I Remember Miles (Shirley Horn album)

I Remember Miles
Studio album by
Shirley Horn
ReleasedJune 9, 1998
RecordedDecember 5–7, 1997
GenreVocal jazz
Length52:54
LabelVerve
ProducerShirley Horn, Richard Seidel, Sheila Mathis
Shirley Horn chronology
Loving You
(1997) 		I Remember Miles
(1998) 		You're My Thrill
(2001)

I Remember Miles is a 1998 studio album by Shirley Horn, recorded in tribute to Miles Davis.[1] The album cover illustration was a drawing Davis had once done of them both.[2]

Horn's performance on this album won her the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance at the 41st Grammy Awards.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell stated: "Horn's understated, laconic, deceptively casual ballad manner is a natural fit for the brooding Miles persona, and she doesn't have to change a thing in this relaxed, wistfully sung, solidly played collection...In a sad way, the very idea of a Miles tribute is an oxymoronic denial of the ever-restless spirit of this genius who didn't believe in looking backwards. But Shirley Horn certainly serves the man's sensitive side well".[1]

Track listing

  1. "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 5:33
  2. "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 5:39
  3. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 4:59
  4. "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) – 7:21
  5. "This Hotel" (Johnny Keating, Richard Quine) – 3:37
  6. "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" (Gershwin, Gershwin, Heyward) – 3:39
  7. "Basin Street Blues" (Williams) – 5:28
  8. "My Man's Gone Now" (Gershwin, Gershwin, Heyward) – 10:39
  9. "Blue in Green" (Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Al Jarreau) – 5:59

Personnel

Performers
Production
  • Chika Azuma – artwork, design
  • Sheila Mathis – assistant producer
  • Dave Baker – engineer, mixing
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes
  • Duncan Stanbury – mastering
  • Richard Seidel – producer
  • Camille Tominaro – production coordination

References

  1. ^ a b c "I Remember Miles". AllMusic. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  2. ^ Adam Bernstein, "Mesmerizing Jazz Singer and Pianist", The Washington Post, October 22, 2005.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 727. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.