Born April 13, 1966 in Port Alberni, BC, Miles started playing piano at age 12. He studied jazz and classical music with George Essihos. and began performing professionally at age 14 in Victoria, BC in various jazz and R&B groups as pianist, arranger and composer. By 18, Miles had worked as a music therapist, musical director of the C.A.S.T. Theatre Company, guitarist, bassist, saxophonist, vocalist and film scorer in the Victoria and Vancouver Island area.

In 1987 Miles moved to Vancouver, BC, and has since performed with Ann Mortifee, Shari Ulrich, Maynard Ferguson, Valdy, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Slide Hampton, Dee Daniels, Christine Duncan, Skywalk (as keyboardist since 1989), Oliver Gannon, Kenny Colman, the Mike Allen Quartet, The Robin Shier Quintet, Almeta Speaks, The Paul Horn Band (USSR Tour 1988), Wildroot Orchestra, Chuck Israels, Jim Ferguson, Brad Turner, Soulstream, Rob Frayne, Fraser MacPherson, Max Roach, Claudio Roditi, Jeff Hyslop and Ruth Nichols, Lew Tabackin, Houston Person, Gaye Delorme, The Bill Clark Sextet, Von Freeman, Ernie Krivda, Johnny Frigo, Martha Lorin and many, many other established artists from around the globe.

He has toured through many countries around the world, including a cross-Canada tour in 1996 with his own quartet, featuring the legendary drummer Claude Ranger.

From 1990 - 96 - taught piano at Capilano College in Vancouver. Miles also has had a good deal of experience playing piano and keyboards in the musical theatre world, and has played on countless recording sessions for television and film. For the past 8 years, Miles has been working for PG Music, with whom he has helped to produce and performed on music software programs, including "The Jazz Pianist 1&2","The NewAge Pianist", "The Children's Pianist", "The Modern Jazz Pianist", "Jazz Piano Masterclass", and an Oscar Peterson CD Rom, complete with transcriptions, as well as many add-ons for the popular "Band-in-a-Box" programs.

His current projects include co-writing, performing and producing a CD with saxophonist/flautist Tom Keenlyside, and co-writing and producing several CD's with vocalist/lyricist Glenda Rae. Miles has performed on over 150 albums as a sideman. His own releases have sold out, but will be re-released along with some new titles in the near future. Ø Since 1998, Miles has enjoyed a fruitful song-writing collaboration with vocalist Glenda Rae and engineer/percussionist Tony Chamberlist, yeilding over 90 songs that range through jazz, country, pop and classical forms.

Tony Chamberlist developed his musical intuitions while growing up in Canada's Yukon Territory. Born and raised in Whitehorse, Tony moved to Vancouver as a young teen. He was involved in both music and drama, but elected to pursue drums and percussion as a primary means of expression. Tony also had a very keen interest in audio technologies, a passion that would have serious implications later on in his career.

Tony honed his performance skills playing with a variety of bands, but Tony was particularly interested in long term relationships with creative types who wished to write and perform their own material. He also enjoyed improvisational playing, leading to an interest in jazz and world rhythms. Tony's fledgling ensemble involvement in the Vancouver scene was the formation of a band with sisters Christine and Glenda Rae Duncan, performing a combination of obscure covers and Christine's compositions.

Simultaneously, Tony formed a band with singer-songwriter Jon Ochsendorf, and commenced a musical and personal relationship that persists to this day. Jon's band was renamed "Jonny & The Stickmen" in the early 90's, and performed under that moniker for close to a decade before disbanding. The band recorded three albums during that period, and served to introduce Tony as a formidable engineering and production talent. Even though the first efforts were obviously flawed, Tony's talent was apparent, and he turned his attentions to perfecting the gift, even while continuing to perform.

After the demise of the Stickmen, Tony turned his attention to old friend Glenda Rae (nee Duncan) and encouraged her to pursue a performance career. With the assistance of Jon Ochsendorf and industry veteran Brett Wade, the troupe cultivated a sophisticated acoustic groove, and performed regularly in a variety of venues throughout BC's Lower Mainland.

Tony credits close friend Christine Duncan with blazing a trail of musical connections that would eventually lead to his present industry status. Christine's meteoric arc into the upper echelons of Canada's jazz scene brought her into proximity with some of the country's musical elite, none of which were more important (from Tony's perspective) than Vancouver pianist/composer Miles Black. Sometime in 1998, Tony introduced Miles to a recording of Glenda accompanied by Jon, Brett, and Tony, igniting an interest that has evolved into a blaze of creativity, and a consequent musical and professional partnership. Today, Tony, Miles and Glenda are a triple threat partnership, functioning as a writing, production, and performance team.

Tony is also planning to turn his attention to fundraising for autism research, as his son is autistic. Tony runs his own production company, known as Brown Bag Music, (www.brownbagmusic.com) and records a wide variety of projects when not attending to his work with Miles and Glenda. Here is a partial discography of work Tony has been involved in. Jonny & The Stickmen-View From An Ivory Tower (1990) Jonny & The Stickmen-People Of Air (1995) Jonny & The Stickmen-Retro (1997) October- (1997) Jonathan Anderson-Sensual Beings (1996) Jonathan Inc.-Transient (1998) Sam Masich & Christine Duncan-Why It Happens (1998) Scott Katz- Wrong (1998) Glenda Rae-Bliss (2000) Aubrey Tadman-Stay With Me (2000) Steve Elliot & Lucie Walker-(1999) Cozy Bones-Piss Perfect Hotel (1999) Pale Shelter-The Songs Of Kevin Swain (2001) Current projects as of this writing include vocalist Laura Bacon and singer-songwriter Michael Friedman