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# Mulgrew Miller

(1955–2013)   Composer   United States

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Mulgrew Miller was a composer from the United States.

## Quick Facts About Mulgrew Miller

Born August 13, 1955

Died May 29, 2013

Nationality United States

Profession Composer

## About Mulgrew Miller

Mulgrew Miller was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. As a child he played in churches and was influenced on piano by Ramsey Lewis and then Oscar Peterson. Aspects of their styles remained in his playing, but he added the greater harmonic freedom of McCoy Tyner and others in developing as a hard bop player and then in creating his own style, which influenced others from the 1980s on.

##  Quotes by Mulgrew Miller

> [Jazz is one of the few things you can do in society and express yourself freely and creatively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mulgrew-miller/jazz-is-one-of-the-few-things-you-can-do-in-society-and-express/)

Mulgrew Miller

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/mulgrew-miller-77341_can-do_jazz-is-one-of-the-few-things-you-can-do_686064.jpg)

> [Angelo is a brilliant jazz talent. His receptivity, seriousness, his ability to execute ideas simple or complex, combined with his love and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mulgrew-miller/angelo-is-a-brilliant-jazz-talent-his-receptivity-seriousness-his/)

Mulgrew Miller

[Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/mulgrew-miller-77341_ability_angelo-is-a-brilliant-jazz-talent-his-re_1290284.jpg)

> [Jazz is part folk art, part progressive art,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mulgrew-miller/jazz-is-part-folk-art-part-progressive-art/)

Mulgrew Miller

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/mulgrew-miller-77341_art_jazz-is-part-folk-art-part-progressive-a_2592514.jpg)

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