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][3]

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)

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 said: "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

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.