I Remember Miles (Shirley Horn album) explained

I Remember Miles
Type:	studio
Artist:	Shirley Horn
Cover:	shirleymiles.jpg
Released:	June 9, 1998
Recorded:	December 5–7, 1997
Genre:	Vocal jazz
Length:	52:54
Label:	Verve
Producer:	Shirley Horn, Richard Seidel, Sheila Mathis
Prev Title:	Loving You
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	You're My Thrill
Next Year:	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

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

• Shirley Horn – piano, vocals, producer
• Ron Carter – bass guitar
• Roy Hargrove – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Toots Thielemans – harmonica
• Buck Hill – tenor saxophone
• Charles Ables – double bass
• Steve Williams – drums, percussion
• Al Foster

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=i-remember-miles-r352229|pure_url=yes}} I Remember Miles]. AllMusic. October 3, 2011.
2. Adam Bernstein, "Mesmerizing Jazz Singer and Pianist", The Washington Post, October 22, 2005.