Hand in Hand (Mulgrew Miller album)

Hand in Hand
Studio album by Mulgrew Miller
Released	1993
Recorded	December 16–18, 1992
Studio	BMG Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	61:53
Label	Novus
Producer	Orrin Keepnews, Mulgrew Miller
Mulgrew Miller chronology
Time and Again (1991) Hand in Hand (1993) With Our Own Eyes (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Tom Hull	B+[3]
Los Angeles Times	[2]

Hand in Hand is a studio album by American jazz pianist Mulgrew Miller with Kenny Garrett on alto saxophone, Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, Eddie Henderson on trumpet, Steve Nelson on vibraphone, Christian McBride on bass, and Lewis Nash on drums.[4][5] The record was released in 1993 by Novus Records. It is Miller's ninth album as a bandleader.

Reception

Scott Yanow of AllMusic wrote: "Mulgrew Miller, a talented McCoy Tyner-influenced pianist, leads an all-star septet on much of this date. The main stars, however, are Miller's nine diverse originals which range from modal to Monkish. With tenor-saxophonist Joe Henderson appearing on five selections, trumpeter Eddie Henderson on six and altoist Kenny Garrett heard throughout the full CD, Miller has a perfect frontline to interpret his tricky but logical originals."[6]

Zan Stewart of the Los Angeles Times noted: "Pianist and composer Miller, making his Novus debut after eight sessions for Landmark, presents a splendid assortment of nine modern mainstream originals—one's by pianist Donald Brown—that are inventive, warm, visceral, swinging, direct and unabashedly musical."[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Grew's Tune"	Miller	8:05
2.	"For Those Who Do"	Miller	6:41
3.	"Thinkin' out Loud"	Miller	7:56
4.	"Leilani's Leap"	Miller	5:41
5.	"Like the Morning"	Miller	5:24
6.	"Hand in Hand"	Miller	7:19
7.	"Return Trip"	Miller	6:01
8.	"Waltz for Monk"	Donald Brown	5:51
9.	"Neither Here nor There"	Miller	8:55
Total length:			01:01:53

Personnel

Band

• Mulgrew Miller – piano, composer, liner notes, producer
• Kenny Garrett – sax (alto), sax (soprano)
• Eddie Henderson – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Joe Henderson – sax (tenor)
• Christian McBride – bass
• Lewis Nash – drums
• Steve Nelson – vibraphone

Production

• Steve Backer – director
• Daniela Barcelo – design
• Orrin Keepnews – producer
• Danny Miller – photography
• Jacqueline Murphy – art direction
• James Nichols – mastering, mixing

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
Billboard Top Jazz Albums (1993)[8]	17

References

1. Yanow, Scott. "Hand in Hand". AllMusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
2. STEWART, ZAN (July 25, 1993). "NEW RELEASES : A 'Hand' for Newcomers and Veterans". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
3. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Mulgrew Miller". Tom Hull. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
4. "Mulgrew Miller: Hand In Hand". Dusty Groove. dustygroove.com. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
5. "Mulgrew Miller Discography". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
6. Yanow, Scott. "Hand in Hand". AllMusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
7. STEWART, ZAN (July 25, 1993). "NEW RELEASES : A 'Hand' for Newcomers and Veterans". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
8. "Billboard Jazz Albums, 8 May 1993". Billboard Magazine. 8 May 1993. Retrieved 27 February 2017.