Migration, Movement, and Joyous Swing in 'Rivers In Our Veins' by Allison Miller
New York-based drummer, composer, and educator Allison Miller has played with singer/songwriters like Brandi Carlile, Ani DiFranco, or Natalie Merchant, but she\u2019s best known for her own bands, and her own music, which is usually labeled jazz, but you\u2019ll hear elements of rock, funk and folk in there too. She\u2019s the bandleader of the chamber jazz band Boom Tic Boom, and is part of the all-star jazz group Artemis along with many other collaborations. Allison Miller\u2019s latest album, Rivers In Our Veins, features a new band, including several members of Boom Tic Boom but with tap dancers as well.\xa0
\nAllison Miller presents\xa0the full multimedia Rivers In Our Veins\xa0on Nov. 25 at Roulette.\xa0
\nCommissioned by Mid Atlantic Arts Organization and Lake Placid Center for the Arts,\xa0Rivers In Our Veins\xa0is inspired by five major rivers of the Northeast United States \xa0\u2013 the James, Delaware, Potomac, Hudson and Susquehanna \u2013 their history, how they serve the communities around them, and how those communities need to better upkeep them. Allison Miller goes deep with research about rivers and social movement \u2014 migratory movement \u2014 along rivers, as well as what she learned from the River Keepers. [Much more about\xa0Rivers In Our Veins.]
\nHer top-shelf band, with violinist\xa0Jenny Scheinman, bassist\xa0Todd Sickafoose, clarinetist\xa0Ben Goldberg, trumpeter Jason Palmer, and pianist Carmen Staaf, along with two phenomenally talented tap dancers, perform selections from Rivers In Our Veins, in-studio.
\nSet list:\xa01. Hudson 2. Of Two Rivers (Part 2) 3. Fierce
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