Mulgrew Miller Trio feat. Tim Green

ACF14 Mulgrew Miller Trio feat. Tim Green

february 18th friday 2011 at: 20:30 METU CCC Kemal Kurdaş Hall

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METU CCC Kemal Kurdaş Hall
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METU Cultural and Convention Center

Ankara

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Mulgrew Miller Trio feat. Tim Green

Mulgrew Miller p
Tim Green sax
Ivan Taylor b
Rodney Green d


Mulgrew Miller, who is also known in the jazz world as a contributor, is accepted as the pianist that has the highest number of recordings of his time. Miller has started music at a very young age with gospel and Rhythm & Blues. Nowadays he gives concerts with his trio and his quintet Wingspan in Europe, Japan, the USA and Canada. Having been influenced by jazz legends like Woody Shaw, Art Blakey, Betty Carter, Benny Golson, Johnny Griffin and Tony Willams, Miller combines melody, harmony and rhythm in his unique style. He recorded the first album in which he leaded in 1985. He was also the group leader in his Wingspan album that rose to the first place in jazz lists in 2002.

Tim Green is a well-known saxophonist, composer and arranger. He started music at the age of 10. He was selected to All Star Grammy High School band that gave him the opportunity, at the age of 16, to perform at the Grammy's. He graduated from the Manhattan School of Music and Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz at the University of Southern California. Tim Greens has studied and performed with jazz greats such as Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Terrance Blanchard, Roy Hargrove, Jon Faddis, Queen Latifah, the Mingus Big Band, Gary Bartz, and Wynton Marsalis. His own band features all original music influenced by jazz and gospel music. In August of 2005, his album Divine Inspiration, which features hymns and spiritual songs, was released.
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