Old Main Chapel
Ron Miles
Awards:
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, June 2024
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st May 2024
Lines are precise, emotions finely drawn and trumpeter Ron Miles renders his compositions with a delicate blend of tenderness and spikiness.
Old Main Chapel
Ron Miles
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Awards:
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, June 2024
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st May 2024
Lines are precise, emotions finely drawn and trumpeter Ron Miles renders his compositions with a delicate blend of tenderness and spikiness.
About
The brilliant and beloved cornetist and composer Ron Miles released his Blue Note debut Rainbow Sign in 2020 shortly before his tragic death in 2022 from a rare blood disorder. His legacy is honored with the May 10 release of Old Main Chapel, a recording that captures a sublime live performance by Miles’ trio with guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Brian Blade in 2011 at Old Main Chapel in Boulder, Colorado. The 7-song set featured 6 of Miles’ indelible originals along with an obscure cover of “There Ain’t No Sweet Man that’s Worth the Salt of My Tears.” The package includes heartfelt remembrances by Frisell, Blade, pianist and frequent collaborator Jason Moran, Blue Note President Don Was, and Ron’s daughter Justice Miles.
Contents and tracklist
- Ron Miles (trumpet), Brian Blade (drums), Bill Frisell (guitar)
- Recorded: 2011-09-21
- Recording Venue: Old Main Chapel
- Ron Miles (trumpet), Brian Blade (drums), Bill Frisell (guitar)
- Recorded: 2011-09-21
- Recording Venue: Old Main Chapel
- Ron Miles (trumpet), Brian Blade (drums), Bill Frisell (guitar)
- Recorded: 2011-09-21
- Recording Venue: Old Main Chapel
- Ron Miles (trumpet), Brian Blade (drums), Bill Frisell (guitar)
- Recorded: 2011-09-21
- Recording Venue: Old Main Chapel
- Ron Miles (trumpet), Brian Blade (drums), Bill Frisell (guitar)
- Recorded: 2011-09-21
- Recording Venue: Old Main Chapel
- Ron Miles (trumpet), Brian Blade (drums), Bill Frisell (guitar)
- Recorded: 2011-09-21
- Recording Venue: Old Main Chapel
- Ron Miles (trumpet), Brian Blade (drums), Bill Frisell (guitar)
- Recorded: 2011-09-21
- Recording Venue: Old Main Chapel
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Ron Miles - Old Main Chapel
31st May 2024
This live recording made over a decade ago sees the cornet player, who sadly passed away during the pandemic, join forces with long-term collaborators Bill Frisell and Brian Blade for a nuanced performance of subtle delicacy and emotional gravitas.
Awards and reviews
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JazzwiseEditor's ChoiceJune 2024
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Presto Recording of the Week31st May 2024
Lines are precise, emotions finely drawn and trumpeter Ron Miles renders his compositions with a delicate blend of tenderness and spikiness.
June 2024
Miles, Blade and Frisell are kindred spirits: each great listeners, each wear their virtuosity lightly, each creates more space than they fill. And it's in those spaces between that the magic distils.
