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Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom at Philadelphia Art Alliance
Courtesy of Mark Christman | Posted on April 1, 2016
Where
Philadelphia Art Alliance
251 S. 18th St.
Philadelphia, PA
Map
(215) 545-4302
When
Fri, May 13, 2016
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Allison Miller
drumsMyra Melford
pianoJenny Scheinman
violinKirk Knuffke
trumpetBen Goldberg
clarinetTodd Sickafoose
bass, acousticAbout
Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to present the return of drummer/composer Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom, an inventive sextet bringing together some of the most versatile and idiosyncratic artists in modern jazz.
If the title of Miller’s latest CD, Otis Was a Polar Bear (Royal Potato Family), brings to mind the title of a children’s book, that’s no accident; the music was inspired by the birth of the drummer’s first child. That life-altering experience resulted in Miller’s most compelling set of music to date, alternately playful and profound, raucous and grooving, urgent and soothing. Inspiration ranged from lullabies and silly songs that Miller sang to her young daughter to the tragic killing of Eric Garner by the Staten Island police....