, bassist, guitarist, pianist, composer and arranger from Hollywood California named after the great
Miles DavisMiles Davis III was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music including cool jazz, hard bop, free jazz...
.
Miles Mosley was trained in classical music and jazz at Colburn School of Music in downtown L.A and studies with some of jazz's finest such as
John ClaytonJohn Clayton, Jr. is a Grammy-winning American jazz and classical double bassist.-Music:John Clayton began seriously undertaking the study of double bass at age 16, studying with bass legend Ray Brown...
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and
Al McKibbonAl McKibbon was an American jazz double bassist, known for his work in bop, hard bop, and Latin jazz.In 1947, after working with Lucky Millinder, Tab Smith, J. C. Heard, and Coleman Hawkins, he replaced Ray Brown in Dizzy Gillespie's band, in which he played until 1950...
. He claims he picked the upright bass since it was the only instrument at his school that he did not have to bring home with him.
Miles Mosley is a vocalist, bassist, guitarist, pianist, composer and arranger from Hollywood California named after the great
Miles DavisMiles Davis III was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music including cool jazz, hard bop, free jazz...
.
Career
Miles Mosley was trained in classical music and jazz at Colburn School of Music in downtown L.A and studies with some of jazz's finest such as
John ClaytonJohn Clayton, Jr. is a Grammy-winning American jazz and classical double bassist.-Music:John Clayton began seriously undertaking the study of double bass at age 16, studying with bass legend Ray Brown...
,
Ray BrownRaymond Matthews Brown was an American jazz double bassist.-Biography:Ray Brown was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and had piano lessons from the age of eight. After noticing how many pianists attended his high school, he thought of taking up the trombone, but was unable to afford one...
and
Al McKibbonAl McKibbon was an American jazz double bassist, known for his work in bop, hard bop, and Latin jazz.In 1947, after working with Lucky Millinder, Tab Smith, J. C. Heard, and Coleman Hawkins, he replaced Ray Brown in Dizzy Gillespie's band, in which he played until 1950...
. He claims he picked the upright bass since it was the only instrument at his school that he did not have to bring home with him. Mosley's style have often been described as
brothel jazz, Mosley himself describes it as if
Jimi HendrixJames Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter...
played upright bass in
Prince'sPrince Rogers Nelson is an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He performs under the mononym Prince but has also been known by various other names, most notably the unpronounceable symbol which he used as his stage name between 1993 and 2000...
band.
Throughout the years Mosley has written and composed, performed live or appeared in videos for various artists including
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and many others.
Mosley has also released a number of albums containing his own solo work as well as working for charitable causes, specifically the Creative Counseling Network, a non-profit organization that provides under-served young people access to the arts.
Solo work
- Miles Mosley - Sicaceremony (2005)
- Miles Mosley - Taming the Proud (2006)
- Miles Mosly - Bear (2007)
With other artists
- India Arie - Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship
Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship is the third studio album by American soul/R&B singer India.Arie.-CD information:The album was released on June 27, 2006 and sold 161,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release...
(2006)
- Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell is an American rock musician best known as the lead singer and songwriter for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave , and for his numerous solo works and soundtrack contributions . He is known for his wide four octave vocal range, and powerful vocal belting technique...
- Carry OnCarry On is the second solo studio album released by American musician Chris Cornell. It was released on May 28, 2007 in the United Kingdom and June 5, 2007 in the United States. This album is Cornell's second after Euphoria Morning in 1999, and his first since leaving his former band Audioslave...
(2007)
- Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold is an American rock band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999. The band has achieved mainstream success with their 2005 album City of Evil, which included singles such as "Burn It Down", "Bat Country," "Beast and the Harlot" and "Seize the Day." The band's success...
- Avenged SevenfoldAvenged Sevenfold is the fourth studio album by American rock band Avenged Sevenfold, released on October 30, 2007 through Warner Bros. Records...
(2007)
- Jonathan Davis and the SFA
Jonathan Davis and the SFA is Jonathan Davis of Korn's solo band.-History:Jonathan Davis and the SFA went on their first tour in the United States in November 2007, and a European tour in May 2008. Their debut album is planned for a release sometime in 2009 and a North American tour is expected to...
- Alone I Play (2007)
- Terrance Howard - Shine Through It
Shine Through It is Terrence Howard's first studio album. It was released in the UK on September 1, 2008. It contains 11 tracks all produced by himself and Miles Mosley. All 11 tracks were written by himself, four of which were co written by Miles Mosley, and a further one co written by Ilsey Juber...
(2008)
- Everlast
Everlast can mean:* Everlast , a manufacturer of boxing equipment* Also The Brand is also known in Britain as "American Lonsdale" This is well known, but some people do not believe it.-People:...
- Love, War & The Ghost Of Whitey Ford (2008)
- Kenny Loggins
Kenneth Clark "Kenny" Loggins is an American singer and songwriter best known for a number of soft rock and adult contemporary hit singles beginning in the 1970s...
- How About NowHow About Now is an album by soft rock singer Kenny Loggins. Released in 2007, it's key tracks include "A Love Song" and the title track, "How About Now."-Track listing:# "A Year's Worth of Distance" # "A Love Song"...
(2008)
- Jonathan Davis Solo Album - (Untitled, Release TBA)
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