Hand in Hand (Mulgrew Miller album) explained

Hand in Hand
Type:studio
Artist:Mulgrew Miller
Cover:Hand in Hand - album cover.jpg
Released:1993
Recorded:December 16–18, 1992
Studio:BMG Studios, New York City
Genre:Jazz
Length:61:53
Label:Novus
Producer:Orrin Keepnews, Mulgrew Miller
Prev Title:Time and Again
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:With Our Own Eyes
Next Year:1993

Hand in Hand is a studio album by American jazz pianist Mulgrew Miller with Kenny Garrett on alto saxophone, Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, Eddie Henderson on trumpet, Steve Nelson on vibraphone, Christian McBride on bass, and Lewis Nash on drums.[1] [2] The record was released in 1993 by Novus Records. It is Miller's ninth album as a bandleader.

Reception

Scott Yanow of AllMusic wrote: "Mulgrew Miller, a talented McCoy Tyner-influenced pianist, leads an all-star septet on much of this date. The main stars, however, are Miller's nine diverse originals which range from modal to Monkish. With tenor-saxophonist Joe Henderson appearing on five selections, trumpeter Eddie Henderson on six and altoist Kenny Garrett heard throughout the full CD, Miller has a perfect frontline to interpret his tricky but logical originals."[3]

Zan Stewart of the Los Angeles Times noted: "Pianist and composer Miller, making his Novus debut after eight sessions for Landmark, presents a splendid assortment of nine modern mainstream originals—one's by pianist Donald Brown—that are inventive, warm, visceral, swinging, direct and unabashedly musical."[4]

Personnel

Band

Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mulgrew Miller: Hand In Hand. Dusty Groove. dustygroove.com. 26 February 2017.
  2. Web site: Mulgrew Miller Discography. jazzdisco.org. 26 February 2017.
  3. Web site: Yanow. Scott. Hand in Hand. AllMusic. allmusic.com. 26 February 2017.
  4. Web site: STEWART. ZAN. NEW RELEASES : A 'Hand' for Newcomers and Veterans. https://web.archive.org/web/20170227151500/http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/mulgrew-miller/recent/2. dead. February 27, 2017. Los Angeles Times. 26 February 2017. July 25, 1993.
  5. Web site: Billboard Jazz Albums, 8 May 1993 . 8 May 1993 . Billboard Magazine . 27 February 2017.