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| Meet the Artists: Jazz in July 2008 |
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Get Tickets and Event Info for Jazz in July 2008. |
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BILL CHARLAP, artistic director |
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SANDRO ALBERT, guitar |
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HARRY ALLEN, tenor saxophone |
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PETER BERNSTEIN, guitar |
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FREDDY COLE, vocals |
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KURT ELLING, vocals |
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DARIO ESKENAZI, piano |
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DAVID FINCK, bass |
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JON GORDON, alto saxophone |
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JIMMY GREENE, tenor saxophone |
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FRED HERSCH, piano |
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WILLIE JONES III, drums |
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EDDIE LOCKE, drums |
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JOE LOCKE, vibraphone |
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BRIAN LYNCH, trumpet |
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RUSSELL MALONE, guitar |
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VERA MARA, vocals |
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BILL MAYS, piano |
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MULGREW MILLER, piano |
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| BILL CHARLAP, artistic director |
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 Bill Charlap begins his fourth summer as artistic director of the 92nd Street Y's Jazz in July festival. One of the world's premiere jazz pianists, Charlap has performed with many leading artists of our time, ranging from Phil Woods and Tony Bennett to Gerry Mulligan and Wynton Marsalis. He is known for his interpretations of American popular song and has recorded albums featuring the music of Hoagy Carmichael, Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin. Time Magazine wrote, "Bill Charlap approaches a song the way a lover approaches his beloved...no matter how imaginative or surprising his take on a song is, he invariably zeroes in on its essence."
In 1997, Charlap formed the Bill Charlap Trio with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington (no relation), now recognized as one of the leading groups in jazz. In 2000, he was signed to Blue Note Records and has since received two Grammy nominations, for Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein and most recently The Bill Charlap Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard.
Charlap's experience as concert producer extends beyond Jazz in July. In the mid-90s, he was the musical director of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, A Celebration of Johnny Mercer, part of New York's JVC Jazz Festival. He has produced several concerts for Jazz at Lincoln Center, and an evening of George Gershwin's music at The Hollywood Bowl.
Born in New York City, Charlap began playing the piano at age three. His father was Broadway composer Moose Charlap, whose credits include Peter Pan, and his mother is singer Sandy Stewart, who appeared on the Ed Sullivan and Perry Como shows and earned a Grammy nomination for her recording of "My Coloring Book." In 2005, Charlap and Stewart released the acclaimed Love Is Here To Stay (Blue Note). Charlap is married to notable jazz pianist Renee Rosnes. The two artists often collaborate in a duo piano setting.
Bill Charlap photograph by Carol Friedman |
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| SANDRO ALBERT, guitar |
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 Sandro Albert was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where at the age of 14 he bought his first guitar from an ice cream vendor who played for people walking by. A friend then introduced him to jazz, and Albert's career was made. He moved to the U.S. where he defined his improvisational style to meld with his Brazilian sense of melody and harmony. Albert has played and/or recorded with major Brazilian and American artists such as Milton Nascimento, Airto and Flora Purim, Russell Ferrante, Kenny Garrett, Peter Erskine and Brenda Russell. Active as both composer and performer, he has made two recordings: Soulful People and The Color of Things. His Sandro Albert Quintet has performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scott's, Catalina Bar & Grill, Yoshi's and the Blue Note, among other venues. His website is www.sandroalbert.com.
Tue, July 29: Jazz Samba! |
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| HARRY ALLEN, tenor saxophone |
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 Harry Allen has recently finished a European tour that included festival appearances in Italy and Switzerland with the Harry Allen-Joe Cohn Quartet and tribute concerts to Woody Herman's "Four Brothers" in Spain and France. Among the artists he has performed or recorded with are Rosemary Clooney, Ray Brown, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mandel, James Taylor, Sheryl Crow, and Scott Hamilton. In 2006, the Harry Allen-Joe Cohn Quartet won the New York Nightlife Award for Outstanding Jazz Combo Performance and was nominated by the Jazz Journalists Association for Best Jazz Combo; it has been nominated again for 2008. Allen has over 40 recordings to his name, many of which have won Gold Disc Awards from Japan's Swing Journal magazine. He is also featured on many of John Pizzarelli's recordings, including the soundtrack, with an on-screen cameo, of the Steve Martin-Goldie Hawn feature film, The Out-of-Towners. His website is www.harryallenjazz.com.
Tue, Jul 29: Jazz Samba! |
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| PETER BERNSTEIN, guitar |
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 A New York native, Peter Bernstein has been a part of the city's jazz scene since 1989, when he was a student at The New School. In 1990, Bernstein was discovered by saxophonist Lou Donaldson, and he was a member of Donaldson's group throughout the '90s. Over the years Bernstein has also played with drummer Jimmy Cobb's Cobb Mob, toured with the Diana Krall Quartet, joined Larry Goldings and Bill Stewart in a highly acclaimed trio, and been a member of Joshua Redman's band, playing on his Freedom in the Grove CD. He also regularly performs with Dr. Lonnie Smith and has recorded with Melvin Rhyne. In all, Bernstein has participated in over 100 recordings, including five as leader for the Criss Cross Jazz label. His most recent CD, a tribute to Thelonious Monk, was released last month on Xanadu Records. His website is www.peterbernsteinmusic.com.
Wed, Jul 30: The Shearing Sound: A Tribute to George Shearing |
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| FREDDY COLE, vocals |
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 Freddy Cole was born into a family of musicians; visitors to his home included Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Lionel Hampton. He studied at Juilliard and earned a Master's degree from the New England Conservatory of Music, before he moved to New York and built his career in the city's bistros. In 2005, Cole won the New York Nightlife Award for Outstanding Male Jazz Vocalist. A resident of Atlanta, he leads a trio that regularly tours the U.S., Europe, Asia and South America. He just finished a two-week European tour that ended at the Istanbul Jazz Center. Cole has been a recording artist since 1952; his latest CD is Music Maestro Please. In the '70s he made several albums in Europe which helped him develop his deep international fan base. Cole cites as his influences Billy Eckstine, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday and his brother Nat. His website is www.freddycole.com.
Wed, Jul 30: The Shearing Sound: A Tribute to George Shearing |
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| KURT ELLING, vocals |
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 Over the past ten years, Kurt Elling has earned seven Grammy nominations for six recordings, spent six consecutive years at the top of the Down Beat Critics and Jazz Times readers' polls, won three Jazz Journalists' Association Awards for Best Male Vocalist and received the Prix Billie Holiday from the Academie du Jazz in Paris. His quartet has toured the world to critical acclaim, and has appeared at jazz festivals and concert halls across North America, including the Monterey Jazz Festival, where he was a 2006 artist-in-residence. With a range of four octaves, Elling has also recorded and/or performed with artists including Terence Blanchard, Dave Brubeck, Al Jarreau, David Liebman, Marian McPartland and The Bob Mintzer Big Band. As composer and lyricist, Elling has written for The Steppenwolf Theater and dozens of his own works. His current Grammy-nominated CD, Nightmoves, is on Concord Records. Kurt Elling appears by arrangement with Ted Kurland Associates. www.tedkurland.com.
Tue, Jul 22: Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein |
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| DARIO ESKENAZI, piano |
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 Dario Eskenazi is in great demand in the jazz, Brazilian and Latin musical circles around the city. He has performed, recorded and toured extensively with Paquito D'Rivera for ten years, whose recordings have won several Grammy Awards. Eskenazi is also a former member of the Caribbean Jazz Project with whom he recorded The Gathering, winner of the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album. Among other artists Eskenazi has played and recorded with are Dianne Schuur, Mongo Santamaria, Ruben Blades, Leny Andrade, Hiram Bullock, Jon Lucien, Rosa Passos, Dave Valentin and Tito Puente. Eskenazi is also an arranger and composer; he recently finished the score for the feature film The Last New Yorker, which mixes jazz and orchestral music. Eskenazi was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and is a resident of New York City.
Tue, Jul 29: Jazz Samba! |
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| DAVID FINCK, bass |
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 David Finck is one of the most sought-after musicians performing today. He studied bass with members of The Philadelphia Orchestra and attended the Eastman School of Music before moving to New York, where he was immediately hired to tour with Woody Herman and his Thundering Herd. Since then Finck has played and recorded with major stars in virtually every musical genre, among them Dizzy Gillespie, Aretha Franklin, André Previn, Sinead O'Connor, Natalie Cole, Herbie Hancock, Ivan Lins, Tony Bennett, Paquito D'Rivera, George Michael and Rosemary Clooney. His discography of over 100 recordings includes his new solo CD, Future Day (Soundbrush), as well as three Grammy winners, five gold records, and all four multi-platinum Rod Stewart American Songbooks. Recently Finck has expanded into record producing, arranging and songwriting, and he has written about Frank Sinatra for the Village Voice and the new book, Frank Sinatra: The Man, The Music, The Legend. His website is www.davidfinck.net.
Tue, Jul 29: Jazz Samba! |
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| JON GORDON, alto saxophone |
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 Winner of the 1996 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition, Jon Gordon was born in New York and attended the Performing Arts High School. He then attended the Manhattan School of Music and began working professionally as a sideman. Since then Gordon has led his own groups at festivals and clubs in North America and Europe, including the Blue Note, Birdland, Ronnie Scott's in London, the Sunside and the Sunset in Paris, and the JVC, Brecon (Wales), Oslo, Ottawa and Savannah jazz festivals. Gordon is also a member of TanaReid and has performed with Phil Woods, Maria Schneider, Ron McClure, Clark Terry, Barney Kessel, Chico Hamilton and Red Rodney, among others. His recordings include a duo CD with Bill Charlap entitled Contrasts, and his most recent is Within Worlds, a CD of his own work, which received 4 ½ stars from Down Beat magazine. His website is www.jongordonmusic.com.
Tue, Jul 22: Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein |
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| JIMMY GREENE, tenor saxophone |
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 Jimmy Greene was born in Hartford (CT) and began playing the alto saxophone at the age of six. After graduating summa cum laude from The Hartt School, Greene moved to New York, where he has performed with the groups of Horace Silver, Tom Harrell, Freddie Hubbard, Harry Connick, Jr., and Lewis Nash, among others, and he has appeared on 60 recordings as a sideman. As a leader, Greene has led his bands in major jazz venues and festivals and has made seven solo recordings, including Gifts and Givers (Criss Cross), Brand New World (RCA Victor), Forever (Criss Cross), True Life Stories (Criss Cross), and his most recent, The Overcomers Suite (NuJazz). As a composer, Greene has won commissions from such organizations as Chamber Music America and ASCAP/IAJE. He is on the faculty of the State University of New York at Purchase and The Hartt School. His website is www.jimmygreene.com.
Tue, Jul 22: Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein |
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| FRED HERSCH, piano |
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 Among many achievements, Fred Hersch has earned two Grammy nominations for Jazz Instrumental Performance and one for Best Instrumental Composition, he received a 2003 Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for composition, he was the first pianist to play an entire week of solo piano at the Village Vanguard, and he has raised over $200,000 for AIDS charities. A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, Hersch has been one of New York's most in-demand piano sidemen, appearing with Stan Getz, Art Farmer, Gary Burton, Joe Henderson and many others. He also leads his own trio and quintet and has close relationships with artists around the world, including classical stars like soprano Reneé Fleming and violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. Hersch has received numerous composition commissions, and recent recorded works include Leaves of Grass, a setting of Whitman's poetry for two voices (Kurt Elling and Kate McGarry) and octet. His website is www.fredhersch.com.
Wed, Jul 30: The Shearing Sound: A Tribute to George Shearing |
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| WILLIE JONES III, drums |
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 Willie Jones III was introduced to jazz by his father, the noted jazz pianist Willie Jones II. He received a full scholarship to the California Institute for the Arts, where he studied with Albert "Tootie" Heath. Jones co-founded the jazz band Black Note, which took first place at the 1991 John Coltrane Young Artist Competition. In the mid-'90s he was sideman to Milt Jackson and a member of Arturo Sandoval's band; he is featured on Sandoval's Grammy-winning release, Hot House (N2K). From 1998-2005, Jones was a member of Roy Hargrove's Quintet, and he has also worked with Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins, Ernestine Anderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Wynton Marsalis, Bill Charlap, Herbie Hancock and others. In 2000, he released his solo debut CD on his own label, WJ3, and he has since released two more volumes plus WE 2, featuring trombonist Wycliffe Gordon and pianist Eric Reed. His website is www.williejones3.com.
Thu, Jul 31: Lush Life: Billy Strayhorn |
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| EDDIE LOCKE, drums |
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 Eddie Locke was born and raised in Detroit and moved to New York in 1958, where he performed at the Metropole Café. He was a member of the Coleman Hawkins Quartet, then joined Roy Eldridge's band at Jimmy Ryan's jazz club. Locke has also worked with Ray Bryant, Earl Hines, Teddy Wilson and others. His television appearances include The Tonight Show, Dial "M" for Music and The Mike Douglas Show. Among his many recordings are Jivin' With the Refugees From Hasting Street, a vocal album of jive songs of the '30s and '40s; Eddie Locke and Friends, with Eldridge, Vic Dickenson, Budd Johnson, Major Holly and Tommy Flanagan; and Happy Times, with Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass and Ray Brown. Locke tours Europe every year with all-star bands and travels to Japan where he is a soloist with area jazz orchestras.
Wed, Jul 23: Piano Jam |
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| JOE LOCKE, vibraphone |
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 One of the most gifted vibraphonists of his generation, Joe Locke was voted #1 (TDWR) vibist by Down Beat magazine and was named 2006 "Mallet Player of the Year" by the Jazz Journalists Association; he has been nominated again for 2008. His groups and projects include the Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group, whose album Live in Seattle was voted "Concert of the Year" by Earshot Jazz; "4 Walls of Freedom;" and "Rev.elation - The Music of Milt Jackson." His new recording, Force of Four, will be released on the Origin label in September. Locke has also performed and recorded with Eddie Henderson, Kenny Barron, Bob Berg, Ron Carter, Dianne Reeves, Trio da Paz and Jimmy Scott, among others. He has made over 20 recordings as a band leader, and more than 100 as guest artist. Locke has recently been invited to join the faculty of the Royal Academy of Music in London. His website is www.joelocke.com.
Wed, Jul 30: The Shearing Sound: A Tribute to George Shearing |
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| BRIAN LYNCH, trumpet |
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 Whether it's in Latin, Afro-Caribbean or straight-ahead jazz, 2007 Grammy Award-winner Brian Lynch is a respected and sought-after performer. He first began as a member of the Horace Silver Quintet and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, and he has toured the world and recorded in long standing tenures with Eddie Palmieri and Phil Woods. Lynch has collaborated with jazz artists like Charles McPherson, Toshiko Akiyoshi and Benny Golson, Latin icons like Hector LaVoe and Lila Downs, and pop luminaries such as Prince. As a leader he has released 13 CDs, including his Grammy Award-winning project with Eddie Palmieri, Simpático (ArtistShare); as well as Spheres Of Influence Suite (EWE), ConClave (Criss Cross), and Tribute To The Trumpet Masters (Sharp Nine). Lynch has received grants from the NEA, Chamber Music America and Meet the Composer, he is on the faculty at New York University, and he regularly visits universities to conducts clinics and workshops. His website is www.brianlynchjazz.com.
Tue, Jul 22: Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein |
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| RUSSELL MALONE, guitar |
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 Born in Albany (GA), Russell Malone is a self-taught guitarist whose first instrument was a toy guitar given to him by his mother when he was a toddler. His earliest musical influences were the guitarists at his church, but his most influential musical experience was watching George Benson on television when he was 12. Malone's first real job was working with organist Jimmy Smith in the '80s, and in the '90s he toured with Harry Connick, Jr., then with Diana Krall, becoming her right hand both in concert and on Grammy-winning recordings. Malone has also worked with artists like Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Branford Marsalis, Bucky Pizzarelli, Natalie Cole, Etta Jones and Clarence Carter, and he was featured in Robert Altman's film, Kansas City. His first recording as a leader was 1992's Russell Malone (Columbia), and his most recent are the all-string Playground and two-volume Live at Jazz Standard with the Russell Malone Quartet, both for MAXJAZZ.
Thu, Jul 31: Lush Life: Billy Strayhorn |
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| VERA MARA, vocals |
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 A native of Brazil, Vera Mara began her career in Rio de Janeiro, appearing in the finest jazz clubs, working on television, and performing and recording with leading singers, including Gilberto Gil, currently Brazil's Minister of Culture. In the '80s and '90s, she toured Italy, appeared at the "Q" Jazz Club in Istanbul and toured Switzerland and Austria with Ben Sher. For the past ten years Mara has been a vibrant presence in New York's Brazilian jazz community. She has appeared at Blue Note, S.O.B.s, Nell's, Palladium, Via Brazil, Symphony Space, the Willowbrook Jazz Festival and Lincoln Center's Summer Concerts, among others. She has also toured the East Coast, performing from Boston to Washington. Together with guitarist Paul Meyers Mara leads the ensemble "Brazil & Co," and she has made nine recordings, most recently Luz Maior, with her brother, the pianist and composer Cidinho Teixeira.
Tue, Jul 29: Jazz Samba! |
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| BILL MAYS, piano |
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 Bill Mays grew up listening to gospel music, soul and pop music of the '50s and was introduced to jazz at an Earl Hines concert at age 16. He moved to Los Angeles and became a popular sideman and studio musician. He was a member of the Bud Shank Quartet and worked with Sarah Vaughan, Art Pepper, Sonny Stitt, Al Jarreau and others. Moving to New York, he continued to work with top artists like Ron Carter, Al Cohn, Ray Drummond, Gerry Mulligan and Mel Lewis and formed his own bands, including the Bill Mays Trio. His latest recordings are Live at Jazz Standard and Fantasy, on Palmetto Records. Highly regarded as a composer, Mays has written for the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Woody Herman Orchestra, Mark Murphy, Ann Hampton Callaway and Phil Woods. His music has been heard in the films Hamlet, Anamorph and Burn After Reading. His website is www.billmays.net.
Wed, Jul 23: Piano Jam |
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| MULGREW MILLER, piano |
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 In a 1995 New York Times poll of jazz musicians, Mulgrew Miller was named the pianist most in demand. His extensive discography attests to his popularity, with over 500 recordings as a leader and sideman. Born and raised on the Mississippi delta, Miller moved to New York as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Since then he has forged longtime associations with many jazz legends, including Woody Shaw, Art Blakey, Betty Carter, Johnny Griffin and Tony Williams, and he has appeared throughout Europe, Japan, Australia, the U.S. and Canada with his trio and sextet, Wingspan. In 2003, Wingspan premiered a work composed by Miller and commissioned by the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. In 2004, Miller released his first live recording, Live at Yoshi's, which was followed up two years later by Live at Lincoln Center. This fall he will return there for a program of hymns and spirituals. His website is www.mulgrewmiller.com.
Thu, Jul 31: Lush Life: Billy Strayhorn |
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