Allison Miller (musician)

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Allison Miller (born 1974 or 1975 in Brooklyn ) is an American jazz musician ( drums , percussion , djembé ) and composer who is active in the music scene in New York City .

Live and act

Miller grew up in the Washington, DC area and began playing the piano at age seven before switching to drums at age ten. During her school days she had lessons from swing and big band drummer Walter Salb; she then studied percussion at West Virginia University . After moving to New York City, she continued her studies with Michael Carvin and Lenny White . Since the 1990s she has worked in folk and jazz a. a. with Ani DiFranco , Natalie Merchant , the Indigo Girls , Marty Ehrlich , Dr. Lonnie Smith , Mike Stern and Brandie Carlile . She toured Africa and Asia on behalf of the State Department . In 2004 she released the debut album 5am ​​Stroll . At the end of the decade she formed Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom , with bassist Todd Sickafoose , pianist Myra Melford and violinist Jenny Scheinman ; with this band she was celebrated in 2011 at the Willisau Jazz Festival . Other band projects include EMMA with singer / songwriter Erin McKeown , TILT with Taylor Eigsti and bassist Jon Evans, and Agrazing Maze , with Ingrid Jensen , Enrique Haneine and Carlo DeRosa . In the field of jazz, she was involved in 41 recording sessions between 1995 and 2012. a. with Jessica Lurie . In the Critics' Poll of the Down Beat she was listed in the Rising Star category in 2005 and 2010 . Her children's album Ask the Planet received the National Parent Award in 2009 . She taught at various universities.

Discographic notes

  • Boom Tic Boom (2010), with Myra Melford, Jenny Scheinman
  • Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom: Live at Willisau (2012, Foxhaven Records)
  • No Morphine No Lilies (2013), with Myra Melford, Todd Sickafoose, Jenny Scheinman
  • Otis Was a Polar Bear (2016), with Myra Melford, Todd Sickafoose, Jenny Scheinman, cornetist Kirk Knuffke and clarinetist Ben Goldberg .
  • Allison Miller & Carmen Staaf : Science Fair (Sunnyside, 2018)
  • Jenny Scheinman / Allison Miller: Parlor Game Royal (Potato Family, 2019)
  • Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom: Glitter Wolf (The Royal Potato Family, 2019)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.honeyeartrio.com/press/article/141
  2. ↑ Meeting (AllAboutJazz)
  3. ↑ Allison Miller Boom Tic Boom at the Willisau Jazz Festival 2011
  4. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
  5. ↑ Review of the album , Allmusic, accessed May 18, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Miller, Allison
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn