Ace Gillett's is proud to present our first installment of our VSOP (Very Special One-time Performances) Series. Focused on bringing in talent from across our great nation, and set them to perform in the intimacies of Ace Gillett's.
Our first run features Peter John Stoltzman's New Standards Project feat. Allison Miller and Natalie Cressman
Peter John Stoltzman is the head of the piano program at the University of Colorado Denver, and the Co-Director of the new CU Denver LYNX Music Industry Program for 14-18 year-olds. For more info go to www.peterjohnstoltzman.com
Natalie Cressman is a rising singer/songwriter and trombonist who draws inspiration from a vast array of deep and powerful musical currents. A prodigiously talented New York City-based trombonist, she’s spent the past seven years touring the jam band circuit as a horn player and vocalist with Phish's Trey Anastasio. Check her out at www.nataliecressman.com
Allison Miller is a NYC-based drummer/composer/teacher Allison Miller gathers inspiration from a wide array of genres. Coming from the Jazz tradition, she engages her deep roots in improvisation as a vehicle to explore all music. Described by critics as a charismatic and rhythmically propulsive drummer with melodic sensibility, Miller has been named “Rising Star Drummer” and “Top 20 Jazz Drummers” in Downbeat Magazine’s acclaimed Critics Poll. Her band, Boom Tic Boom, is a 2014 recipient of Chamber Music America’s “Presenter Consortium for Jazz Grant” and is proudly sponsored by Mid- Atlantic Arts Foundation. Recent featured as sit in guest drummer on Late Night with Seth Meyers. www.allisonmiller.com
