I Am A Man: A Special Liner Essay for Ron Miles

Glenn Ligon's "Condition Report," 2000

Today is Ron Miles’s birthday. Ron was an American jazz trumpeter, cornetist, and composer. A beautiful, beautiful spirit on and off the bandstand. When I was on pregnancy bedrest, the only time I defied my obstetrician’s orders and gallivanted out of the house was for a Ron Miles show. Ron’s wife Kari was hilarious…