I Am A Man
Ron Miles
This is music of spiritual and political change, summed up by the cut ‘Revolutionary Congregation’ ....it’s peaceful but not passive: it’s music that won’t back down.
I Am A Man
Ron Miles
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This is music of spiritual and political change, summed up by the cut ‘Revolutionary Congregation’ ....it’s peaceful but not passive: it’s music that won’t back down.
About
'I am a Man', Ron Miles's newest recording with Bill Frisell and Brian Blade, expands the trio to a quintet with the addition of pianist Jason Moran and bassist Thomas Morgan. The sublime interplay that distinguished the Circuit Rider trio recordings 'Quiver' (2012) and 'Circuit Rider' (2014), reaches new levels of inspired musical communication. Ron Miles 's lyrical and complex compositions provide the perfect framework for five masters who blur the boundaries of conventional soloing and accompanying in a constant ebb and flow marked by brilliant harmonizing and strokes of individual genius.
Contents and tracklist
- Ron Miles with Bill Frisell, Brian Blade, Jason Moran & Thomas Morgan, Ron Miles
- Ron Miles with Bill Frisell, Brian Blade, Jason Moran & Thomas Morgan, Ron Miles
- Ron Miles with Bill Frisell, Brian Blade, Jason Moran & Thomas Morgan, Ron Miles
- Ron Miles with Bill Frisell, Brian Blade, Jason Moran & Thomas Morgan, Ron Miles
- Ron Miles with Bill Frisell, Brian Blade, Jason Moran & Thomas Morgan, Ron Miles
- Ron Miles with Bill Frisell, Brian Blade, Jason Moran & Thomas Morgan, Ron Miles
- Ron Miles with Bill Frisell, Brian Blade, Jason Moran & Thomas Morgan, Ron Miles
Awards and reviews
February 2018
This is music of spiritual and political change, summed up by the cut ‘Revolutionary Congregation’ ....it’s peaceful but not passive: it’s music that won’t back down.
December 2017
I Am A Man fills out Miles’ regular trio (guitarist Bill Frisell, drummer Brian Blade) with pianist Jason Moran and bassist Thomas Morgan. They’re ideal fits for the cornetist’s cerebral lyricism. Social justice themes are indeed prominent on cornetist Ron Miles’ 11th album. But it also reminds us that the political is personal.
