I Remember Miles (Shirley Horn album)

I Remember Miles
I Remember Miles
Studio album by Shirley Horn
Released	June 9, 1998
Recorded	December 5–7, 1997
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	52:54
Label	Verve
Producer	Shirley Horn, Richard Seidel, Sheila Mathis
Shirley Horn chronology

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
Source	Rating
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

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

References

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

[Allmusic-1] "I Remember Miles". AllMusic. Retrieved October 3, 2011.

[2] Adam Bernstein, "Mesmerizing Jazz Singer and Pianist", The Washington Post, October 22, 2005.

[Penguin-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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Discography
Studio albums	Embers and Ashes (1960) Loads of Love (1962) Shirley Horn with Horns (1963) Travelin' Light (1965) Where Are You Going (1972) A Lazy Afternoon (1978) All of Me (1987) Softly (1988) Close Enough for Love (1989) You Won't Forget Me (1991) Here's to Life (1992) Light Out of Darkness (A Tribute to Ray Charles) (1993) The Main Ingredient (1996) Loving You (1997) I Remember Miles (1998) You're My Thrill (2001) May the Music Never End (2003)
Live albums	All Night Long (1981) Violets for Your Furs (1981) The Garden of the Blues (1984) I Thought About You (1987) I Love You, Paris (1994) Live at the 4 Queens (2016)
Compilation albums	But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn (2005)
Soundtracks	For Love of Ivy (1968)
With others	Cat on a Hot Fiddle (Stuff Smith, 1959) Sarah: Dedicated to You (Carmen McRae, 1991) The Art of the Song (Charlie Haden, 1999) A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall (1996)