Jazz Articles about Mark J Miller

About Mark J Miller

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The Birdland Big Band: Storybook—The Music Of Mark Miller

Read "Storybook—The Music Of Mark Miller" reviewed by Samuel Chell

by Samuel Chell
June 3, 2026

Storybook: The Music Of Mark Miller is at one level the unfolding narrative of its 10 musical selections. At another, it is a tale about its primary author, Mark Miller, who prefaced his journey from Racine to New York City with a preliminary solo album, Mark Miller: The Return Of Slide Huxtable, before retaking the long road that is a serious jazz player's dream of making it in the Big Apple. But most of all, this new album is a ...

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Mark Miller: The Return Of Slide Huxtable

by Samuel Chell
January 18, 2008

Mark Miller The Return Of Slide Huxtable Slide Huxtable 2007 No doubt most Americans today would have trouble believing that just over half a century ago, the two most popular, commercially successful musicians were trombonists. And not long after the stardom of Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey, the instrument would attain a similar lofty status among a smaller, jazz-aware public thanks to the consummate artistry of J. J. Johnson. But since the ...