Max Miller

Studs Terkel called him "The Angry Man of Jazz", saying that he demanded rather than coaxed certain sounds from his instruments. The legendary John H. Hammond called him an "Astonishing artist, second only to Lionel Hampton in proficiency". Paul Edward Miller, (no relation) former music critic, writer and editor of Esquire Jazz Books called Max Miller "A Champion of Good Jazz". The Who's Who of Jazz by John Chilton listed him as one of the leading figures on the Chicago jazz scene for many years. Famed jazz critic George Hoefer wrote in 1946: "There is no doubt that Max Miller is creating something new in jazz. Keep an ear cocked towards Max Miller at the piano."
Max Miller had a history of playing jazz with originality, artistry, integrity, virtuosity and an attitude toward his music and performances that accepted no substitute for quality. His career is well documented in jazz books, magazine articles from Downbeat, Esquire, Time and Metronome and by music critics from the Chicago Tribune, Sun Times, and the Chicago Daily News. Though it covered 40 years from 1930 to 1970, the peak came in the 1940s and 50s. Many of his own compositions utilized extended chord harmonies, polyphony, polytonality and were influenced by Stravinsky, Bartok and Hindemith.
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