MIA Panboola comprises Meg Morley, Ileana Di Camillo, and Antonio De Lillis. The trio met in London in 2011 whereupon discovering they shared a deeply musical resonance in their individual sounds and styles.
Since then, they have been creating and performing original music which looks back to traditional jazz forms yet also explores sonorous and sensual soundworlds with emotive lyricism present in both the music and words.
In December 2014, Mia Panboola released their debut album Searching Not Finding.
Meg Morley - piano, composition, lyrics
Commencing piano at two-and-a-half years of age, Meg studied music in Australia, gaining a Masters degree in her early 20s.
She won several Australian bursaries and competitions and performed as soloist with a professional Australian orchestra. Then after obtaining her Masters and doing graduate studies in composition she decided to pursue her love of improvising and jazz more seriously and studied at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne.
She moved to London in 2010 where she currently plays for ballet and contemporary dance, performs and composes/improvises.
Meg is inspired by Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock and antipodeans Mike Nock and Andrea Keller, and is generally drawn to emotive lyricism and rich or new sounds.
Ileana Di Camillo – vocals, lyrics
Ileana is a London based Italian jazz singer, lyricist and singing teacher.
Born in Rome, she started her musical training on piano at the age of ten and studied singing at some of the most renowned music schools in the capital (International Music Institute, Università della Musica, Saint Louis College of Music) She completed her studies at Licinio Refice Conservatoire of Music (Frosinone, Italy), where she gained a first class degree in Jazz, with a dissertation on Norma Winstone and the European jazz scene.
Beginning her career in ’97 as a pianobar singer, she has since then involved herself in a variety of projects and performed alongside many leading musicians on the Rome and London scene. She has worked in theatres, sessions and uncountable gigs, covering a wide range of contemporary styles (jazz, rock, folk, soul).
In her personal, continuous vocal search, she aims to combine the pureness and clarity of timbre with a subtle story-telling quality, whilst exploring the possibilities of the voice as an instrument.
Antonio De Lillis – vocals, composition
Antonio sings Jazz with several bands performing on television and at numerous gigs, concerts and festivals, whilst holding down a career teaching jazz improvisation, scat singing, and contemporary vocal techniques.
Initially trained as a guitarist, he pursued his vocal studies at some of the most prestigious music schools in Italy (C.P.M. in Milan, Università della Musica and Saint Louis College of Music in Rome) and then graduated with a first class degree in jazz arranging and performance at Licinio Refice Conservatoire of Music (Frosinone, Italy).
Beginning his career in '96 as a session singer, Antonio has collaborated with many international instrumentalists and performed within various bands and projects, in Italy and UK. His album Antonio De Lillis feat Greg Burk has been played on radio stations across the world and has been especially “Approved by Andy's Jazz Show” on UK Jazz Radio.
Inspired by singers like Bobby McFerrin, Kurt Elling and Demetrio Stratos, Antonio speaks the several idioms of jazz, and use his four-octaves voice as an instrument, combining extraordinary vocal qualities with an outstanding improvisational ability.
Joining MIA Panboola on their debut album:
John Cervantes – trumpet
After growing up in Leicester playing trumpet and piano, John studied at the Royal Academy of Music and now resides in London working successfully as a jazz pianist, trumpeter and bandlander.
Richard Sadler – double bass
Richard is an acclaimed British bass player, composer and recording artist, who has performed at major festivals and prestigious venues in UK and all over the world.
Emiliano Caroselli – drums
Emiliano studied drumming and percussion in Havana, Cuba and after many prestigious collaborations with international jazz players in Italy decided to move to join the London jazz scene.
A couple of tracks from our album Searching Not Finding will be aired on Pure Jazz Radio on Monday 2nd March from 10am UK time and on Wednesday 4th March from 4pm UK time.
http://purejazzradio.org
A couple of tracks from Searching Not Finding will be aired on The Jazz Lounge Radio Show on K107fm Community Radio.
From 4pm to 6pm: http://www.k107.co.uk
"Away From You" from our album Searching Not Finding will be aired on italian radio Punto Radio FM, on the program AnimaJazz by broadcaster Bruno Pollacci. From 7:00 pm. You can listen to it at www.puntoradio.fm or download the podcast here:
http://animajazz.eu/animajazz-n-645-di-giovedi-19-febbraio/
On February the 1st we are going to shoot the video of our first single, "Away From You"
Our debut album "Searching Not Finding" has finally been released and it is available on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Deezer, Wimp and Rhapsody.
We've finished recording our album, with amazing Richard Sadler, Emiliano Caroselli and John Cervantes. Can't wait to share it with all our fans!
We're very glad to announce that our target has been reached! By 111%! Thanks to all our amazing followers!
http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/miapanboola
We have been writing our original music over the past two years now and are very excited to be finally recording our debut album in August.
Our pledge campaign has begun!