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Dave Miller
Guitarist and composer Dave Miller (Greg Ward’s Rogue Parade, Dustin Laurenzi’s Snaketime, Joe Policastro Trio, Algernon, Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls), has been a prominent fixture in the Chicago music scene for nearly two decades. His last record, Old Door Phantoms (ears&eyes Records), hailed by Audiophile Audition as “the multi-genre instrumental album of the year”, as well as “a complex and beautiful piece of work” by New City, explored themes of nature, spirituality, and the human condition through the lens of an instrumental psychedelic garage rock band.
Echoes of Neil Young’s Crazy Horse and guitarist Marc Ribot continue into Miller’s new album, DAVE MILLER, though he has expanded his focus to now include detailed arrangements and more refined production techniques
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David Miller
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Dave Miller is a drummer, improviser, dance accompanist, and educator. His work specializes in avant-garde, free jazz, experimental and improvisational musics, having performed worldwide from Japan to Sweden, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Slovakia, Austria, Beglium and the Czech Republic.
Significant projects having toured worldwide include Tzadik recording artists PET BOTTLE NINGEN (with Nonoko Yoshida and David Scanlon), GSI Studio band KARL 2000, Legendary American producer Martin Bisi, and guitarist-conceptualist Ryan Clackner. Miller's work is based in acoustic drum and percussion aesthetics with predominantly improvisational performance ideology. Major musical collaborators include Daniel Carter, Rob Duguay, Satoko Fujii, Chuck Bettis, Natsuki Tamura, Robert Boston, Jonas Labhart, Blaise Siwula, Otomo Yoshihide, Toru Tenda, Nobuyoshi Ino, David Schnug, Welf Dorr Unit, Brad Farberman & MIDDLE BLUE and Marco Cappelli's ITALIAN SURF ACADEMY. Dave also works with the contemporary classical ensemble S.E.M. (directed by Peter Kotik) which has performed work by and alongside Roscoe Mitchell of The Art Ensemble of Chicago.
Ennio Morricone Is Dissolving
Label: 41st Parallel Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: If You Ask Ennio Morricone; Ecstasy Of Gold; Ecstasy Reflection; In Order To Become Ennio Morricone; Ecstasy Of
Gold reloaded; Sometimes Ennio Morricone Closes His Eyes; For A Fist Of Dollars; I Want To Ask You Something;
For A Fist Of Dollars reloaded; Ennio Morricone Is Dissolving; The Sundown; Crazy Bridge; S. Antonio Mission - In
Which Ennio Morricone; Studio N. 100; Deep Deep Down bridge; At The End Of This Movie; Deep Deep Down
theme.
The Crisis Knows No Borders
Label: Desafio Candente Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Basic Economic Farsity; The Growth Imperative; Oil and Water Don't Mix; Skepticism; Wishcycle; Sea
Levels Rising; The Crisis Knows No Borders; Your Right Under The Sun; The Man of Flesh & Bone;
Meditation on the End of Times.
Breathe
By Chris Varga
Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Durantula; Breathe; Lid; Framing The Dragon; Passing Remark; This System Of Things; TMI;
Gentle Vicissitudes.
Gustavo Cortiñas Inspires Unity and Empathy Through Music
by Dean Nardi
The renowned French writer Victor Hugo once wrote that “music is noise that thinks." Hugo was highlighting the profound and intellectual nature of music, suggesting that while it may seem like disorganized sound ("noise"), it carries deep meaning and expresses complex ideas and emotions that can only be conveyed through this medium. Hugo also wrote of ...
Gustavo Cortiñas: A Jazz Drummer's Call To Action
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines on drummer and composer Gustavo Cortiñas.Gustavo's latest album, The Crisis Knows No Borders (Desafío Candente Records), tackles climate change head-on through music that's both urgent and beautiful. Working with guitarist Dave Miller, saxophonist Jon Irabagon, and violinist Mark Feldman, he's created compositions that explore how global warming sparks conflicts, drives ...
Several Worthwhile Releases from the Last Few Months
by Jerome Wilson
Despite what is said about physical media going away, a steady supply of new jazz releases keeps showing up every week. Here are some worthy if underappreciated albums from the first half of 2025. Tobias Meinhart Sonic River Self Produced 2025 “Sonic River" is a good description ...
Gustavo Cortiñas: The Crisis Knows No Borders
by Hrayr Attarian
Drummer Gustavo Cortinas is one of Chicago's most imaginative and exciting composers. This is not solely due to his brilliant creativity but also because he explores socially aware and relevant themes. He has honed a unique style that is easily recognizable as his own. His sixth release as a leader, the superb The Crisis Knows No ...
Chris Varga: Breathe
by Jack Bowers
It is always refreshing to hear a talented vibraphonist seducing the mallets while leading a band, as is true on Breathe, Chris Varga's second recording, and the first in the U.S., following 2023's Vichara on South Korea's Mung Music label. Varga, who has been living and performing in Seoul for more than two decades, returned “home" ...
