For You Lot Mike Miller - 2001 Salvage The Moon

The playful embrace fine art straight off draws your attending -- it's similar wacky video game characters, including a Planet of the Ape guy -- but it powerfulness non give off the correct impression of the nature of this disc, which is a hip fusion explosion led yesteryear i of L.A.'s most ubiquitous guitar heroes who is known to a greater extent than oft than non equally a first-call sideman. Though there's beat as well as tune to spare, the best agency to depict Miller's cook of eclecticism is experimental rock. Over a bouncy bed of blues organ set yesteryear Mitch Forman, Miller lives upward to the championship of "The Sky Lights Up," modulating his electrical strings at different pitches spell tweaking out a tune trouble over the moody grooves. "Beatnik" is less involving melodically, but has an irresistibly creepy groove, featuring Jimmy Johnson's throbbing low-end bass as well as the trombone harmonies of Bruce Fowler. The championship rail industrial plant equally a funky rock-flavored anthem without words, highlighted yesteryear a sizzling duet yesteryear Miller as well as Fowler at their most intense. After the intentionally abrasive distorted guitar slice "Rocket Dog," a moody embrace of John Lennon's "Julia" is a relief, introducing non solely Miller's romantic side but equally good his dear for the Beatles, which puts him on the musical path. He as well as thus goes "Lennon extreme" on a booming twist of "I Am the Walrus," which is psychedelic guitarisma at its finest. "A Dark Waltz" cools the stride for exactly about other romantic interlude. Miller's a fight all over the map, but that seems to hold out the signal as well as such characterizes his life equally an L.A. musician. Guitar fans volition dear this best of all, but Beatles fans real ask to listen 2 of the finest instrumental covers ever.

I saw Mike as well as his California quintet at the Baked Potato inwards LA nearly iii years ago. I had never heard of him, I real went to come across Republic of Chad Wackerman as well as Jimmy Johnson from Holdsworth's trio who were playing with him. I was merely killed. Mike's got to hold out i of the most imaginative, master guitarists anywhere. His playing is unique as well as defies description. This CD is a pretty expert representation of his sound. He real wails a footling fight harder live.

The kickoff fourth dimension I had heard Mike's guitar was on the Yellowjackets 2d LP.. Loved the phrasing. Saw him alive at the Mt.Fuji Jazz Festival with Chick Corea inwards 1984, along with Band Overboard. Mike Miller is genuinely a cracking guitarist equally good equally a composer. Wish to a greater extent than people knew nearly him.

Mike Miller is clearly i of the most underrated,gifted guitarists of our time. This album clearly shows this. H5N1 cracking combination of sense of savor as well as texture, harmonic simplicity as well as complexity, as well as chemical scientific discipline betwixt the players. Simply a joy to heed to all the agency through. My favorite rail is "Save The Moon". It's similar Flim as well as The BB's crossed with an old Jazz Crusaders vibe. The build-up at the terminate is damn close orgasmic!
Mike Miller volition absolutely blow yous away alive equally well. He real deserves his due. See for yourself.

Mike Miller is a guitarist whose playing as well as writing communicates a stunning musical universe. While much is made of individuality as well as originality with musicians, Miller seems beyond those qualities: he is unlikely inwards the agency he defies description. Consider that Miller has worked with jazz pianist Chick Corea, diva/comedienne Bette Midler, popular craftsmen Gino Vanelli as well as Burton Cummings, the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, british jazz-rock band Brand X, Wall of Voodoo´s Stan Ridgeway, celluloid composer as well as onetime Devo forepart homo Mark Mothersbaugh, the Frank Zappa Banned from Utopia alumni band, as well as many others. This is a attain of sense that challenges the imagination -- edgy spontaneity inwards Corea´s electrical jazz, slapstick \"comedy guitar\" with Bette Midler, as well as complex orchestration inwards the writing of Marc Anthony Turnage as well as Frank Zappa.

Then heed to his kickoff solo CD, Save the Moon, which features Jimmy Johnson, Tom Brechtlein, Mitchel Forman, Peter Erskine, as well as Ralph Humphrey. The music on this CD reflects Miller´s commitment to educate his ain voice, which juggles a rich as well as wonderful contradiction of qualities: the raw excitement of the electrical guitar with a technique that pushes the boundaries of the instrument, as well as a wide vocabulary with a mischievous sense of sense of humor -- he powerfulness play a purpose a pianist would run out with 2 hands, or grace the terminate of a bebop phrase with a Chuck Berry lick as well as dip of the tremolo bar. Miller is a riveting improviser who tin dismiss force yous to the border of your topographic point equally yous follow i musical see developing into exactly about other or bending through a serial of unexpected twists as well as turns... as well as the results are complex, nonetheless melodic as well as accessible. H5N1 uncomplicated path lies beneath the surface of all this activity, revealing a guitarist engaged inwards a playful search for constant musical growth.

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Track listing:

1. The Sky Lights Up
2. Beatnik
3. Save The Moon
4. Gold
5. Rocket Dog
6. Julia
7. I Am The Walrus
8. Dark Waltz
9. H5N1 Hair Less Bass

Personnel:

Mike Miller: Guitar, Keyboards, Loops
Mitchel Forman: Keyboards 1,4,6,7,8,9
David Witham: Keyboards 3
Bruce Fowler: Trombone
Jimmy Johnson: Bass
Peter Erskine: Drums 2,4,8
Tom Brechtlein: Drums 1,3,6,7,9
Ralph Humphrey: Drums 5