Clarence Horatius Miller

Clarence Horatius Big Miller was a Sioux City, Iowaborn 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 , Birdland in New York, the Cotton Club in Chicago, Montreax Jazz Festival, and Detroits Flame Showbar. Throughout his career he had performed with jazz legends such as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis, just to name a few. Edmonton, Alberta was Millers adopted home from the 1970s up until his death in 1992.

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