by Rich Collins - Offbeat Magazine
and you hear the sound of a distant horn bouncing off the walls of the old antique shops? If you packaged that melancholy beauty and put it on a piece of plastic, you'd have Charlie Miller's new disc, PEACE HORN from NEW ORLEANS. a collection of solo trumpet tracks by a New Orleanian who has performed with everyone from Dr. John to Thelonious Monk (to Chuck Mangione if you want to get technical). PeaceHorn feels like the end of a great afternoon ... or, at least, the end of a movie about some beautiful couple having a great afternoon ... or maybe it's not an afternoon at all ... or maybe ... Return to Home Page |