Neal Miner

Since the age of 19, Neal has been a solid fixture on the New York City jazz scene and is a favored bassist to a host of musicians. Neal toured and recorded with Jon Hendricks from 1998 to 2008, and backed Annie Ross steadily from 2005 to 2015 at her weekly engagement at the Metropolitan Room in New York City. In 2007, Neal joined Jane Monheit’s band with which he has been performing at major festivals, jazz clubs and concert halls around the world. Neal has written arrangements for and plays on Jane’s last four albums.

Neal has six releases as a leader that showcase his compositions and arrangements. The Real Neal, Juniper Records (2000); The Evening Sound, Smalls Records (2006); Happy Hour, Gut String Records (2009); Sweet Tooth, Gut String Records (2010); Timeline, Gut String Records (2019); Dog House Blues, Gut String Records (2020)

“Miner’s uncontrived projection of this lexicon’s spirit raises the music appreciably above the generic.”
—Bill Shoemaker, Downbeat