Time and Again

AMG Review of Time and Again

Scott Yanow
All Music Guide

Pianist Mulgrew Miller's recordings are all quite consistent, falling into the modern modal mainstream area, and they are quite creative within the genre. Miller's sixth Landmark recording finds him returning to the trio format with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Tony Reedus. Six of the ten selections are his compositions (including "Tongue Twister," "Woeful Blues," "My Minuet" and an unaccompanied solo rendition of "Song of Today"), while the four remaining songs include the spiritual "Lord, In the Morning Thou Shalt Hear" (taken solo) and Bud Powell's "I'll Keep Loving You." The reliable pianist is in typically fine form on this swinging and fairly exploratory set.