Jazz Articles about Mulgrew Miller

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Mulgrew Miller: Live at Yoshi's Volume Two

by Dennis Hollingsworth
July 6, 2005

Mulgrew Miller may not be a household name, but he should be no stranger to jazz fans, with more than ten recordings to date as a leader. Miller might be the only pianist who can cite regular stints with the Duke Ellington Orchestra and the incredible Tony Williams on his resume. This new release is dedicated to another somewhat unsung pianist, James Williams, who passed away during the recording sessions. Williams was a friend and mentor of Miller, going back ...

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Mulgrew Miller: Live at Yoshi's Volume Two

by John Kelman
June 23, 2005

Sometimes a live performance is a singular experience--not capable of being relived, and consequently not meant to be documented. Other times it's so vivid and so rich in emotion that it bears repeat visits. Pianist Mulgrew Miller's '04 trio release, Live at Yoshi's Volume One was one such show--so worthy, in fact, that its very title was enough to create immediate anticipation for a followup.

A year later, Live at Yoshi's Volume Two has clearly been worth the wait. It's ...

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Mulgrew Miller Returns To Boston For James Williams Tribute

by Timothy J. O'Keefe
October 14, 2004

Although Boston is not often associated with jazz, parts of the city have been infected with music's syncopating beat. Mulgrew Miller, jazz pianist and one-time Boston resident, returned last weekend to perform at a commemoration for his friend James Williams, a former Berklee College of Music instructor who passed away on July 20, 2004. Miller, a jazz phenom born in Greenwood, Mississippi, on August 13, 1955, remarkably started performing publicly at the age of nine. Miller's age puts him on ...

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Mulgrew Miller: Live at Yoshi's, Volume One

by Russ Musto
July 3, 2004

Mulgrew Miller's second release for MaxJazz, his first live recording as a leader, captures the pianist's current working trio featuring his long time associate, drummer Karriem Riggins, and the amazing young Philadelphia bassist Derrick Hodge, at Yoshi's, the Bay Area's premier jazz establishment, in a set of classic music that should stir any discerning listener. Miller possesses one the most impressive pedigrees in jazz today, boasting tenures with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Betty Carter, Art Blakey, Woody Shaw and Tony ...

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Mulgrew Miller: Live At Yoshi's, Volume One

by Jim Santella
June 4, 2004

Gone are the days when a live recording would find the artist being drowned out by loud conversation or by microphones that are misplaced and under-valued. Just look at some of our treasured historical recordings of Bird and Diz, and from other pioneers such as Pops. Some of their early live sessions stood worlds apart from the superior sound later captured in the studio. MaxJazz in general, and Phil Edwards Recording in particular, have captured every nuance from Mulgrew Miller's ...

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Mulgrew Miller: Live at Yoshi's Volume One

by John Kelman
May 21, 2004

With the multiplicity of mainstream records out there mining the standards songbook, what does it take to differentiate oneself from the crowd? Well, in the case of pianist Mulgrew Miller, it is about formidable virtuosity that never loses site of the inner truth of the music; it's also about injecting a little surprise--not too much--where one would least expect it. All too often mainstream artists treat the source material with too much reverence and, at the end of the day, ...

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Mulgrew Miller and Wingspan: The Sequel

by Jack Bowers
December 1, 2002

Mulgrew Miller, one of the best-known and busiest pianists in Jazz, goes back to his roots on The Sequel, which reunites him with Wingspan, the quintet he formed more than fifteen years ago, for his first recording as a leader in seven years (during which time he appeared as a sideman on more than two hundred albums). Miller wanted his return to be special, and it is. The captivating program consists of eight of Miller’s superlative compositions for the quintet, ...