My band, Project Grand Slam, or PGS for short, has released 14 acclaimed albums and numerous singles, crossing multiple genres within Jazz and Rock. I pride myself on the variety of my music. So this episode is a short tour of PGS and a few of our Greatest Hits.

“Spring Dance” is the title tune from our 2009 album. It heralds the beginning of springtime, one of the happiest and most anticipated times of the year. Spotify link

My father was a trumpet player who loved Latin music, and PGS has always had wonderful Latin musicians. I wrote “The Queen’s Carnival” to celebrate that Latin tradition. Link

“Ma Petite Fleur” - My Little Flower - is a love song ballad. I gave it a French title just because I thought it fit. Link

In 2015 I reorganized the band and included the first of several outstanding female singers. So I started writing vocal songs for them like “Redemption Road” featuring the exquisite Ziarra Washington. Link

One of my musical signatures has been to include on each album a reimagined version of a hit from the 1960s, the era when I came of age musically. My first one was Jimi Hendrix’s “Fire” sung by the incomparable Kat Robichaud of The Voice fame. Link

My band has always been at the top of its game when playing live. Here’s “Yeah Yeah” recorded live at a festival in Pennsylvania with the superb Marilyn Castillo on vocals. Link

One of my greatest pleasures in doing the podcast are the musical collaborations that I’ve done with some of my World Class guests. Here are a few examples.

“The Fall Of Winter” I co-wrote with the great Jim Peterik of The Ides Of March and formerly with Survivor. Elliott Randall of Steely Dan fame participated in this one too. Link

“All Of The Time” is a gentle, whimsical love song. Tony Carey of Rainbow produced it and added a lovely organ part. Link

“This Time”, from the album Bobby M and the Paisley Parade, features the great John Helliwell from Supertramp on sax. And me on the vocal. Link

I went back to my jazz roots with “The Gift”, a collaboration with Grammy winning arranger Michael Abene. He took my ballad and changed it into a big band Samba with me and my PGS bandmates as the rhythm section. Link

Recently I decided to return to my instrumental roots with “Sostice”, a single that I released last year. Link

And then most recently I took another single, “The Rich Ones”, and added 8 World Class musicians who had all been guests on the podcast and released a new extended version of the track called “The Rich Ones All Stars” which, I’m pleased to say, has been on fire on YouTube and Spotify. Link

So there it is. A few of our Greatest Hits by me and my band, Project Grand Slam. I look forward to continuing to write, record and release new music via the podcast.

As always, I want to thank you for listening to this podcast, and to my music. Keep on Rockin, and we’ll see you in the next episode.

Robert

Project Grand Slam:
Robert Miller (Bass/Composer)
Guillermo Barron (Percussion)
Tristan Clark (Guitar)
Baden Goyo (Keys)
Joel E. Mateo (Drums)
Alex Blade Silver (Sax)

All recordings made at EastSide Sound, NYC with Lou Holtzman (Engineer)

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ROBERT’S SINGLES:

“THE RICH ONES ALL STARS” is Robert’s latest single featuring the following 8 World Class musicians: Billy Cobham (Drums), Randy Brecker (Flugelhorn), John Helliwell (Sax), Pat Coil (Piano), Peter Tiehuis (Guitar), Antonio Farao (Keys), Elliott Randall (Guitar) and David Amram (Pennywhistle).

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“SOSTICE” is Robert’s single with a rockin’ Old School vibe. Called “Stunning!”, “A Gem!”, “Magnificent!” and “5 Stars!”.

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“THE GIFT” is Robert’s ballad arranged by Grammy winning arranger Michael Abene and turned into a horn-driven Samba. Praised by David Amram, John Helliwell, Joe La Barbera, Tony Carey, Fay Claassen, Antonio Farao, Danny Gottlieb and Leslie Mandoki.

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“LOU’S BLUES”. Robert’s Jazz Fusion “Tone Poem”. Called “Fantastic! Great playing and production!” (Mark Egan - Pat Metheny Group/Elements) and “Digging it!” (Peter Erskine - Weather Report)!

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“THE RICH ONES”. Robert’s sublime, atmospheric Jazz Fusion tune. Featuring guest artist Randy Brecker (Blood Sweat & Tears) on flugelhorn. 

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Kymera Films

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