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Scullers Jazz Club. Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Storrow Drive, Boston. 562-4111. Cerci Miller and Dominique Eade on Thursday, April 7. Susannah Mccorkle on Friday and Saturday, April 8 and 9. Michael Thomlinson on Friday, April...
...Cercie Miller Quartet...
Local sax master Cercie Miller opens her debut album leading her own quartet with the standard "My Shining Hour;" her energetic rendering of this oft covered classic promises good things to come. Cercie screams her way through the song, as her band--Bruce Katz on piano and organ, Dave Clark on bass and Bob Savine on drums--falls perfectly into place behind her, combining their tight rhythmic sensibility with subtle flourishes. By the time the song fades out to the strains of a still smokin' jam, it is clear that this is a band whose members are comfortable with their...
...Cercie clearly feels as comfortable writing as she does leading a band. Drummer Savine contributes the whimsical "Mr. Chuckles," and four standards round out the album, with the gorgeous Richard Rogers ballad "If I Loved You" showing how delicately meticulous a player Cercie can be while maintaining her richness. Miller's compositions display an understated maturity and a wonderful sense of both space and texture...
...colleague of Miller's in the EnglishDepartment said his leaving would seriously affectthe areas of study at Harvard...