Clarence Horatius "Big" Miller (October 18, 1922 – June 9, 1992) was a Sioux City, Iowa-born American blues singer. By 1949, "Big" began singing with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and became a feature performer with the Jay McShann Orchestra. In 1954, after five years with Jay McShann, Miller joined the Fletcher Henderson Reunion Orchestra. It was with the Henderson Orchestra that "Big" did his first recording and it was in this period that his career really began to take off.

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  • Clarence Horatius "Big" Miller (October 18, 1922 – June 9, 1992) was a Sioux City, Iowa-born American blues singer. By 1949, "Big" began singing with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and became a feature performer with the Jay McShann Orchestra. In 1954, after five years with Jay McShann, Miller joined the Fletcher Henderson Reunion Orchestra. It was with the Henderson Orchestra that "Big" did his first recording and it was in this period that his career really began to take off. He became a popular performer in renowned jazz venues such as Monterey Jazz Festival (1960), Birdland in New York, the Cotton Club in Chicago, Montreax Jazz Festival, and Detroit's Flame Showbar. Throughout his career he had performed with jazz legends such as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Dizzie Gillespie, and Miles Davis, just to name a few. Edmonton, Alberta was Miller's adopted home from the '70s up until his death in 1992. Miller recorded with Columbia Records, for whom the artist cut several albums, including Big Miller Sings, Twists, Shouts and Preaches (1962).
  • Clarence Horatius "Big" Miller war ein US-amerikanischer Blues- und Jazzsänger. Er spielte auch Posaune und trat in mehreren Filmen als Schauspieler in Erscheinung. Miller begann seine Karriere als Bluessänger in Kansas City, wo er u. a. mit dem Pianisten Jay McShann und im Orchester von Duke Ellington auftrat. In den 1960ern sang Miller in der Jon-Hendricks-Revue "The Evolution of the Blues", woraufhin er einen Plattenvertrag mit Columbia Records bekam. Weitere Aufnahmen machte er bei Savoy Records, teilweise begleitet von Clifford Curry und den Clovers. Neben seinen musikalischen Aktivitäten versuchte sich Miller auch als Filmschauspieler. Er hatte einen Gastauftritt in der starbesetzen Hollywoodkomödie Eine total, total verrückte Welt (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, 1963). 1982 spielte er eine Hauptrolle als Mörder in dem surrealistischen Film The Big Meat Eater von Chris Windsor. In den 1970ern zog Miller nach Edmonton in Kanada, wo er fortan lebte. Er feierte in der lokalen Musikszene Erfolge, u. a. mit Tommy Banks, mit dem er auch beim Montreux Pop Festival auftrat. Miller engagierte sich in der neu gegründeten Edmonton Jazz Society und als Jazzlehrer im Banff Centre for Fine Arts. 1987 drehte das National Film Board of Canada eine Dokumentation über ihn. Clarence Horatius "Big" Miller starb 1992 in Edmonton. Einige seiner Musikerkollegen widmeten ihm Aufnahmen, so Jay McShann den "Big Miller's Blues" und die kanadischen Shuffle Demons das Stück "Never Be the Same: Big Miller Blues".
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  • Clarence Horatius "Big" Miller (October 18, 1922 – June 9, 1992) was a Sioux City, Iowa-born American blues singer. By 1949, "Big" began singing with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and became a feature performer with the Jay McShann Orchestra. In 1954, after five years with Jay McShann, Miller joined the Fletcher Henderson Reunion Orchestra. It was with the Henderson Orchestra that "Big" did his first recording and it was in this period that his career really began to take off.
  • Clarence Horatius "Big" Miller war ein US-amerikanischer Blues- und Jazzsänger. Er spielte auch Posaune und trat in mehreren Filmen als Schauspieler in Erscheinung. Miller begann seine Karriere als Bluessänger in Kansas City, wo er u. a. mit dem Pianisten Jay McShann und im Orchester von Duke Ellington auftrat. In den 1960ern sang Miller in der Jon-Hendricks-Revue "The Evolution of the Blues", woraufhin er einen Plattenvertrag mit Columbia Records bekam.
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