Primary Instrument: Guitar
Last Updated: March 5, 2008“...pure melody consciousness... [with] remarkable control, a breathy, violiny tone [and] bell-like consistency.”
Minor 7th
”Tim Miller's current release, “Trio,” is quite possibly one of the most groundbreaking and enthralling collections of contemporary jazz guitar music recorded in the last decade.”
AllAboutJazz.com
“In fact, Miller's work throughout should garner him well-deserved notoriety. His lines are executed with a legato virtuosity, springing off the fingerboard as if they are tapped out by mallets, not fingertips. More importantly, they are extremely non-guitarcentric and have a rhythmic sensibility and motion found at the highest echelons of the music. In other words, you simply won't hear Miller run a scale throughout, and when he plays you get a sense of movement akin to a kick-returner weaving through an entire defense on a 110 yard runback. The phrasing and melodic contour on “Time” in particular are exemplary-not many guitarists can blow in inside territory with as many novel ideas as Miller who, at 31, provides a fresh, promising new voice in jazz guitar. “ --Phil DiPietro
20th Century Guitar
“Trio is [...] a 40 minute set of superbly recorded instrumental guitar jazz that stretches the parameters of the musical imagination.”
AllAboutJazz.com
“Compositionally, the freedom and openness in the music reflects the deep influence of Keith Jarrett, while sonically, the air-infused yet electric guitar sound dances with bass and drums mixed in a pastoral acoustic style. Even with headphones, the listener hears the trio of instruments entwined in the air, coupled by intense playing and musicianship.” --Phil DiPietro
Klein Line
“I find Miller's playing striking in it's musicality. He has a remarkable sense of touch, where vibrato, glisses, slurs, and articulated notes serve to express melody. He also has something to say - his writing and improvisation convey a constant sense of development - a sense of drama and forward motion, borne out of shifting, complementary melodic contours and rhythmic variations.” --Don Ayers
