When Music comes Alive
Music has the power to carry us beyond daily concerns and into a quieter, more connected space. And when it’s experienced live, something truly shifts. The shared breath, vibration, and presence between musicians and listeners opens the door to joy, release, and connection.
Experience the raw magic of Helman & McCreavy. Our “First Take” series features seven unfiltered, one-take performances, including our original song “Until We Know”. No studio gloss, just the honest sound you’d hear live.
For venues, agents, and listeners, this is us, ready to bring that authenticity to your stage.
We are currently performing in private events.
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Music has always been in my blood. My father played tenor saxophone, often heading to late-night gigs after a full day’s work. He’d come home around 2 AM, still beaming from the joy of playing and connecting, and watching that kind of passion left a lasting impression.
I started piano at age eight, then moved to trumpet. By fifteen, I was performing in my father’s band. When I moved to New York City, I shifted focus to modern dance and set my trumpet aside for the next twenty years.
In 1985, I founded Mileshigh Artists Management, representing some of New York’s most talented jazz and pop musicians. Years later, while living in Santa Fe, I picked up the album ‘Kind of Blue’ by Miles Davis. Something in its space, tone, and emotional honesty spoke directly to me. It rekindled my connection to the horn—and pointed me toward a more fluid, expressive, and spacious approach to jazz that I hadn’t fully explored before.
Since then, I’ve recorded 3 albums and a concert video, performed across the U.S., and even played for 250,000 penguins in Antarctica with Neil Armstrong at my side.
I’m performing regularly in Palm Beach with my longtime friend James McCreavy, a guitar virtuoso who has shaped the local music scene for decades. Together, just guitar and flugelhorn, we explore a sound that’s intimate, soulful, and unmistakably our own, while also expanding into larger ensembles for bigger venues and broader experiences.
We’d love to share this with your guests, whether it’s an intimate gathering, a lively restaurant, a jazz club, or a grand concert hall. Any place that longs for live, honest music.
James McCreavy and I look forward to seeing you at a live show soon and sharing a few moments of that intimate magic that only music can offer.
Musical Encounters
You can listen to my albums, In the Shadows, Reflections of Beauty, and It Never Entered My Mind, on YouTube below. The most recent brought together extraordinary musicians, including Mike Mainieri, David Spinozza, Rachel Z. Hakim, James Genus, Joel Rosenblatt, and special guests Ann Hampton Callaway and Steve Wilson, who shaped something truly special.
Santa Fe, NM
Ron Helman flugelhorn, Kanoa Kaluhiwa sax, John Rangel piano, Michael Glynn bass, Cal Haines drums