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DR. LLOYD MILLER BACKGROUND

IN UTAH FROM 1963

      
Since 1963 when Miller come to Utah from 6 years as a successful jazzman in Eruope, he continued his success and high energy at BYU where he and pianist Preston Kies (AKA Press Keys) put together the Oriental Jazz Quartet which played East-West blends based on Persian, Indonesian, Indian and other Eastern music. At the 1967 & 1968 Intercollegiate Jazz Festivals in Salt Lake, Miller won best arranger/composer trophies for his East-west jazz blends. At the 1969 Salt Lake Intercollegiate Jazz Festival, Miller won the first place trophy in the vocal category for his scatt and Eastern vocals. That year he also was awarded the national Sounds of Young America first place trophy for an Indonesian jazz blend composition.

Miller's three consecutive Intercollegiate Jazz Festival trophies




Miller's first Utah 1966 LP Near & Far East


Miller's 1968 LP Oriental Jazz


Miller's 1969 LP Jazz at the U of U



Miller in the 1990s with Sinatra's former sax soloist Bob Pierson



Miller's recent CD releases


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