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Jazz's Jenny Scheinman and Allison Miller Lift Each Other Up on 'Parlour Game'

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This powerful, versatile band makes music across boundaries but with the improvisational daring of jazz. Allison Miller can't help but make music you can't define easily.

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Allison Miller and Carmen Staaf Create a Set of Varied and Appealing Modern Jazz on 'Science Fair'

That these compositions, various as they are, provide the fuel for a band like this says enough about Allison Miller and Carmen Staaf. They have what it takes.

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No Piano, Please!

Four recent releases demonstrate the stylistic range and power of jazz that isn't hemmed in by chords.

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Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom: No Morphine No Lilies

Miller takes the hard road when the easiest one would have suited her band better.

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The Best Jazz of 2008

More than ever, the best jazz is coming from small labels, and more than ever the best draws a decent slice from the dynamics of rock and pop music without itself being a commercial venture.

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Todd Sickafoose: Tiny Resistors

A distinctive and generous collection of tunes blending jazz and indie-rock yet doing so without preciousness or pretention.

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Jazz's Jenny Scheinman and Allison Miller Lift Each Other Up on 'Parlour Game'

A quartet of frequent collaborators creates a most ideal format for Jenny Scheinman's eclectic violin and Allison Miller's propulsive drums on Parlour Game.

Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom Makes a Career Highlight with 'Glitter Wolf'

This powerful, versatile band makes music across boundaries but with the improvisational daring of jazz. Allison Miller can't help but make music you can't define easily.

Allison Miller and Carmen Staaf Create a Set of Varied and Appealing Modern Jazz on 'Science Fair'

That these compositions, various as they are, provide the fuel for a band like this says enough about Allison Miller and Carmen Staaf. They have what it takes.

No Piano, Please!

Four recent releases demonstrate the stylistic range and power of jazz that isn't hemmed in by chords.

Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom: No Morphine No Lilies

Miller takes the hard road when the easiest one would have suited her band better.

Kings: Series Premiere

What's most striking about Kings is its ambition -- its wide-ranging creation of a world to surround its class-divided characters.

The Best Jazz of 2008

More than ever, the best jazz is coming from small labels, and more than ever the best draws a decent slice from the dynamics of rock and pop music without itself being a commercial venture.

Todd Sickafoose: Tiny Resistors

A distinctive and generous collection of tunes blending jazz and indie-rock yet doing so without preciousness or pretention.

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