I Remember Miles (Shirley Horn album)

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]

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)

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. "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.
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