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Friday: Allison Miller and Boom Tic Boom at Strathmore

When Allison Miller was growing up in Olney, someone — she can’t remember who — gave her a copy of the Miles Davis album “Miles Smiles.” That’s what turned her on to small-group improvisational jazz.

Miller is now a renowned jazz drummer. Her band Boom Tic Boom just released a new album, “No Morphine, No Lilies,” and she performs Friday at Strathmore.