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News: Interview

Drummer Allison Miller Interviewed at AAJ

Drummer Allison Miller Interviewed at AAJ

It takes a rare individual to excel in multiple artistic genres, particularly when success unfolds in the public spotlight and presents very different contexts. Certainly technical ability is important, but it also takes a peculiar blend of flexibility, curiosity, and determination. Perhaps that is what makes drummer, composer, bandleader, and outspoken feminist Allison Miller such a ...

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Article: Interview

Allison Miller: Breaking Ground

Read "Allison Miller: Breaking Ground" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner

by Franz A. Matzner

It takes a rare individual to excel in multiple artistic genres, particularly when success unfolds in the public spotlight and presents very different contexts. Certainly technical ability is important, but it also takes a peculiar blend of flexibility, curiosity, and determination. Perhaps that is what makes drummer, composer, bandleader, and outspoken feminist Allison Miller such a ...

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Article: Live From New York

May 2010

Read "May 2010" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Adam Lane Brooklyn LyceumBrooklyn, NY April 14, 2010While bassist Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra is named to conjure up great size and bombast, at present it's a compact sextet whose sonic inventory includes passages of nuance and overall calm. With a Bay Area lineup, Lane has released No(w) Music (Cadence, ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Daniel Kelly, Gary Peacock & Marc Copland, Allison Miller: Solo, Duo, Trio

Read "Daniel Kelly, Gary Peacock & Marc Copland, Allison Miller: Solo, Duo, Trio" reviewed by J Hunter

by J Hunter

It can be argued that a quartet offers jazz listeners maximum effect with minimal personnel. It allows for two solo voices without compromising the rhythm section, and gives a composer access to a wider range of colors than could be provided by a smaller group. Then again, there are players doing much more with much less. ...

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News: Recording

Allison Miller - Boom Tic Boom (2010)

Allison Miller - Boom Tic Boom (2010)

By Pico Drumming ace Allison Miller might not be a household name, but, boy, she sure is linked to a whole host of them. The Washington, DC-born Miller has recorded and toured with Ani DeFranco, Natalie Merchant and Brandi Carlile. She's also drummed for major figures on the jazz side, too, like Dr. Lonnie Smith, Erik ...

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Article: Album Review

Allison Miller: Boom Tic Boom

Read "Boom Tic Boom" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Just say yes to records led by drummers. Why? Because drummers may rarely be the leaders or composers, but they're always the soul of any good recording. Where's Coltrane without Jones, or Jarrett without DeJohnette? Nowhere. That's why, when a session is commanded by a percussionist, as is Boom Tic Boom by drummer Allison Miller, there ...

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News: Recording

Fully Altered Media Drummer Allison Miller Releases 2nd Album, Boom Tic Boom March 23rd

Fully Altered Media Drummer Allison Miller Releases 2nd Album, Boom Tic Boom March 23rd

Drummer Allison Miller Releases Second Solo Leader CD, BOOM TIC BOOM, Performing Music Composed For and Inspired by Important Women in the Drummer/Composer's Life Release Date: March 23, 2010 Album Features: Myra Melford, Todd Sickafoose & Special Guest Jenny Scheinman “Some of my closest friends are extremely smart and powerful women," Allison Miller says. “I can't ...

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Article: Album Review

Allison Miller: Boom Tic Boom

Read "Boom Tic Boom" reviewed by Lyn Horton

by Lyn Horton

Opening with a set of cymbal crashes amid a tight-knit kit rumble that segues into the rhythmic pulse, drummer Allison Miller begins her second album with “Cheyenne," one of four original compositions written for this group. Joining Miller in her trio are Myra Melford (piano) and Todd Sickafoose (bass). Violinist Jenny Scheinman does a sprightly guest ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Jessica Lurie: Shop of Wild Dreams & Laws of Motion

Read "Jessica Lurie: Shop of Wild Dreams & Laws of Motion" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

by Kurt Gottschalk

Jessica Lurie Ensemble Shop of Wild Dreams Zipa!/Spoot Music 2008 The Tiptons Sax Quartet Laws of Motion Zipa!/Spoot Music 2008 Jessica Lurie came to many people's attention through the Billy ...

Album

Tiny Resistors

By Todd Sickafoose

Label: Cryptogramophone
Released: 2008
Track listing: Future Flora; Invisible Ink, Revealed; Bye Bye Bees; Pianos of the 9th Ward; Everyone is Going; Cloud of Dust; Warm Stone; Paper Trombones; Whistle; Tiny Resistors; Barnacle.


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