JOEL MILLER
Genres: Post Bop, Classic Fusion, World Fusion, Third Stream, Pop, Art Song, Folk • Canada

Canadian Juno award winning saxophonist Joel Miller has spent most of his life happily ignoring convention. Be it Jazz, Latin, Classical or Pop, Miller fluidly crosses boundaries, fusing a tapestry of fragments into a new and unique sound. When we hear it though, the music is familiar, comfortable. Miller’s aesthetic is intricate and idiosyncratic, but the work, for lack of better words, sounds right. On his latest recording “Dream Cassette”, the saxophonist’s irreverent spirit is in full flight. At first glance, the vinyl length album (a comfortable 45 minutes) is a tribute to the 1980’s pop music of the New Brunswick native’s youth. But “Dream Cassette” reaches deeper, plucking memories of skateboard culture, and the striving for perfection therein... “Shredding” as Miller calls it. “That’s what got me into Jazz”, Miller notes, “it’s very close; the focus you need to perfect a new skateboard move, and what I put into read more...