| Solo | ||||
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| Released | 2010 | |||
| Recorded | October 24, 2000 | |||
| Venue | Clermont-Ferrand, France | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 54:07 | |||
| Label | Space Time | |||
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Solo is a solo piano album by Mulgrew Miller. It was recorded in 2000 and released by Space Time Records a decade later.
The album was recorded in concert at the Jazz en Tête festival in Clermont-Ferrand in 2000. [1] Miller plays his composition "Carousel" with stride influences. [1] "My Old Flame" and "Body and Soul" are ballads, and other tracks are played at a greater tempo. [1]
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| Financial Times |   [1] |
Solo was released by Space Time Records in 2010. [2] The Financial Times described it as "a masterclass in the traditional jazz virtues of harmonic development and unflagging tempo." [1] The New York Amsterdam News suggested that "it will be the album that fledgling musicians copy and practice by." [3]
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