Drummer Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom at SMDCAC

Fri Sep 13, 2019

NYC-based drummer/composer/teacher Allison Miller (1992 YoungArts Winner in Jazz) engages her deep roots in improvisation as a vehicle to explore all music. Described by critics as a Modern Jazz Icon in the Making, Miller has been named “Top 20 Jazz Drummers” in Downbeat Magazine and her composition “Otis Was a Polar Bear” is on NPR’s list of The 200 Greatest Songs by 21st Century Women. Miller is Monterey Jazz Festival’s 2019 Artist in Residence, alongside bassist/producer Derrick Hodge. She is also the first recipient of the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation’s Commissioning Grant.

Boom Tic Boom has been met with critical acclaim receiving 4.5 stars from Downbeat and making “Top 10 Jazz Albums” lists for Downbeat, The LA Times, Jazz Journalists Association, and Something Else. The band has been featured on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, WNYC’s Soundcheck and New Sounds with John Schaefer, NPR’s Tiny Desk with Bob Boilen, JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater, The Checkout: Live with Josh Jackson, NPR’s Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride, and jazz festivals such as Monterey, Freihofer’s Saratoga, Stanford, San Francisco, North Sea, RockIt, Molde, Guimarães, Willisau, Chicago, Hyde Park, Saalfelden, Muenster, Iowa City, Reykjavik, Earshot, Mary Lou Williams- Kennedy Center, Edgefest, Mass Moca, Lugo, Pittsburgh, and Redwood Jazz Alliance.

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