Otis Was A Polar Bear, by Allison Miller

Otis Was A Polar Bear

by Allison Miller

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Mohan Thomas I'm not sure what rock I've been living under to have only discovered Allison Miller in 2018.

Unmistakable New York sensibility in beautiful and delightful compositions. I love the instrumentation. Story telling music with a beautiful palette. This deserves your ears. No, your ears deserve this.

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1.	Fuster 07:12	buy track
2.	High T 09:29	buy track
3.	Slow Jam 05:26	buy track
4.	Staten Island 05:36	buy track
5.	Shimmer 05:58	buy track
6.	The Listener 03:49	buy track
7.	Hoarding The Pod 05:57	buy track
8.	Otis Was A Polar Bear 07:25	buy track
9.	Pig In A Sidecar 06:08	buy track
10.	Lullaby For Cookie 05:25	buy track

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The most poignant music is often inspired by watershed events in an artist’s life, and few occasions are more transformative than the arrival of one’s first child. For Allison Miller, the extraordinary drummer, composer and leader of her band Boom Tic Boom, that life-affirming experience provided the seed that led to the creation of her latest full-length studio album, Otis Was a Polar Bear. The recording, with violinist Jenny Scheinman, cornet player Kirk Knuffke, clarinetist Ben Goldberg, upright bassist Todd Sickafoose and pianist Myra Melford, is Miller’s latest collection of 10 original compositions following 2013’s critically acclaimed No Morphine, No Lilies, which Downbeat Magazine said “reveals her exemplary chops and stylistic breadth.” The birth of Miller’s (and partner Rachel’s) daughter Josie found the NYC-based drummer reordering her priorities and the very way in which she approached her art, resulting in Boom Tic Boom’s most dynamic and inspired album yet.

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released April 8, 2016

Drummer and composer Allison Miller, violinist Jenny Scheinman, cornet player Kirk Knuffke, clarinetist Ben Goldberg, upright bassist Todd Sickafoose and pianist Myra Melford

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