Laughing Barrel
Jazz
| Mar 2003
Reviews
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-04-26
Reviewed 2003-04-26
Soft bop session that includes some different sounds mainly courtesy of Brandon Ross' changing guitar voices. Overall it's got an accessible, warm, easy sound, but Miles is amenable to some out-there ideas (I've seen him play with Tim Berne, for example.) You can hear some of that adventure lurking in tracks 2 and 3, and it really comes out on track 5.
Ron Miles is based in Colorado. He seems to prefer a Lee Konitz kind of openness, where the compositions are constructed to allow lots of sponteneity, but the overall sound is still "normal" jazz.
1- Gentle and catchy, would make a nice closing track for some albums
2*- Midtempo soft bop w/grinding guitar solo
3- Slow, w/wah-wah guitar. Simple and kind of bland.
4- Soft, comforting
5*- Fairly mellow; includes a laid-back free-jazz break
6- Gentle toe-tapper
7*- Softly funky snap
Ron Miles is based in Colorado. He seems to prefer a Lee Konitz kind of openness, where the compositions are constructed to allow lots of sponteneity, but the overall sound is still "normal" jazz.
1- Gentle and catchy, would make a nice closing track for some albums
2*- Midtempo soft bop w/grinding guitar solo
3- Slow, w/wah-wah guitar. Simple and kind of bland.
4- Soft, comforting
5*- Fairly mellow; includes a laid-back free-jazz break
6- Gentle toe-tapper
7*- Softly funky snap
Recent airplay
Parade
Sunday Morning — Jan 02, 2005
Fairy Court
Morning Glory — Aug 21, 2004
New Breed Leader
Memory Select — Jun 06, 2003
Jesus Loves Me
Memory Select — May 30, 2003
Sunday Best
No Cover, No Minimum — May 13, 2003
New Breed Leader
Memory Select — Apr 25, 2003
Charting
2003-04-14 — 2003-06-16
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jun 8 | 1 |
| Jun 1 | 1 |
| May 18 | 1 |
| Apr 27 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Parade | ||
| 2. | New Breed Leader | ||
| 3. | Psychedelic Black Man | ||
| 4. | Still Small Voice | ||
| 5. | Jesus Loves Me | ||
| 6. | Sunday Best | ||
| 7. | Fairy Court |