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Mulgrew Miller: Live At Yoshi's Volume Two

Read "Live At Yoshi's Volume Two" reviewed by Joel Roberts

by Joel Roberts
August 24, 2005

Mulgrew Miller is one of the unsung heroes of jazz. The veteran pianist, who turns fifty this month, has played in the bands of major figures like Betty Carter, Woody Shaw, Art Blakey, and Tony Williams and has more than four hundred recording credits to his name. Though respected as a dependable, first-call sideman, he's only ...

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Mulgrew Miller: Live at Yoshi's Volume Two

Read "Live at Yoshi's Volume Two" reviewed by Dennis Hollingsworth

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 ...

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Mulgrew Miller: Live at Yoshi's Volume Two

Read "Live at Yoshi's Volume Two" reviewed by John Kelman

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 ...

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Live at Yoshi's Volume One

By Mulgrew Miller

Label: MAXJAZZ
Released: 2004
Track listing: If I Were a Bell; Waltz for Monk; O Grande Amor; The Organ Grinder; Peace; Don't You Know I Care; What a Difference a Day Makes; Pressing the Issue

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Live At Yoshi's, Volume One

By Mulgrew Miller

Label: MAXJAZZ
Released: 2004
Track listing: If I Were a Bell; Waltz for Monk; O Grande Amor; The Organ Grinder; Peace; Don't You Know I Care; What a Difference a Day Makes; Pressing the Issue.

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Maurice Brown: Hip to Bop

Read "Hip to Bop" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
December 2, 2004

Sometimes it's not a good thing when young artists release their own records before they have the opportunity to pay some dues. They may possess admirable technique but have yet to develop a rounded conception that gives their music focus. A precocious trumpeter who, at the age of 23, has already played with a wide range ...

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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 ...

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Mulgrew Miller: Live at Yoshi's, Volume One

Read "Live at Yoshi's, Volume One" reviewed by Russ Musto

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 ...

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Mulgrew Miller: Live At Yoshi's, Volume One

Read "Live At Yoshi's, Volume One" reviewed by Jim Santella

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 ...

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Mulgrew Miller: Live at Yoshi's Volume One

Read "Live at Yoshi's Volume One" reviewed by John Kelman

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 ...