Circuit Rider

Ron Miles has produced a fine CD with help from Bill Frisell and Brian Blades. The playing here is fluid, meloldic and insightful. Each of the players make distincitve contributions to the music and its fun to hear three jazz masters working together. If you want to hear intelligent, challenging music by three top pros, then this is the record for you.

Great album; I don't know much about Ron Miles, but I bought it because Bill Frisell and Brian Blade play on it, and it does not disappoint.

GREAT REVIEWS ... 2015 is looking good, exciting. This recording is beautiful.

excellent!

Ron Miles, Bill Frisel and Brian Blade make a very special album, very intesive and depth . There is always something magic in the air, a special sensibility. In this moment you can found a important number of jazz musicians that take the folk , or something call americana to make music. In this case is something more complicate but this roots are inside the music. Ron Miles is a perfect companion of Bill Frisell and Blade is the point of junction of all this things. Is not coincidence that this guys are interesred in the music of Jimmy Giuffre, like Dave Douglas, or Charles Mingus, like this new generation of jazz player. Each new record of Ron Miles is a gift for the audience.

If it wasn't unusual enough that the lead instruments on "Circuit Rider" are trumpet and electric guitar, it's even more unusual that the two share equal space. On this follow-up to " Quiver ," Ron Miles again plays an expressive trumpet as Bill Frisell shines on guitar. On drums, Brian Blade plays a strong supportive role. The music is cerebral, quirky and serious. Miles or Frisell will at times lay down a progression of chords that the other will improvise upon. Most of the time however, both musicians lead simultaneously. It is this complex interplay that is so beautiful. The notes of the guitar and trumpet dance with each other; each song is like a poetic ballet of notes. The title track exemplifies this musical dynamic. This sort of chemistry could only exist between long-time musicians. 'Comma' is fun while 'Jive Five' plays jazz with delicious chord changes. Brian Blade's playing comes forward on 'The Flesh is Weak.' 'Dancing Close and Slow' is bluesy. The 'Circuit Rider' features a clever arrangement and great solos. 'Angela' is an example of the chamber sensibility that is threaded throughout this material. Indeed, the band finds a unique way of successfully combining genres and musical ideas that many would consider disparate. The album closes with the blues: not just one type, but 'Two Kinds of Blues.' "Circuit Rider" stands as an even match to its 2012 predecessor. This album is sure to ride often on your sound system's circuits.

The follow-up album to 2012's live recording 'Quiver' (4 stars) shows the extent to which these guys have really got a handle on each other - creating an equally marked feeling of spontaneity, warmth and fun in what is a studio environment. These things either happen or they don't; and it's a credit to Ron Miles's composing skills as well as the trio's musicianship that we're given such an intimate insight into the beautiful process that is deconstructed jazz. Each track is a musical narrative - cohesive, imaginative and quirky with Frisell's country and blues influences spicing up the mix. The format and sound invites comparison with Paul Motian's latter-day trio work with Lovano and Frisell (again); the results here I'd suggest being even more accessible and enjoyable. Nice work guys!

Ron Miles es uno de esos musicos que son capaces de extraer de su instrumento (corno frances o trompeta) algo mas que sonidos, transmite algo espiritual y belleza a expuertas. Bill Frisell lo mismo y Brian Blade es un bateria fuera de lo comun. Este particular trio estan inmersos en esa nueva corriente del jazz influenciada por lo que se ha dado en llamar "americana" que no es otra cosa que la musica tradicional americana. Musica simple y facil de asimilar, grabada de forma muy intima y profunda. Hay belleza, mucha belleza y por que no decirlo, relax. Disco que gana tras cada escucha y que poco a poco se hace imprescindible. Estupendo de verdad