Jazz Articles about Mulgrew Miller

Meet Mulgrew Miller

by AAJ Staff
August 22, 2021

From the 1995-2003 archive: This article first appeared at All About Jazz in June 2002. All About Jazz: You were born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and grew up listening to blues, gospel and R&B music. What attracted you to jazz? Mulgrew Miller: The thing that pulled me toward jazz was jazz itself. By the time I really discovered what jazz was all about, I'd been playing rhythm and blues-mostly for dances. And I'd played gospel music in ...

Roy Hargrove / Mulgrew Miller: In Harmony

by Pierre Giroux
July 19, 2021

In ballet, a “pas de deux" is a dance or figure for two performers. In jazz, the concept of two musicians playing together called a duo, has been a fairly familiar concept and undertake by the likes of Stan Getz and Kenny Barron, Chick Corea and Gary Burton as well as pianist Bill Evans and Tony Bennett. Trumpeter Roy Hargrove and pianist Mulgrew Miller have now added their names to this construct with the issuance of ...

Roy Hargrove: In Harmony

by Thomas Fletcher
July 18, 2021

Roy Hargrove is a trumpeter often affiliated with styles of music beyond jazz including hip-hop and soul. In addition, Mulgrew Miller is character that has always proven his versatile piano playing. However, this album is a melting pot of well-loved standards and compositions written by an array of influences. In Harmony presents previously unreleased live recordings by these two from Merkin Hall, New York City (2006) and Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania (2007). Both musicians, who left to ...

Roy Hargrove and Mulgrew Miller: In Harmony

by Troy Dostert
July 12, 2021

While the good folks at Resonance have labored mightily to unearth hidden gems from some of the undisputed legends of jazz--Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Wes Montgomery and Sonny Rollins are just a handful worthy of note--more recent figures have been largely absent from their roster. But this excellent live document bucks the trend, recorded in 2006 and 2007 by two exceptional talents whose careers were cut short before they could finalize their own legacies as titans of the ...

Roy Hargrove, Mulgrew Miller: In Harmony

by Angelo Leonardi
July 5, 2021

È sempre stato così nella storia del jazz. I documenti musicali più preziosi vengono dalle piccole etichette indipendenti piuttosto che dalle major dell'intrattenimento. La storia della Resonance Records è un chiaro esempio: in questi anni ha reso disponibili magistrali incisioni o concerti inediti di Bill Evans, Eric Dolphy, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Wes Montgomery e molti altri. Questa sua ultima uscita conferma il trend. Da qualche settimana sono disponibili due magistrali concerti inediti del trombettista Roy Hargrove ...

Mulgrew Miller & Klüver's Big Band: Grew's Tune

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 10, 2013

Mulgrew Miller è scomparso da pochi giorni (il 29 maggio 2013) e con lui se ne va un vero gigante della tastiera, il cui contributo all'evoluzione del linguaggio jazz al pianoforte gli garantisce un posto di rilievo nella storia del suo strumento e della musica che ha sempre interpretato ai massimi livelli. La sua arte si coglie nel modo più completo ascoltandolo in trio nei due volumi Live at the Kennedy Center (Max Jazz) o nei dischi realizzati in solitudine, ...

Mulgrew Miller at Dazzle Jazz in Denver, June 19, 2008

by Geoff Anderson
July 1, 2008

Mulgrew Miller Trio Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge Denver, Colorado June 19, 2008, First Set

In a rare Denver appearance Thursday, June 19, pianist Mulgrew Miller and his trio showed what sophisticated jazz is all about. Using a program of popular and jazz standards as a launching pad, the group swung through an evening of adult entertainment. No, wait a minute, not that kind. Miller plays elegant, grownup music that's tasteful, melodic and rhythmic.