Ron Miles left the planet all too soon, but the Denver cornetist and trumpeter has left a lasting mark, both in terms of the music he made and in the people whose lives he touched. This list, a guide to ten of Miles' most significant recordings as both leader and as a sideman, reflects his playing ...

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The Ox-Mo Incident

By Keith Oxman

Label: Capri Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Happy Talk; Full Moon And Empty Arms; The Surrey With The Fringe On Top; Baubles, Bangles And Beads; The Ox-Mo Incident; Three For Five; Stranger In Paradise; Poor Butterfly; A Wasp In Search Of A Hart and Lung; Pavanne; I Could Have Danced All Night

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Frank Morelli / Keith Oxman: The Ox-Mo Incident

Read "The Ox-Mo Incident" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
July 14, 2021

East meets Midwest on The Ox-Mo Incident, wherein Denver-based tenor saxophonist Keith Oxman shares the front line with bassoonist Frank Morelli, whose day jobs include teaching at the renowned Juilliard School in New York City and several other citadels of higher education. Although it's a long trek from Juilliard and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (one of ...

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Frank Morelli / Keith Oxman: The Ox-Mo Incident

Read "The Ox-Mo Incident" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
June 28, 2021

Do you recall the last time you heard a tenor saxophone and bassoon jazz/classical album? Never, you say. So with the release of The Ox-Mo Incident you are about to enter uncharted territory, but with a happy ending. Bassoonist Frank Morelli and tenor saxophonist Keith Oxman have combined their considerable talents to offer their unique interpretations ...

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Two Cigarettes In the Dark

By Keith Oxman

Label: Capri Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: I've Never Been In Love Before; Voss is Boss; Everything Happens to Me; Two Cigarettes In the Dark; Bossa for Baby; Murphy's Law Impacts L.E.A.P.; Crazy He Calls Me; Wind Chill; Sweet Sucker; Murrellancholy.