Glitter Wolf – Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom

Glitter Wolf is an album by drummer and composer Allison Miller, alongside her group Boom Tic Boom, recorded at the iconic Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California. This record documents the maturity of an ensemble with a decade-long trajectory, characterized by an aesthetic proposal that integrates open improvisation with cinematic arrangements.

The sextet’s instrumentation—bringing together Jenny Scheinman, Kirk Knuffke, Ben Goldberg, Todd Sickafoose, and Myra Melford—allows for a deep exploration of timbral textures and dynamic contrasts. Miller's compositions are structured around the tension between passages of dense harmonic complexity and sections anchored in Afro-Cuban and urban grooves.

Through a repertoire that evades direct genre categorization, the album establishes itself as a sonic document linked to the social context of its release, prioritizing collectivity, interpretive flexibility, and the constant evolution of form within contemporary jazz.