Jazz Articles about Steve Miller

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Steve Miller: J50: The Evolution of The Joker (2CD)

by Doug Collette
September 15, 2023

There is no shortage of throwaway songs on Steve Miller Band albums early--Brave New World (Capitol, 1969)), Your Saving Grace (Capitol,1969)--or late--Circle of Love (Capitol, 1981), Abracadabra (Capitol, 1982). But there had never been a piece of fluff positioned as the centerpiece of one of his long-players until The Joker (Capitol, 1973) came out, Hardly anyone could have foreseen the massive success racked up by Steve Miller's eighth studio album, perhaps least of all the idiosyncratic nouveau bluesman ...

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Steve Miller: Live! Breaking Ground August 3, 1977

by Doug Collette
May 16, 2021

Given the careerist bent of Steve Miller around the time of Live! Breaking Ground: August 3, 1977, not to mention the popularity of concert releases in the wake of Frampton Comes Alive! (A&M,1976), it is altogether surprising the Space Cowboy did not issue a formal concert album until 1983. Miller came back from a self-imposed hiatus following the surprise (and widespread) popularity of The Joker (Capitol, 1973) with two smash albums in successive years, Fly Like An Eagle (Capitol, 1976) ...

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Steve Miller Trio / Elton Dean: Steve Miller Trio Meets Elton Dean

by Nic Jones
June 30, 2008

Here's another exercise in musical archaeology from Reel and it is worthy of loud and prolonged applause. British pianist Miller was always a worthwhile player, shaping up here as he often did as the British Mal Waldron in terms of his purged-of-excess approach to the keyboard. He always kept sound musical company and the presence of both Dean and drummer Eddie Prevost testifies to that here.

Made in the moment, “Dedicated To Few" is a highly persuasive manifesto for such ...

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Miller - Coxhill / Coxhill - Miller: The Story So Far… / …Oh Really?

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 30, 2007

Ogni tanto queste benedette (quasi) cinque stelle, sei, otto o dieci che siano (ci ferma solo la paura), bisognerebbe assegnarle. Ecco qui un buon esempio. Questo CD non è un capolavoro assoluto della musica moderna, ma raccoglie con intelligenza rara (e le quasi-cinque stelle diamole anche e innanzitutto alla Cuneiform che ha amorevolmente raccolto - ripulendo dalla polvere del tempo - ciò che la Virgin Records non è stata capace di fare in tutti questi anni), quattro piccoli capolavori musicali ...