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Laughing Barrel
By Ron Miles
Label: Sterling Circle
Released: 2003
Track listing: Parade; New Breed Leader; Psychedelic Black Man; Still Small Voice; Jesus Loves
Me; Sunday Best; Fairy Court.
The Ron Miles Quartet: Laughing Barrel
by Dan McClenaghan
The idea for Laughing Barrel, the title of trumpeter Ron Miles' latest CD, comes from the writings of Ralph Ellison, the great African-American author. According to Ellison, an enslaved man, when he had the urge to laugh (strangely forbidden fruit for these poor souls), would put his head in a barrel to muffle the sounds of ...
Ron Miles Quartet: Laughing Barrel
by Mark Corroto
The concept of jazz has seemingly always been an urban phenomenon. From Louis Armstrong’s move to Chicago to the post-war Charlie Parker revolution--and more recently, Wynton Marsalis’ uptown vs. downtown music debate--jazz concepts and jazz sounds have traditionally gravitated toward cities. But inside jazz itself, traditions are continuously rewritten. As the music has ...
Heaven
By Ron Miles
Label: Sterling Circle
Released: 2002
Track listing: Just married, Coward of the County, Ron Miles, Beautiful, We See, Heaven, King Porter Stomp, Your Cheatin' Heat, Close, Falsetto, A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall, Darken My Door
Ron Miles: Heaven
by Mark Corroto
You would not typically pair a trumpeter and guitarist in a jazz setting. Come to think of it, they aren’t typically paired in any other musical setting. Maybe that’s why these duets by Ron Miles and Bill Frisell are so refreshing. Heaven is trumpeter Ron Miles’ fourth release as a leader and third ...
Ron Miles: Heaven
by C. Michael Bailey
The intimacy of simplicity. Former Mercer Ellington Orchestra trumpeter Ron Miles joins frequent collaborator Bill Frisell for a spare and beautiful duet outing. Frisell performs mostly on acoustic guitar and very much in a comping, supporting roll. The collection therein consists of equal parts cover tunes and originals. There is a very pastoral or rural tone ...
Ron Miles: Heaven
by Dan McClenaghan
Simply put: Trumpet and guitar. Horn man Ron Miles tries a duet this time out, and he picked his partner well: the high-profile and hugely talented Bill Frisell Heaven is a delicately rendered set of songs, highlighting the strengths of the two players. Ron Miles has a breathy, very lyrical approach to the trumpet; ...
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