Ron Miles (probably best known as Bill Frisell's right hand trumpet man) is badass. Know him?

I've loved his playing on stuff like Frisell's Blues Dream album for years. Haven't been able to find anything where he plays a more prominent role until now though. He's based in Denver, which I can only assume has a lot to do with why he's basically unknown. I've been looking regularly at Amoeba Music for any of his albums for forever and I've NEVER SEEN A SINGLE COPY. That's how unknown he is.

Found the album 3ology With Ron Miles on spotify last night. I think it's the best jazz album from the 2000s that I've heard. If you like jazz and you haven't heard it, do yourself a favor and check it out.

Also heard Todd Ayers with Ron Miles- Live At The Mercury Cafe, which was also very good, despite being an acoustic guitar/trumpet duets album, which I wouldn't have guessed I'd like.

Anyone heard any of his other stuff? Any recommendations?

He's from around Denver and Boulder, no? Heard him live on the radio and thought he was awesome. Been meaning to catch him live in person for a while but haven't managed to do so yet.

i've seen him a couple times out here in Colorado, yeah, he's great. i should go see him more often, really.

I think he was last discussed on this thread: "You already know how to play. Now play wrong and make THAT right": Jazz D-Bags Thread 2010

Oh, should I have posted this there? I searched for existing threads, but it seems there's another jazz trumpeter named Miles who gets discussed a lot- made it hard to find anything about this one.

he can have his own thread, why not. the one album of his i have is this one:
http://images.cdbaby.name/r/o/ronmiles3.jpg

No you shouldn't post there that is two year old rolling thread, it is fine to have this thread

Ron Miles plays a key role in the new documentary about Ginger Baker, Beware of Mr. Baker, because he
**SPOILER ALERT ***
was part of the house band at Ginger Baker's Polo and Jazz Club in Colorado that eventually came to New York and played for Max Roach.

Time for a new screenname.

Oh cool, there's a thread. Been listening to his final release (he sadly died of a blood disease a few years ago) 'Old Main Chapel', recorded in 2011, a trio with Bill Frisell and Brian Blade. Beautiful record. I have to think that Ambrose Akinmusire trumpet/drums/Frisell trio record was inspired a bit by this group?

This is a really nice tribute too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54nSlvOMn2g

Rainbow Sign (2020) - his last studio record, with Frisell, Blade, Jason Moran, and Thomas Morgan, wow. Maybe I wasn't mature enough to appreciate his music before but I'm obsessed. :)

yeah Rainbow Sign is amazing.
There was a memorial show for Miles a few years back w/ Frisell, Blade, Moran and Morgan and it was one of the most emotional performances I've ever witnessed.

Whoa, where was that?

in Denver — 2023: https://red.msudenver.edu/2023/bandmates-to-honor-late-jazz-great-ron-miles-with-rainbow-sign/
there's a tape of it, I'll see if I can dig it out.

can't find the denver show, but here's the same band at big ears: https://archive.org/details/ron-miles-tribute-2022-03-25

Thank you!

Echoes of Wayne Shorter's quartet (w/Blade) getting back together to play in that spirit without Wayne.

nice revive, I never really looked at Miles outside of the Frisell context. Obviously Bill is on this stuff too but I'm excited to dig into Rainbow Sign, that's a dynamite lineup

Yeah.
I probably posted on the linked Rolling thread about my mini-obsession with his version of John Lennon's "Julia."