Jazz Articles about Tim Miller

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Tim Miller, Cliff Almond, Santiago Bosch, Evan Marien at The Lilypad

by Tanja Momcilovic
September 11, 2025

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Tim Miller, Cliff Almond, Santiago Bosch & Joshua Davis

by Tanja Momcilovic
August 18, 2025

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Steps Ahead, Steve Smith, Frank Gambale and Tim Miller's new release Synergy

by Len Davis
April 15, 2022

Today's program features the band Steps Ahead and their album Vibe with music from musicians who played on that session, including Donny McCaslin, Victor Bailey and Adam Holzman. Plus the new release from guitarist Tim Miller with Synergy. Playlist Steps Ahead “Vibe" from Vibe (NYC) 00:00 Donny McCaslin"Stadium Jazz" from Casting For Gravity (SelfProduced) 07:22 Larry Coryell-Victor Bailey-Lenny White “low Blow" from Electric (Chesky) 14:42 Adam Holzman “Mean O'l Cinelu" from Overdrive (Lipstick) 22:00 Steve Smith “Flashpoint" from ...

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Frank Gambale, Tribal Tech, Scott Kinsey, Steve Vai and Tim Miller

by Len Davis
April 8, 2022

New releases from Tim Miller, Steve Vai and french progressive band Yang. Plus Frank Gambale and Tribal Tech. Playlist Frank Gambale “Smug" from Raison D'Etre (Wombat) 00:00 Oz Noy “Seven" from Schizophrenic (Magnatude) 07:16 Tribal Tech"Jakarta" from Reality Check (Blue Moon) 14:42 Scott Kinsey “Shinjuku" from Kinesthetics (Abstract Logix) 22:00 Tom Coster “Voyage To Nowhere" from The Forbidden Zone (JVC) 29:12 Steve Vai “Candlepower" from Inviolate (Favoured Nations) 36:32 Yang"Flower You" from Designed For Disaster (Cuneiform) 40:05 Soft ...

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Tim Miller: Trio vol 3

by Mike Jacobs
June 13, 2018

Best not to bury the lead. Tim Miller's Trio Vol 3 sets a new high-water mark for the guitarist's output, an advance from and worthy successor to his last trio recording nearly a decade ago. There, a potential pull-quote is out of the way... Before returning to the review, something--what many newcomers to Mr. Miller's work might find to be the elephant in the room--begs addressing. (Legato-philes and T.M. fans, feel free ...

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Tim Miller: Trio Vol. 2

by Phil DiPietro
March 16, 2008

Tim Miller Trio Vol. 2 Avenir Records 2008

Very few guitarists have digested, head-on, the daunting influence of Alan Holdsworth, and then assimilated it into their own playing. Fewer still have combined Holdsworth's no-longer-futuristic linearity with the science of melodic chord permutation, as promulgated by the likes of George Van Eps, Ted Green and Mick Goodrick. Even fewer are in their thirties, like Tim Miller.

These qualities alone would make Miller's current release--the second ...

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Tim Miller: Trio

by Phil DiPietro
September 4, 2005

Tim Miller's third indie effort stands out by manifesting his influences as an aural whole. Compositionally, the freedom and openness in the music reflects the deep influence of Keith Jarrett, while sonically, the air-infused yet electric guitar sound dances with bass and drums mixed in a pastoral acoustic style. Even with headphones, the listener hears the trio of instruments entwined in the air, coupled by intense playing and musicianship.

From the perspective of guitar-related influences we hear the chordal inspiration ...