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For those unaware, Dominic Miller’s fourth album for ECM finds the storyteller-guitarist reminiscing in lyrical waves, creating striking chamber dynamics and subtle dialogues in exchange with a quartet of close colleagues.

The album is dedicated to and named after Miller’s mother Diana, who passed away in February 2026. Like Vagabond before it, the autobiographical nature of the project drives a particularly gripping sense of melancholia into the music and musicians’ performance. Dominic: “It seemed like the right way to go, naming this album after my mother. My last album, Vagabond, was dedicated to my father. “Vagabond” was his favorite poem. So Diana just felt right – obviously she was a huge influence on my life. And if people ask me why Diana, then it gets me talking about my mom. And in a day in 2026, I think it’s okay to say that you’re a bit of a mum’s boy (smiles).”

On the album, Dominic fronts a quartet composed of long-time associates from varying ensembles, including his rhythm section from 2023’s Vagabond with bassist Nicolas Fiszman and drummer Ziv Ravitz as well as Argentinian bandoneon player Santiago Arias, whose gracefully textured playing could already be heard on Absinthe (2019). Here the foursome conspires in deep listening and spontaneous connection, traced across carefully constructed forms with evocative, poignant melodies.

“I feel very privileged to have arrived at this point with these musicians,” Dominic says, pointing out each musician’s particular gift and role in the ensemble. He calls Santiago “a ninja sort of black-belt-guru type,” capable of adapting to any given situation but also always contributing the unexpected with what seems like the experience of a lifetime. “Even back before I’d ever talked, let alone played with him I knew that I wanted Santiago on my next album just by his demeanor, by this sort of martial-art-kind-of-coolness that he has. And it’s so important to have musicians who have that sort of wisdom…”

1. Jazz Hotel [05:19]
2. Alta Loma [02:29]
3. Rita [05:01]
4. Millionaire [03:57]
5. Vegas Dreaming [02:38]
6. Al Dente [02:52]
7. Only You [03:16]
8. Pigalle [03:53]
9. Timeless [03:48]
10. Iguazu [02:10]

Recorded at Studios la Buissonne in the South of France in December 2024, the recording being produced by Manfred Eicher, Miller opens his new recording on the ________________ of Jazz Hotel and the ____________ of Alta Loma and then we get brought forth the ___________ of Rita, the ______________ of Millionaire and the _______________ of Vegas Dreaming.

Along next is the ____________________ of Al Dente which is itself backed seamlessly by the ___________ of Only You and the __________ of Pigalle, the new set rounding out on the ___________ of Timeless, coming to a close on the __________ of Iguazu.

Official Purchase Link

www.dominicmiller.com