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Ron Miles: I Am A Man
by Dan Bilawsky
When two workers were killed by a malfunctioning garbage truck in Memphis in 1968, the flames of activism were rightly stoked. Sanitation workers fed up with poor working conditions and abuse of power poured into the streets wielding “I Am A Man" signs, making a principled stand that spoke not only to the situation at hand, but also to a broader struggle connected to the civil rights movement. That incident remains clearly fixed in cornetist Ron Miles' mind, standing out ...
Continue ReadingRon Miles: Circuit Rider
by Vincenzo Roggero
È pratica ormai diffusa anche tra musicisti dall'assidua frequentazione del jazz avventuroso e sperimentale quella di confrontarsi con registrazioni di tipo “domestico," intime, di tono colloquiale, in economie di mezzi, dove a prevalere è una sorta di understatement interpretativo. Circuit Rider rientra a pieno titolo in questa categoria, presenta tre musicisti di grande spessore, tre maestri dalla ipnotica personalità e dal multiforme percorso artistico che ci offrono un'ora di musica carezzevole, e gioiosa, nella quale tradizione folk, influssi gospel, ed ...
Continue ReadingRon Miles: Quiver
by AAJ Italy Staff
La tromba di Ron Miles e la chitarra di Bill Frisell incrociano le rispettive strade con regolarità ormai da oltre quindici anni. Strade feconde di suoni intimi, cristallini, che lasciano un retrogusto amarognolo delizioso. C'è un intero album in duo, Heaven, ottimo quanto poco distribuito, che testimonia un'unità di intenti di notevole compattezza espressiva. Ora Miles, in veste di leader, ha chiamato Brain Blade dietro i tamburi, per un trio delle meraviglie protagonista di questo Quiver, bella sorpresa, registrato dal ...
Continue ReadingRon Miles: Quiver
by Mark F. Turner
Some musicians are recognized not only for their abilities but also their vociferous commentaries, holding true the phrase that “the squeaky wheel gets the most attention." Yet there are more subdued voices who let their music do the talking, as is the case for Ron Miles' Quiver, a project led by the Denver-based trumpeter and his talented cohorts, guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Brian Blade. These gentle masters are highly respected leaders with expansive discographies and projects that have covered ...
Continue ReadingRon Miles: Jazz Gentleman, Part 3
by Florence Wetzel
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3[Editor's Note: In Florence Wetzel's in-depth interview with Ron Miles, the Colorado-based trumpeter covers the rest of his releases, including an exclusive first look at his forthcoming album, Quiver (Enja, 2012), due out later this year.]Laughing Barrel AAJ: So next you have another Sterling Circle release, Laughing Barrel (2003), which has seven tunes, all your original compositions. Rudy Royston is on drums, and you have two other great musicians: ...
Continue ReadingRon Miles: Jazz Gentleman, Part 2
by Florence Wetzel
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 [Editor's Note: The second part of Florence Wetzel's extensive interview with Ron Miles covers the Colorado-based trumpeter's early performance years, and begins a chronological look at all of his solo releases, beginning with Distance for Safety (Prolific Records, 1987) and concluding with Heaven (Sterling Circle, 2002), his soft duet with guitarist Bill Frisell, with whom Miles has played, off and on, since the early 1990s. Part 3 concludes the interview ...
Continue ReadingRon Miles: Jazz Gentleman
by Florence Wetzel
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 [Editor's note: Last month, All About Jazz contributor Florence Wetzel conducted a two-hour interview with Ron Miles. The result is the most extensive interview piece ever written about the Colorado-based trumpeter. Part 1 covers his early years and education; Parts 2 and 3, bringing Miles up to the present, will be published on consecutive days.] Now at the midpoint of his career, trumpeter Ron Miles has created a ...
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