Rainbow Sign

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Rainbow Sign
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)
2019
Mighty Fine, Denver, Colorado, US
Sear Sound, New York City, New York, US
Modal jazzpop jazz
69:50
Instrumental
Blue Note
Colin BrickerRon Miles
I Am a Man(2017)

Rainbow Sign(2020) | I Am a Man(2017) | Rainbow Sign(2020) | | | I Am a Man(2017) | Rainbow Sign(2020) | | |

Rainbow Sign is a studio album containing original compositions by American jazz musician Ron Miles on the label Blue Note Records. Released on October 9, 2020 to positive critical reviews, it is Miles' final studio album, coming two years prior to his death in March 2022.

The album was recorded in mid-2018 during a period when Miles was caring for his dying father. The sessions reunited him with the musicians who played on his previous album I Am a Man, including longtime collaborator Bill Frisell on guitar and drummer Brian Blade.

Review scores
All About Jazz
AllMusic
DownBeat
Financial Times
Jazz Journal
Jazzwise
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The Times

The editorial staff of AllMusic Guide gave the album four out of five stars, with reviewer Thom Jurek noting how Miles blends "polytonal modal music, blues, gospel, post-bop, and pop". The site also included it in the best jazz albums of 2020. Kevin Whitehead of Fresh Air praises the dream-like quality of the musicians and their ability to work together to realize Miles' music and he notes the influence of pop music. In The Times, Chris Pearson gave the album four out of five stars, also pointing out the interplay of the musicians. Writing in Financial Times, Mike Hobart also scored Rainbow Sign four out of five stars for the "clean lines, close-knit interplay and an understated pulse" on the album.

All songs written by Ron Miles

1. "Like Those Who Dream" – 15:56
2. "Queen of the South" – 4:20
3. "Average" – 11:12
4. "Rainbow Sign" – 7:08
5. "The Rumor" – 4:30
6. "Custodian of the New" – 7:49
7. "This Old Man" – 6:57
8. "Binder" – 6:01
9. "A Kind Word" – 5:57

• Ron Miles – cornet, band leader, production
• Brian Blade – drums
• Bill Frisell – guitar
• Jason Moran – piano, photography
• Thomas Morgan – double bass

Technical personnel

• Lurah Blade – photography

• Colin Bricker – engineering, mixing, production

• Greg Calbi – mastering

• Monica Frisell – photography

• Todd Gallopo – art direction, design

• Thomas Krebs – photography

• Kevin Lee – assistance

• Owen Mulholland – assistance

• Hans Wendl – project management

• 2020 in American music

• 2020 in jazz

• List of 2020 albums

• Official website

• Rainbow Sign at Discogs (list of releases)

• Rainbow Sign at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

• Entry at Jazz Music Archives