''Circuit Rider'' is an album by cornetist/composer

Ron Miles Ronald Glen Miles (May 9, 1963 – March 8, 2022) was an American jazz trumpeter, cornetist, and composer. He recorded for the labels Prolific (1986), Capri Records (Jazz record label), Capri (1990), and Rykodisc, Gramavision. His final album, ...

with guitarist

Bill Frisell William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist. He first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts, notably as a participant ...

and drummer

Brian Blade Brian Blade (born July 25, 1970) is an American jazz drummer, composer, and session musician. Early life Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, Blade was exposed to gospel and praise music while attending Zion Baptist Church at which his ...

which was released on the

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label in 2014.

Reception

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's Bill Milkowski observed "For 20 years inventive trumpeter-cornetist Ron Miles has had a special musical relationship with guitarist Bill Frisell, and this trio outing unites them with drummer Brian Blade. ... Miles and Frisell demonstrate a rare musical telepathy".Milkowski, B
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Britt Robson wrote "Frisell sidles into projects led by his longtime friend and cohort, cornetist-trumpeter Ron Miles. ''Circuit Rider'' continues the lineage of their duet disc, ''Heaven'', from 2002, and ''Quiver'' a decade later, which inaugurated their current trio by adding Brian Blade on drums. All three albums feature songs that are as firm, earthy and countrified as heirloom tomatoes ... the trio’s maturation on this outing is perhaps most due to the enhanced influence of Blade ... the drummer-composer had long demonstrated his affinity for the distinctive way Miles and Frisell approached Americana jazz. But the familiarity he gleaned during the ''Quiver'' sessions pays off with a fuller membership in the proceedings here".Robson, B
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Track listing

All compositions by Ron Miles except where noted # "Comma" – 9:07 # "Jive Five Floor Four" (

Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz Double bass, upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective Musical improvisation, improvisation, he is considered one of ...

) – 6:55 # "The Flesh is Weak" – 5:00 # "Dancing Close and Slow" – 8:50 # "Circuit Rider" – 4:55 # "Reincarnation of a Lovebird" (Mingus) – 7:07 # "Angelina" – 5:04 # "Two Kinds of Blues" (

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) – 9:41

Personnel

– cornet *

– guitar *

– drums

References

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