JAMIEL ALLEN was born in Key West, FL, and spent part of his childhood in Ecuador. Hailing from a family of musicians and artists who encouraged his love of the arts, Jamiel began playing trumpet at the age of 10 in school and guitar at home. However, he discovered his love for the piano on his own and after teaching himself to play for a year, Jamiel began taking lessons from world-class pianist and teacher Franko Richmond, whose impact and pedagogy still resonate with his career to this day. Jamiel is an exceedingly talented pianist, songwriter, studio producer, and singer, excelling at harmonies and vocal layering. Jamiel moved to Southwestern Virginia in 2006 to be closer to family and has been an active recording, performing, and touring artist as well as a musician for hire and producer and co-producer on several projects in the area ever since. Jamiel is a founding member of several bands in the region, many of his own projects, and has performed for well over one hundred album recordings and toured both nationally and internationally, infusing his projects and recordings with his passion for the art. Jamiel is most recently giving life to his main project “Shmazz" and currently lives in Roanoke, Virginia.
