homeWorld Domination Tour 2008:
Part IV: The West
November 10, 2008
CalArts: JazzForum
November 11, 2008
Fullerton College
November 12, 2008
concert w/Buchanan High Jazz Ensemble
November 13, 2008
University of Nevada, Reno
November 14-15, 2008
tentative recording for new CD?
*all dates & locations are subject to change
In short, bug is the accidental brainchild of Brian Hamada.
Following a successful 2004 performance at the Cuesta College Central Coast Jazz Festival in San Luis Obispo of the Peter Epstein Quartet (featuring Jeff Miley, Roger Shew and Brian Hamada), James Miley (then director of jazz studies at Cuesta College) began scheming ways to bring the group together again for a repeat performance at the college. A date was secured, schedules confirmed, and then James got the idea that it might be fun to take on a new faculty position at Virginia Tech and move 2600 miles due east. Rather than allow the gig to fall through, Brian convinced James to join the group himself--and they ended up booking a few more dates in Southern California so he could fly out from the east coast to "sit in" on piano and bring along a few new tunes in the process.
bug was born. The rest is history.
As things currently stand, we are a band apart, with just under three weeks spent together in the past three-and-a-half years. James lives in the mountains of Southwest Virginia, Peter in Reno, Nevada, Jeff in Los Angeles, Roger in Fullerton, CA, and Brian hails from Fresno (the 'NO!). Yet somehow we still manage to get together and play every now & then and things just fall into place each time as if we'd been performing together for years.
Thanks for flying with us. Hope you enjoy the music!