NYC-based drummer/composer/teacher Allison Miller engages her deep roots in improvisation as a vehicle to explore all music. Described by Paste magazine as a “Modern Jazz Icon in the Making,” Miller has released 16 albums as a leader/co-leader and has collaborated with artists such as Myra Melford, Derrick Hodge, Toshi Reagon, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jenny Scheinman, Artemis, Ingrid Jensen, Carmen Staaf, Todd Sickafoose, Brandi Carlile, 8G Band - Late Night with Seth Meyers, Michelle Dorrance, Marty Ehrlich, Camille A. Brown, Natalie Merchant, and Ani DiFranco. Her most recent release, Rivers In Our Veins (2023), is an immersive multi-media conservation song cycle, featuring original music, tap dance, contemporary dance, and live video projections. Rivers In Our Veins has received critical acclaim, winning Chamber Music America’s Interdisciplinary Collaboration of the Year Award, NPR’s 50 Best Albums of 2023, and NPR’s 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2023.

Miller has also released five albums with her longtime band, Boom Tic Boom. Named Jazz Journalist Association’s Small Ensemble of the Year, the band has toured extensively throughout the US and Europe as well as being featured on such programs as NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Tiny Desk with Bob Boilen, WNYC’s Soundcheck and New Sounds with John Schaefer, and Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride.

Two of Miller’s most notable co-led projects include Bluenote recording supergroup, Artemis, and Lux Quartet with Myra Melford, Scott Colley and Dayna Stephens. Artemis was recently named Jazz Group of the Year in Downbeat Magazine’s 88th Annual Reader’s Poll.

Miller teaches at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, and is the Artistic Director of Jazz Camp West. She endorses Yamaha drums, Zildjian cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, and Evans drumheads.