There is more to jazz in Montreal than the sprawling festival that takes place in the Canadian city every summer. Keeping up with developments there is easier because of the work of filmmaker Randy Cole (pictured). Cole’s latest short film is about the influence of a new daughter on the life and work of tenor saxophonist Joel Miller and Miller’s preparations for a project with bassist Fraser Hollins, drummer Greg Ritchie and the visiting American pianist Geoffrey Keezer.
The last Rifftides piece about Miller was this post more than three years ago about an intriguing CD in a batch of Recent Listening recommendations.