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With over 400 recordings under his belt with the likes of Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Garrett and Cassandra Wilson, it is clear that Mulgrew Miller is one of the most sought after pianists in jazz. He will perform a special concert at 7:30pm, Thursday, February 9th, at the St. Michael’s College McCarthy Arts Center in Colchester. The concert is free and open to the public.

A native to Greenfield, Mississippi, Mulgrew Miller set his mind on becoming a jazz pianist after seeing Oscar Peterson on television for the first time. “It was a life changing event. I knew right then that I would be a jazz pianist”. Mulgrew did indeed become a jazz pianist, and has adopted more from Peterson than his profession. Much of Mulgrew's playing has the same technical prowess so often connected with Peterson. Since then he has become a veteran of tours and recordings with such ensembles as Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, the Woody Shaw Quintet, the Mercer Ellington Orchestra and over six years with the Tony Williams Quintet. He has been featured on over 400 recordings, including many of his own recordings as a leader. In addition to worldwide acclaim from fans and critics alike, Miller garnered the label of “most demanded pianist in jazz” from his peers in a New York Times poll....

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With over 400 recordings under his belt with the likes of Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Garrett and Cassandra Wilson, it is clear that Mulgrew Miller is one of the most sought after pianists in jazz. He will perform a special concert at 7:30pm, Thursday, February 9th, at the St. Michael’s College McCarthy Arts Center in Colchester. The concert is free and open to the public.

A native to Greenfield, Mississippi, Mulgrew Miller set his mind on becoming a jazz pianist after seeing Oscar Peterson on television for the first time. “It was a life changing event. I knew right then that I would be a jazz pianist”. Mulgrew did indeed become a jazz pianist, and has adopted more from Peterson than his profession. Much of Mulgrew's playing has the same technical prowess so often connected with Peterson. Since then he has become a veteran of tours and recordings with such ensembles as Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, the Woody Shaw Quintet, the Mercer Ellington Orchestra and over six years with the Tony Williams Quintet. He has been featured on over 400 recordings, including many of his own recordings as a leader. In addition to worldwide acclaim from fans and critics alike, Miller garnered the label of “most demanded pianist in jazz” from his peers in a New York Times poll.

All About Jazz says “Miller plays elegant, grown up music that’s tasteful, melodic, and rhythmic.” And the New York Times called Miller a “… pianist who has been impressing his fellow musicians with accomplished, inventive and increasingly individual playing and composing…”

Mulgrew Miller will be joined by saxophonist Brian McCarthy and bassist John Rivers. The concert is free and open to the public, made possible by the VanderHeyden Endowment for the Arts. For more information visit www.smcvt.edu/news

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