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No thanks to the paucity of musical genius in the latter half of the 1990s, tribute albums to the departed just kept pouring forth, although in Shirley Horn's case, she was repaying an old personal debt to her subject. After all, it was Miles Davis who originally got Horn out of D.C. in 1960 as his opening act at the Village Vanguard and contributed his trumpet to one of her comeback albums (1990's You Won't Forget Me). Not only 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. She doesn't actually perform any Davis compositions; everything here consists of standards that Miles covered or transformed in the 1950s, including three numbers from Porgy and Bess. Roy Hargrove adds his effective muted Miles imitations on "I Fall In Love Too Fast" and open flurries on "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'"; and Toots Thielemans makes like a long, lonesome train whistle on "Summertime." Former Davis cohorts Ron Carter and Al Foster join the rhythm section in a remarkably searching, extended "My Man's Gone Now," the only track which takes note of the electric music that consumed so much of Miles' output (in this case, inspired by the We Want Miles version, not the more familiar Gil Evans interpretation). 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.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Charles Ables, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Williams, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Ron Carter, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Shirley Horn, Producer, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Toots Thielemans, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Hargrove, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Seidel, Producer - Dave Baker, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buck Hill, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Duncan Stanbury, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sheila Mathis, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jule Styne, Composer - Sammy Cahn, Author - Shirley Horn, Producer, MainArtist - Richard Seidel, Producer
℗ 1998 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Dubose Heyward, Author - Shirley Horn, Producer, MainArtist - Richard Seidel, Producer
℗ 1998 Polydor Inc.
Clarence Williams, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, Producer, MainArtist - Charles Warfield , ComposerLyricist - Richard Seidel, Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quine, ComposerLyricist - Charles Ables, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Williams, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ronan Keating, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, Producer, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Toots Thielemans, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Hargrove, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Seidel, Producer - Dave Baker, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buck Hill, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Duncan Stanbury, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sheila Mathis, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1998 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles Ables, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, Author - Steve Williams, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dubose Heyward, Author - Ron Carter, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Shirley Horn, Producer, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Toots Thielemans, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Hargrove, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Seidel, Producer - Dave Baker, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buck Hill, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Duncan Stanbury, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sheila Mathis, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1998 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Spencer Williams, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, Producer, MainArtist - Richard Seidel, Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles Ables, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Steve Williams, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dubose Heyward, ComposerLyricist - Ron Carter, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Shirley Horn, Producer, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Toots Thielemans, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Hargrove, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Seidel, Producer - Dave Baker, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buck Hill, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Duncan Stanbury, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sheila Mathis, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1998 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles Ables, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Williams, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Davis, ComposerLyricist - Ron Carter, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Shirley Horn, Producer, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Toots Thielemans, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Hargrove, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Seidel, Producer - Dave Baker, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buck Hill, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Duncan Stanbury, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sheila Mathis, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1998 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
No thanks to the paucity of musical genius in the latter half of the 1990s, tribute albums to the departed just kept pouring forth, although in Shirley Horn's case, she was repaying an old personal debt to her subject. After all, it was Miles Davis who originally got Horn out of D.C. in 1960 as his opening act at the Village Vanguard and contributed his trumpet to one of her comeback albums (1990's You Won't Forget Me). Not only 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. She doesn't actually perform any Davis compositions; everything here consists of standards that Miles covered or transformed in the 1950s, including three numbers from Porgy and Bess. Roy Hargrove adds his effective muted Miles imitations on "I Fall In Love Too Fast" and open flurries on "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'"; and Toots Thielemans makes like a long, lonesome train whistle on "Summertime." Former Davis cohorts Ron Carter and Al Foster join the rhythm section in a remarkably searching, extended "My Man's Gone Now," the only track which takes note of the electric music that consumed so much of Miles' output (in this case, inspired by the We Want Miles version, not the more familiar Gil Evans interpretation). 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.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:02
- Main artists: Shirley Horn
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve
- Genre: Jazz
© 1998 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1998 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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