Performance · Production
Nelson Miller
Nelson Miller is credited on 156 releases across 35 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
156
Pressings credited
35
Albums
7
Decades active
43
In collections
Biography
Nelson Miller (12 November 1954 – 30 June 2019) was a Jamaican drummer and record producer. Miller was born and raised in Port Antonio. Influenced by Lloyd Knibb, Carlton "Santa" Davis, and Mikey "Boo" Richards, he began playing in bands in Port Antonio as a teenager. He has played on and produced many Burning Spear albums since the late 1970s, including the Grammy Award nominated Resistance. He also led the band The Two Ton Machine, releasing the album Chinatown in 1985. He later recorded with Clinton Fearon of The Gladiators, and in the Solid Foundation Band, working with Prezident Brown. Miller unexpectedly took ill the morning of 30 June 2019 and was taken to the hospital. He died later that evening. Actual cause of death remains unknown.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
156 releases · 35 albums · active 1966–2023
- Performance · 165
- Production · 74
- Other credits · 10
- Engineering · 4
Studios: Tuff Gong Recording Studio · Aquarius Studio · Music Mountain Studios · Grove Music Recording Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Burning Spear
- Various
- Bobby Ellis And The Crew
- Cedric 'Im' Brooks
- Carlene Davis
- Nu Waupu
- Sophia George
- Sugar Minott
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