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Newest Releases from Ron Miles and Bill Frisell

Ron Miles. Photo by Thomas J. Krebs.
Bill Frisell. Photo by Monica Jane Frisell.

Cornetist/composer Ron Miles delivered a spellbinding evening of music for an Outpost Performance Space fundraiser a few weeks ago with his trio, which includes guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Brian Blade. On his latest release, I Am a Man* (Yellowbird Records), Miles adds a couple of players to the trio. Meanwhile, Frisell’s latest release, Music IS* (Okeh/Sony Masterworks), goes in the opposite direction: it’s a solo effort. Both, unsurprisingly given the participants, are worthy of attention. Continue reading →

Circuit Rider Embraces the Mystery

Circuit Rider: Bill Frisell, Ron Miles, and Brian Blade. Photo by John Spiral.

Circuit Rider comprises three of the most accomplished—and most generous—musicians on the planet: cornetist Ron Miles, guitarist Bill Frisell, and drummer Brian Blade. They ride into Albuquerque on February 25 for an Outpost fundraiser, and they bring with them a timely musical message that is reflected in both their material and their approach to it. Continue reading →

Four Jazz Reviews

Ted Brown
Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan. Photo by John Rogers.
Anyaa Arts Trio: Nii Otoo Annan, Steve Feld, Nii Noi Nortey.
Alex Coke (fourth member of the Anyaa Arts Quartet)
Fabian Almazan and Rhizome: Megan Gould, Linda Oh, Noah Hoffeld, Henry Cole, Almazan, Karen Waltuch, Tomoko Omura, Camila Meza. Photo by Robin Resch.

Just about every jazz fan should be able to find something they like among these four very different recordings from the Ted Brown Quartet, Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan, the Anyaa Arts Quartet, and Fabian Almazan and Rhizome. Continue reading →