It Never Entered My Mind - Music

Mulgrew Miller Is An American Jazz Pianist Born In 1955 In Greenwood Mississippi Who Performs In A Number Of Jazz Idioms. In A Childhood Filled With Early Musical Experiences Mostly Playing Gospel Music In His Church And R&B And Blues At Dances. Mulgrew Was Constantly Meddling In Jazz Piano And Established A Trio In High School That Would Play Cocktail Parties. Miller Admits That They Didn't Really Know What They Were Doing And Were Merely "approaching Jazz". Miller Is Said To Have Set His Mind Definitely To Becoming A Jazz Pianist After Seeing Oscar Peterson A First For Mulgrew On Television. “It Was A Life Changing Event. I Knew Right Then That I Would Be A Jazz Pianist”. Mulgrew Did Indeed Become A Jazz Pianist And Has Adopted More From Peterson Than His Profession. Much Of Mulgrew's Playing Has The Same Technical Prowess So Often Connected With Peterson. Currently Mulgrew Maintains A Working Trio With Ivan Taylor On Bass And Rodney Green On Drums. He Has Released Four Albums To Date With Derrick Hodge Bass And Karriem Riggins Drums Both On The Label Max Jazz Records Live At Yoshi's Vol. 1 2004 Live At Yoshi's Vol. 2 2005 Live At The Kennedy Center Vol. 1 2006 And Live At The Kennedy Center Vol. 2 2007 . On May 20 2006 Miller Was Awarded The Honorary Degree Of Doctor Of Performing Arts At Lafayette College's 171st Commencement Exercises. Miller Currently Resides In Easton Pennsylvania. As Of 2006 He Is The Director Of Jazz Studies At William Paterson University. read less