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Jane Miller Trio: Secret Pockets
by Dave Nathan
The untimely demise of Emily Remler from a heart attack more than 10 years ago, left a void in the ranks jazz guitarists in general and female guitar players in particular. Now comes Jane Miller out of the Boston area who seems to have the technique and the ability to apply it to fill that void. On this her second album (her first one was Postcard ), she applies a variety of rhythmic patterns to a tasteful play list of ...
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by Jack Bowers
Boston–based Jane Miller, brand new to these ears, is a member of the faculty at the Berklee School of Music who plays a warm, vibrant guitar in the manner of a Jimmy Raney, Billy Bauer or Jim Hall (one of whose compositions, the digitally challenging “Waltz New,” is included on her second recording, Secret Pockets ). As (I’m ashamed to say) most mainstream guitarists sound pretty much the same to me, the choice of music is of great interest, and ...
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