Mulgrew Miller Leader Entry
by Michael Fitzgerald

Generated on Sun, Oct 02, 2011


Date: June 28, 1985
Location: New York City
Label: Landmark

Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Mulgrew Miller (p), Ira Coleman (b), Marvin 'Smitty' Smith (d)

a. a-01    Song For Darnell - 6:33  (Mulgrew Miller)
     32 Jazz CD: 32055 — Chapters 1 And 2   (1998)
b. a-02    Inner Urge - 3:51  (Joe Henderson)
     32 Jazz CD: 32055 — Chapters 1 And 2   (1998)
c. a-03    Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - 6:22  (Cole Porter)
     32 Jazz CD: 32055 — Chapters 1 And 2   (1998)
d. a-04    Promethean - 3:23  (Mulgrew Miller)
     32 Jazz CD: 32055 — Chapters 1 And 2   (1998)
e. b-01    Milestones - 4:20  (John Lewis)
     32 Jazz CD: 32055 — Chapters 1 And 2   (1998)
f. b-02    Portrait Of A Mountain - 8:03  (Mulgrew Miller)
g. b-03    Saud's Run - 5:46  (Mulgrew Miller)
     32 Jazz CD: 32055 — Chapters 1 And 2   (1998)
h. b-04    Warm Valley - 3:39  (Duke Ellington)
     32 Jazz CD: 32055 — Chapters 1 And 2   (1998)
All titles on:      Landmark CD: LCD 1507-2 — Keys To The City   

Ira Coleman (b) on a-g; Marvin 'Smitty' Smith (d) on a-g.

Engineer: Tom Mark


Date: April 23 & 24, 1986
Location: New York City
Label: Landmark

Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Mulgrew Miller (p), Charnett Moffett (b), Terri Lyne Carrington (d)

a. a-01    Sublimity - 8:07  (Mulgrew Miller)
b. a-02    Without A Song - 4:33  (Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose)
c. a-03    Blues Again - 6:19  (Mulgrew Miller)
d. a-04    Powell's Prances - 3:27  (Richie Powell)
e. b-01    Work - 6:25  (Thelonious Monk)
f. b-02    The Sage - 8:33  (Mulgrew Miller)
g. b-03    My Man's Gone Now - 5:58  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
All titles on:      32 Jazz CD: 32055 — Chapters 1 And 2   (1998)
     Landmark CD: LCD 1511-2 — Work!   

Charnett Moffett (b) on a-f; Terri Lyne Carrington (d) on a-f.

Engineer: Tom Mark


Date: May 11, 1987
Location: New York City
Label: Landmark

Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Kenny Garrett (f, as), Steve Nelson (vib), Mulgrew Miller (p), Charnett Moffett (b), Tony Reedus (d), Rudy Bird (per)

a. a-01    Wingspan - 5:34  (Mulgrew Miller)
     Landmark LP 12": LLP 1515 — Wingspan   
b. a-02    One's Own Room - 6:44  (Mulgrew Miller)
     Landmark LP 12": LLP 1515 — Wingspan   
c. a-03    The Eleventh Hour - 6:04  (Mulgrew Miller)
     Landmark LP 12": LLP 1515 — Wingspan   
d. alt.   alt The Eleventh Hour - 7:31  (Mulgrew Miller)
e. a-04    I Remember You - 5:23  (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
     Landmark LP 12": LLP 1515 — Wingspan   
f. b-01    Soul-Leo - 7:50  (Mulgrew Miller)
     Landmark LP 12": LLP 1515 — Wingspan   
g. b-02    You're That Dream - 7:29  (Mulgrew Miller)
     Landmark LP 12": LLP 1515 — Wingspan   
h. b-03    Sonhos Do Brasil (Dreams Of Brazil) - 7:11  (Kenny Garrett)
     Landmark LP 12": LLP 1515 — Wingspan   
All titles on:      32 Jazz CD: 32168 — Wingspan   (1999)
     Landmark CD: LCD 1515-2 — Wingspan   

Kenny Garrett (f) on b; (as) on a, c-h; Rudy Bird (per) on b, f, h.

Engineer: Tom Mark

Personnel specifics need confirmation.


Date: August 15 & 16, 1988
Location: Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA
Label: Landmark

Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Joe Henderson (ts), Mulgrew Miller (p), Ron Carter (b), Tony Williams (d)

a. a-01    The Countdown - 8:16  (Mulgrew Miller)
b. a-02    Exact Change - 5:19  (Mulgrew Miller)
c. a-03    What The World Needs Now Is Love - 7:27  (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
d. b-01    Tetragon - 6:42  (Joe Henderson)
e. b-02    Crystal Palace - 5:39  (Tony Williams)
f. b-03    Ambrosia - 4:42  (Mulgrew Miller)
g. b-04    August Afternoon - 5:58  (Mulgrew Miller)
h.     "1684" - 5:51  (Ron Carter)
All titles on:      Landmark CD: LCD 1519-2 — The Countdown   (1989)

Joe Henderson (ts) on a, c-e, g-h.


Date: March 14 & 15, 1990
Location: BMG Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Landmark

Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Mulgrew Miller (p), Robert Hurst (b), Kenny Washington (d)

a. a-01    La Chambre - 7:35  (Mulgrew Miller)
b. a-02    What A Difference A Day Makes - 8:08  (Stanley Adams, Maria Grever)
c. a-03    From Day To Day - 7:53  (Mulgrew Miller)
d. b-01    Playthang - 7:26  (Mulgrew Miller)
e. b-02    Farewell To Dogma - 7:01  (Mulgrew Miller)
f. b-03    One Notch Up - 5:56  (Mulgrew Miller)
g. b-04    More Than You Know - 4:50  (Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose)
h.     Four - 4:10  (Eddie Vinson, Miles Davis)
All titles on:      Landmark CD: LCD 1525-2 — From Day To Day   (1990)

Robert Hurst (b) on a-f, h; Kenny Washington (d) on a-f, h.


Date: August 19 & 21, 1991
Location: BMG Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Landmark

Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Mulgrew Miller (p), Peter Washington (b), Tony Reedus (d)

a. 01    Tongue Twister - 6:38  (Mulgrew Miller)
b. 02    Broad Street - 5:07  (Mulgrew Miller)
c. 03    You And The Night And The Music - 7:11  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
d. 04    Woeful Blues - 10:21  (Mulgrew Miller)
e. 05    Lord, In The Morning Thou Shalt Hear - 4:21  (Isaac Watts)
f. 06    Who Can I Turn To - 5:40  (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
g. 07    I'll Keep Loving You - 7:10  (Bud Powell)
h. 08    My Minuet - 4:06  (Mulgrew Miller)
i. 09    If It Ain't One Thing - It's Two - 6:06  (Mulgrew Miller)
j. 10    Song Of Today - 4:45  (Mulgrew Miller)
All titles on:      Landmark CD: LCD 1532-2 — Time And Again   (1992)

Peter Washington (b) on a-d, f-i; Tony Reedus (d) on a-d, f-i.


Date: December 16 & 18, 1992
Location: New York City
Label: RCA

Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Kenny Garrett (ss, as), Joe Henderson (ts), Eddie Henderson (t, fh), Steve Nelson (vib), Mulgrew Miller (p), Christian McBride (b), Lewis Nash (d)

a. 01    Grew's Tune - 8:05  (Mulgrew Miller)
b. 02    For Those Who Do - 6:41  (Mulgrew Miller)
c. 03    Thinkin' Out Loud - 7:56  (Mulgrew Miller)
d. 04    Leilani's Leap - 5:41  (Mulgrew Miller)
e. 05    Like The Morning - 5:24  (Mulgrew Miller)
f. 06    Hand In Hand - 7:19  (Mulgrew Miller)
g. 07    Return Trip - 6:01  (Mulgrew Miller)
h. 08    Waltz For Monk - 5:51  (Donald Brown)
i. 09    Neither Here Nor There - 8:55  (Mulgrew Miller)
All titles on:      Novus CD: 63153-2 — Hand In Hand   

Joe Henderson (ts) on a, c, e, g, i; Eddie Henderson (t) on a, c, e, g-i; (fh) on a, c, e, g-i.

Engineer: James Nichols


Date: December 21 & 22, 1993
Location: New York City
Label: RCA

Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Mulgrew Miller (p), Richie Goods (b), Tony Reedus (d)

a. 01    Somewhere Else - 5:48  (Mulgrew Miller)
b. 02    Carousel - 6:52  (Mulgrew Miller)
c. 03    Small Portion - 6:32  (Mulgrew Miller)
d. 04    Dreamin' - 6:25  (Mulgrew Miller)
e. 05    Body And Soul - 5:41  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)
f. 06    New Wheels - 5:14  (Mulgrew Miller)
g. 07    Words - 6:04  (Mulgrew Miller)
h. 08    When I Get There - 5:48  (Mulgrew Miller)
i. 09    Summer Me, Winter Me - 5:34  (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
j. 10    Another Type Thang - 6:11  (James Williams)
All titles on:      Novus CD: 63171-2 — With Our Own Eyes   (1994)

Engineer: James Nichols


Date: March 20 & 21, 1995
Location: New York City
Label: RCA

Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Mulgrew Miller (p), Richie Goods (b), Karriem Riggins (d), Big Black (cga), Steve Kroon (per)

a. 01    Eastern Joy Dance - 6:39  (Mulgrew Miller)
b. 02    Second Thoughts - 5:49  (Mulgrew Miller)
c. 03    Sweet Sioux - 6:52  (Freddie Hubbard)
d. 04    Getting To Know You - 6:18  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
e. 05    Whisper - 5:46  (Mulgrew Miller)
f. 06    Didn't We - 5:15  (Jimmy Webb)
g. 07    The Fool On The Hill - 6:45  (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
h. 08    I Don't Know How To Love Him - 5:10  (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice)
i. 09    If I Should Lose You - 6:53  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
j. 10    Nandhi - 5:36  (Richie Goods)
All titles on:      Novus CD: 63188-2 — Getting To Know You   

Big Black (cga) on a-b, d, g; Steve Kroon (per) on a-b, g-h.

Engineer: James Nichols


Date: ca. May 1996
Location: Bern Jazz Festival, Bern, Switzerland
Label: [radio broadcast]

Kenny Barron, Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Kenny Barron, Mulgrew Miller (p)

a.     When Lights Are Low  (Benny Carter, Spencer Williams)
b.     Up Jumped Spring  (Freddie Hubbard)
c.     The Very Thought Of You  (Ray Noble)
d.     I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)  (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
e.     I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)  (Doc Dougherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds)
f.     Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise  (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
g.     Blue Monk  (Thelonious Monk)

Kenny Barron (p) on a-b, e-g; Mulgrew Miller (p) on a-d, f-g.

Broadcast on German television and Swiss radio. Date approximate.


Date: December 5, 1998
Location: Baird Center, West Orange, NJ
Label: [private recording]

Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Mulgrew Miller (p)

a. I - 01    Just In Time  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
b. I - 02    Monk's Dream  (Thelonious Monk)
c. I - 03    Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most  (Fran Landesman, Thomas J. Wolf, Jr.)
d. I - 04    How Insensitive [aka Insensatez]  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
e. I - 05    On Green Dolphin Street  (Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington)
f. I - 06    Dancing On The Ceiling  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
g. I - 07    Woody 'n You  (Dizzy Gillespie)
h. I - 08    What A Difference A Day Makes  (Stanley Adams, Maria Grever)
i. II - 01    You And The Night And The Music  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
j. II - 02    Con Alma  (Dizzy Gillespie)
k. II - 03    Farewell To Dogma  (Mulgrew Miller)
l. II - 04    Alfie  (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
m. II - 05    All Blues  (Miles Davis)
n. II - 06    Old Folks  (Willard Robison, Dedette Hill)
o. II - 07    Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town  (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)

Date: January 15, 1999
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Label: Bang & Olufsen

Mulgrew Miller, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (ldr), Mulgrew Miller (p), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b)

a. 01    C Jam Blues - 3:54  (Duke Ellington)
b. 02    Sophisticated Lady - 4:47  (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills)
c. 03    Pitter Panther Patter - 3:20  (Duke Ellington)
d. 04    I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - 5:31  (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
e. 05    What Am I Here For? - 4:19  (Duke Ellington, Frankie Laine)
f. 06    Mood Indigo - 4:48  (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills)
g. 07    Blues In The PM's - 3:20  (Mulgrew Miller)
h. 08    Come Sunday - 4:53  (Duke Ellington)
i. 09    Just Squeeze Me - 5:08  (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines)
j. 10    Solitude - 4:56  (Duke Ellington, Edgar DeLange, Irving Mills)
k. 11    Caravan - 3:51  (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills)
l. 12    O. D. Blues - 3:12  (Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen)
All titles on:      Bang & Olufsen CD: CD 1 — The Duets   

Date: July 15, 1999
Location: Umbria Jazz Festival, Perugia, Italy
Label: [private recording]

Kenny Barron, Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Kenny Barron, Mulgrew Miller (p)

a.     [unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Date: August 30, 1999
Location: Jazzsommer Graz - Mariahilferplatz, Graz, Austria
Label: [private recording]

Kenny Barron, Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Kenny Barron, Mulgrew Miller (p)

a. I - 01    All God's Children Got Rhythm - 10:26  (Bronislau Kaper, Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn)
b. I - 02    All Of You - 10:59  (Cole Porter)
c. I - 03    Body And Soul - 13:54  (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)
d. I - 04    Cherokee - 7:58  (Ray Noble)
e. I - 05    Embraceable You - 14:57  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
f. II - 01    St. Thomas - 8:24  (Traditional, Sonny Rollins)
g. II - 02    On Green Dolphin Street - 17:09  (Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington)
h. II - 03    Blues - 7:38  (Traditional)
i. II - 04    I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - 7:53  (Doc Dougherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds)
j. II - 05    I Mean You - 11:15  (Thelonious Monk)
k. II - 06    Rhythm-a-ning - 8:12  (Thelonious Monk)

Kenny Barron (p) on a-c, e-k; Mulgrew Miller (p) on a-h, j-k.

Recordings of h, i incomplete on only known source.


Date: August 31, 2001
Location: Jazzsommer Graz - Mariahilferplatz, Graz, Austria
Label: [private recording]

Kenny Barron, Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Kenny Barron, Mulgrew Miller (p)

a. I - 01    You Stepped Out Of A Dream - 13:27  (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn)
b. I - 02    Up Jumped Spring - 13:36  (Freddie Hubbard)
c. I - 03    The Very Thought Of You - 14:18  (Ray Noble)
d. I - 04    Shuffle Boil - 8:34  (Thelonious Monk)
e. I - 05    Recorda Me [aka No Me Esqueça] - 12:13  (Joe Henderson)
f. II - 01    When Lights Are Low - 14:56  (Benny Carter, Spencer Williams)
g. II - 02    Four - 14:15  (Eddie Vinson, Miles Davis)
h. II - 03    My Funny Valentine - 13:16  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
i. II - 04    Here's That Rainy Day - 8:31  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
j. II - 05    Well, You Needn't - 15:42  (Thelonious Monk)
k. II - 06    Blues - 9:12  (Traditional)

Kenny Barron (p) on a-h, j-k; Mulgrew Miller (p) on a-c, e-k.


Date: September 1, 2001
Location: Jazzsommer Graz - Mariahilferplatz, Graz, Austria
Label: [private recording]

Kenny Barron, Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Kenny Barron, Mulgrew Miller (p)

a. I - 01    Love Walked In - 13:14  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
b. I - 02    Sophisticated Lady - 12:00  (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills)
c. I - 03    Triste - 15:28  (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
d. I - 05    Yardbird Suite - 9:48  (Charlie Parker)
e. II - 01    Con Alma - 14:02  (Dizzy Gillespie)
f. II - 02    Joy Spring - 10:20  (Clifford Brown)
g. II - 03    Manhã De Carnaval - 15:44  (Luiz Bonfá, Antonio María)
h. II - 04    The Star-Crossed Lovers - 8:36  (Billy Strayhorn)
i. II - 05    Woody 'n You - 11:29  (Dizzy Gillespie)

Mulgrew Miller (p) on a-g, i.

One additional selection I - 04 (Miller only) (6:57) - title unknown.


Date: June 5 & 6, 2002
Location: New York City
Label: MaxJazz

Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Steve Wilson (ss, as), Duane Eubanks (t), Steve Nelson (vib), Mulgrew Miller (p), Richie Goods (b), Karriem Riggins (d)

a. 01    Go East, Young Man - 7:41  (Mulgrew Miller)
b. 02    The Sequel - 8:05  (Mulgrew Miller)
c. 03    Elation - 5:25  (Mulgrew Miller)
d. 04    Holding Hands - 6:33  (Mulgrew Miller)
e. 05    Know Wonder - 9:41  (Mulgrew Miller)
f. 06    Dreamsville - 6:43  (Henry Mancini, Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
g. 07    Spectrum - 2:36  (Mulgrew Miller)
h. 08    It Never Entered My Mind - 6:32  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
i. 09    Just A Notion - 7:50  (Mulgrew Miller)
j. 10    Samba D'Blue - 4:59  (Mulgrew Miller)
All titles on:      MaxJazz CD: MX 204 — The Sequel   

Engineer: Joe Ferla


Date: September 5, 2002
Location: Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
Label: MaxJazz

Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Mulgrew Miller (p), Derrick Hodge (b), Rodney Green (d)

a.     If I Should Lose You - 9:38  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
b.     When I Get There - 11:46  (Mulgrew Miller)
c.     From Day To Day - 10:22  (Mulgrew Miller)
d.     Skylark - 12:18  (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer)
e.     Relaxin' At Camarillo - 11:05  (Charlie Parker)
All titles on:      MaxJazz CD: MX 217 — Live At The Kennedy Center, Volume One   (2006)

Date: July 22 & 23, 2003
Location: Yoshi's, Oakland, CA
Label: MaxJazz

Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Mulgrew Miller (p), Derrick Hodge (b), Karriem Riggins (d)

a.     If I Were A Bell - 11:44  (Frank Loesser)
     MaxJazz CD: MX 208 — Live At Yoshi's, Volume One   
b.     Waltz For Monk - 8:21  (Donald Brown)
     MaxJazz CD: MX 208 — Live At Yoshi's, Volume One   
c.     O Grande Amor - 8:28  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes)
     MaxJazz CD: MX 208 — Live At Yoshi's, Volume One   
d.     The Organ Grinder - 7:44  (Woody Shaw)
     MaxJazz CD: MX 208 — Live At Yoshi's, Volume One   
e.     Peace - 9:43  (Horace Silver)
     MaxJazz CD: MX 208 — Live At Yoshi's, Volume One   
f.     Don't You Know I Care - 10:18  (Duke Ellington, Mack David)
     MaxJazz CD: MX 208 — Live At Yoshi's, Volume One   
g.     What A Difference A Day Makes - 8:26  (Stanley Adams, Maria Grever)
     MaxJazz CD: MX 208 — Live At Yoshi's, Volume One   
h.     Pressing The Issue - 8:52  (Mulgrew Miller)
     MaxJazz CD: MX 208 — Live At Yoshi's, Volume One   
i.     Joshua - 8:11  (Victor Feldman, Miles Davis)
     MaxJazz CD: MX 212 — Live At Yoshi's, Volume Two   
j.     Comes Love - 10:05  (Lew Brown, Sam Stept, Charles Tobias)
     MaxJazz CD: MX 212 — Live At Yoshi's, Volume Two   
k.     Roadlife - 8:59  (James Williams)
l.     It's Easy To Remember - 7:18  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     MaxJazz CD: MX 212 — Live At Yoshi's, Volume Two   
m.     One's Own Room - 13:41  (Mulgrew Miller)
     MaxJazz CD: MX 212 — Live At Yoshi's, Volume Two   
n.     Little Girl Blue - 12:14  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     MaxJazz CD: MX 212 — Live At Yoshi's, Volume Two   
o.     Citadel - 11:47  (Tony Williams)
     MaxJazz CD: MX 212 — Live At Yoshi's, Volume Two   

Date: January 24, 2004
Location: IAJE Conference - Imperial Ballroom, Sheraton New York, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Mulgrew Miller (p), Derrick Hodge (b), Karriem Riggins (d)

a. 02    When I Get There  (Mulgrew Miller)
b. 03    From Day To Day  (Mulgrew Miller)

Spoken comments by Mulgrew Miller (2:32) precede the fourth selection.


Date: August 7, 2005
Location: Marciac, France
Label: [radio broadcast]

Kenny Barron, Mulgrew Miller (ldr), Kenny Barron, Mulgrew Miller (p)

a. 01    Recorda Me [aka No Me Esqueça]  (Joe Henderson)
b. 02    Blue Monk  (Thelonious Monk)