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
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][3]

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 Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album three stars and said that "... 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

Performance

• Shirley Horn - piano, vocals, producer
• Ron Carter - double bass
• 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

1. "I Remember Miles". Allmusic. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
2. Adam Bernstein, "Mesmerizing Jazz Singer and Pianist", The Washington Post, October 22, 2005.
3. "Shirley Horn – I Remember Miles" at Discogs.