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

Last updated April 09, 2019

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]

Shirley Valerie Horn was an American jazz singer and pianist. She collaborated with many jazz greats including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis and others. She was most noted for her ability to accompany herself with nearly incomparable independence and ability on the piano while singing, something described by arranger Johnny Mandel as "like having two heads", and for her rich, lush voice, a smoky contralto, which was described by noted producer and arranger Quincy Jones as "like clothing, as she seduces you with her voice".

Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz.

The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works in the vocal jazz music genre. Awards in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".

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

"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

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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

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References

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

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[Allmusic-1] 1 2 3 "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.

v t e Shirley Horn
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader	Embers and Ashes (1960) Loads of Love (1962) Shirley Horn with Horns (1963) Travelin' Light (1965) Where Are You Going (released 1972) A Lazy Afternoon (1978) All Night Long (1981) Violets for Your Furs (1981) The Garden of the Blues (1984) I Thought About You (1987) Close Enough for Love (1988) You Won't Forget Me (1990) Here's to Life (1991) I Love You, Paris (1992) Light Out of Darkness (A Tribute to Ray Charles) (1993) The Main Ingredient (1995) I Remember Miles (1997) Loving You (1997) You're My Thrill (2001) May the Music Never End (2003)
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)
Soundtracks	For Love of Ivy (1968)