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The Ron Miles Quartet

Laughing Barrel

By The Ron Miles Quartet

Label: Sterling Circle
Released: 2003
Track listing: Parade; New Breed Leader; Psychedelic Black Man; Still Small Voice; Jesus Loves Me; Sunday Best; Fairy Court. (Total Time 60:52).

The Ron Miles Quartet: Laughing Barrel

by C. Michael Bailey
April 2, 2003

Trumpeter Ron Miles is a bit of jazz anomaly, in that he has taken to shunning the urban genres of jazz. His recent releases are all about wide-open spaces and Americana. Nowhere is this better heard than on his Sterling Circle debut, Heaven (Sterling Circle SCS 151, 2002). On this record from last year, Miles dueted ...

The Ron Miles Quartet: Laughing Barrel

by Dan McClenaghan
April 2, 2003

The idea for Laughing Barrel, the title of trumpeter Ron Miles' latest CD, comes from the writings of Ralph Ellison, the great African-American author. According to Ellison, an enslaved man, when he had the urge to laugh (strangely forbidden fruit for these poor souls), would put his head in a barrel to muffle the sounds of ...