Maci Miller

Maci Miller, who is based in Philadelphia, has overlapping careers as a jazz singer, songwriter, actress, and model. She has worked with the top local musicians in Philly (including tenor-saxophonist Larry McKenna and the late pianist George Mesterhazy), performed in New York as well as overseas, and had released three earlier CDs. Round Midnight finds Maci Miller confidently singing 15 favorite standards as intimate duets with guitarist David O’Rourke. Only the best vocalists can excel in this sparse setting where timing and the contrast of sound with silence is so important. Miller, who has a sweet-toned voice, a wide range, and superior enunciation, has no difficulty

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Maci Miller, who is based in Philadelphia, has overlapping careers as a jazz singer, songwriter, actress, and model. She has worked with the top local musicians in Philly (including tenor-saxophonist Larry McKenna and the late pianist George Mesterhazy), performed in New York as well as overseas, and had released three earlier CDs. Round Midnight finds Maci Miller confidently singing 15 favorite standards as intimate duets with guitarist David O’Rourke. Only the best vocalists can excel in this sparse setting where timing and the contrast of sound with silence is so important. Miller, who has a sweet-toned voice, a wide range, and superior enunciation, has no difficulty. She can scat quite well when it fits the music and she puts plenty of understated feeling into the ballads. The contributions of her musical partner, guitarist O’Rourke, should not be overlooked. He functions as a one-man orchestra whether accompanying the singer, challenging her, or taking his own quietly creative solos. On such songs as “You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To,” “As Long As I Live,” “Let’s Get Lost,” and “Why Try To Change Me Now,” the team of Maci Miller and David O’Rourke create lightly swinging music that is a joy to hear. Round Midnight is available from www.macimusic.com. - Scott Yanow, LA Jazz Scene “Round Midnight. A fascinating all-in, late-night rendition delivered with chops. Dig those close- out notes...” Marc Myers, JazzWax “Round Midnight” is an album of covers, recorded and arranged live, with a freshness and a spontaneity that I had not heard since the famous duos Joao Gilberto & Stan Getz ...the arrangements are beautiful and discreet, supporting lightly and effectively the beautiful voice of Maci Miller.”- Paris-Move.com “Maci Miller has internalized the art of vocal jazz, providing the listener with an insight into her inner self while she in turn commits to the music and the musicians and wholeheartedly embraces the intent passed on by the greats who have gone before...” - Linley Hamilton, Jazz World, BBC Ulster “Maci Miller is a great artist to discover urgently, and “Round Midnight” an indispensable album” - Thierry Dogmac, Bayou Blue Radio, France “Maci weaves a fresh and unique approach that both excites and delights the listener into sharing the mood she so eloquently creates!” - Richard Saunders, Saturday Jazz on RTRFM 92.1, Perth AU "Maci Miller exudes the aura of a revitalized jazz singer of yesteryear, wrapped up in a warm bow of nostalgia." - Steve Chelmsford, "The Mop Tops & The King" Radio Show

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