Acclaimed cornetist and composer Ron Miles will make his Blue Note Records debut with Rainbow Sign, out October 9. Ahead of the album, Miles has shared his Ethiopian pop-inspired single, “Queen of the South.”The track has a contemplative, meandering groove and a rhythm that jumps side-to-side. Rainbow Sign, Miles’ follow-up to 2017’s I Am A Man, was written in the wake of the passing of his father in 2018. Sonically, Miles reaches from jazz to blues on this album, hoping to bridge the gap between the two. “[Blues is] the first music that really gets to the point for Black people about possibilities,” says Miles.

Source: Ethiopian News August 21, 2020 19:07 UTC