Donald Brown, Harold Mabern, Mulgrew Miller, Charles Thomas (8), James Williams (2), Russell Wilson - Memphis Piano Convention ‎(CD, Album).

Mulgrew Miller (August 13, 1955 – May 29, 2013) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. As a child he played in churches and was influenced on piano by Ramsey Lewis and then Oscar Peterson. Aspects of their styles remained in his playing, but he added the greater harmonic freedom of McCoy Tyner and others in developing as a hard bop player and then in creating his own style, which influenced others from the 1980s on.

Memphis Piano Convention features the impressions of six pianists from Memphis, Newborn's hometown, who either studied with or were influenced by him: James Williams, Donald Brown, Mulgrew Miller, Harold Mabern, Charles Thomas, and Russell Wilson. Each performs one or two pieces closely associated with Newborn in tribute to the pianist Williams calls "arguably the most underrated artist in the history of jazz.

Donald Brown, Harold Mabern, Mulgrew Miller, Charles Thomas (8), James Williams (2), Russell Wilson - Memphis Piano Convention ‎(CD, Album). Bill Mobley Jazz Orchestra Special Guests Donald Brown, Miles Griffith, Harold Mabern, Mulgrew Miller, Billy Pierce, James Williams (2) - Live At Small's Vol. 1 & 2 ‎(2xCD, Comp).

Brown was born in Hernando, Mississippi and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, where he learned to play trumpet and drums in his youth. From 1972 to 1975 he was a student at Memphis State University, by which time he had made piano his primary instrument. He was with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers from 1981 to 1982, then took teaching positions at Berklee College of Music from 1983 to 1985 and the University of Tennessee from 1988  . Kenny Garrett, Art Blakey, James Williams, Mulgrew Miller. Sources of Inspiration is an album by pianist Donald Brown which was recorded in 1989 and released on the Muse label.

1993 : Memphis Piano Convention avec Donald Brown, Harold Mabern, Mulgrew Miller, Charles Thomas, Russell Wilson - DIW. 1993 : Memphis Convention avec Calvin Newborn, Bill Mobley, Bill Easley, George Coleman, Lewis Keel, Herman Green, Donald Brown, Harold Mabern, Mulgrew Miller, Charles Thomas, Jamil Nasser, Tony Reedus - DIW. 1994 : Up To The Minute Blues - DIW. 1995 : The Bitten Moon avec Jon Hazilla Trio, Ray Drummond - Cadence Jazz Records.

Although the Contemporary Piano Ensemble consisted of the four pianists heard on this CD (James Williams, Harold Mabern, Mulgrew Miller and Geoff Keezer), plus Donald Brown, the group had actually not formed at the time of this recording.

James Williams was born March 8, 1951 in Memphis, Tennessee. He began his formal piano studies at age 13, and was subsequently an organist at Eastern Star Baptist Church in Memphis, a position he held for six years. in Music Education at Memphis State University, where he also formed solid friendships with fellow Memphis pianists Mulgrew Miller and Donald Brown

Mulgrew Miller (born August 13, 1955 in Greenwood, Mississippi) is an American jazz pianist who performs in a number of jazz idioms. He began his career as member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) w/ Donald Brown, James Williams, Harold Mabern, Contemporary Piano Ensemble. With Our Own Eyes Know any other songs by Mulgrew Miller? Don't keep it to yourself!

Donald Brown (musician), Donald Ray Brown born March 28, 1954 is an American jazz pianist and producer Brown was born in Hernando, Mississippi and raised in Memphis, Tenn. With Don Braden flute, tenor sax, Steve Wilson soprano sax, alto sax, Bill Mobley trumpet, flugelhorn, Steve Nelson vibraphone, Carl Allen drums, tambourine, Rudy Bird percussion, Harold Mabern vocals. The Classic Introvert. Solo piano; released 2004.