Bio
Guitarist Reed Miller is a bandleader, composer, and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. Hailing from South Carolina, Reed’s music is rooted in swing, bebop, and southern soul.
Reed has performed at venues and music festivals throughout the country including Smalls Jazz Club, Midnight Blue, Room623, The Red Room at KGB Bar, The Canary Club (NY) Flagstaff Blues Festival (AZ), Taste of Charlotte (NC), The Merc (CA), Artisphere, Fall for Greenville, McAlister Auditorium, The Chautauqua Festival (SC)
In 2025, Reed’s co-led project Straight Up! released their debut self-titled EP. Straight Up! performs an eclectic repertoire from mid-century modernist composers and improvisers like Randy Weston, Thelonious Monk, and Ornette Coleman.
Growing up in Greenville, South Carolina, Reed pursued performance at every turn. L.A. session guitarist Steve Watson served as a mentor and inspiration in his formative years. While in SC, Reed performed across the Southeast with his funk band the Reed Miller Project. In 2017 Reed relocated to New York to study under famed guitarists Vic Juris and Pasquale Grasso. He holds a Masters Of Music in Jazz Performance from Purchase College.
This combination of soulful and swinging influences defines the sound of his straight-ahead jazz guitar group the Reed Miller Trio and Straight Up!
