A Tribute to Miles

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A Tribute to Miles
Studio album by Herbie Hancock , Wayne Shorter , Ron Carter , Tony Williams , Wallace Roney

Publication
(s)

1994

admission

September 19, 1992 (Live Title)

Label (s) Qwest Records, Warner Bros. Records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

jazz

Title (number)

7th

running time

58:37

occupation
  • Piano, Calliope: Herbie Hancock
  • Tenor and soprano saxophone: Wayne Shorter
  • Double bass Ron Carter
  • Trumpet: Wallace Roney
  • Drums: Tony Williams

production

Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, Tony Meilandt, James Heffernan

Studio (s)

Signet / Soundworks, Los Angeles

A Tribute to Miles is a music album by five former companions and admirers of jazz musician Miles Davis . It was awarded the 1995 Grammy for best jazz instrumental performance (solo artist or group).

History of origin

In 1992 Ron Carter , Herbie Hancock , Wayne Shorter and Tony Williams , all former band members of the second Miles Davis Quintet and the band project VSOP founded in 1976 , reunited to perform a tour in America, Asia and Europe in memory of Miles Davis . Wallace Roney takes over the trumpet for Davis, who died in 1991. This creates So What and All Blues , which can be heard on this album. The remaining tracks were recorded in the studio.

The spirit in which the album was supposedly created is expressed with the album's subtitle "A celebration of the life & music of Miles Davis". With the exception of the title Elegy , all pieces were played by the second Miles Davis Quintet in the 1960s.

reviews

The recording of the album and its evaluation by the music critics varied widely.

In the second edition of the Penguin Guide to Jazz, jazz critics Richard Cook and Brian Morton came to a critical assessment of this “event”: “Although Wallace Roney has a much more agile technique than Davis, the live recorded tracks“ So What ”and "All Blues" in the judgment of Richard Cook and Brian Morton "almost colorless". The tracks on the album recorded in the studio »appear even more polished; the piece “Pinocchio” is performed in smooth jazz fashion (...). This is definitely not a great record; as a kind of souvenir or memory, it may have value; but for that matter, she's trotting along a bit. ""

Hans Sterner's judgment in the German magazine steroplay was more positive : “A convincing tribute to the old master Miles Davis - and Herbie Hancock, piano, Wayne Shorter, saxophone, Ron Carter, bass, and drummer Tony Williams are former sidemen of the famous trumpeter Particularly qualified for this freestyle. The super musicians, who also appeared as the core of the VSOP quintet, do not look back on those glorious times when they created jazz milestones at Miles' side. Rather, they indulge in new, delicate solos that reflect their experience of the last quarter of a century. Guest trumpeter Wallace Roney also goes his own way. The 33-year-old does not have the dry, radiant, vibrato-free tone of the master and therefore does not imitate the recipient. Roney blows less sparingly and blows his horn much faster. "

Track list

  1. So What (Live) - 10:06 (Miles Davis)
  2. RJ - 4:05 (Ron Carter)
  3. Little One - 7:16 (Herbie Hancock)
  4. Pinocchio - 5:41 (Wayne Shorter)
  5. Elegy - 8:43 (Tony Williams)
  6. Eighty One - 7:29 (Miles Davis, Ron Carter)
  7. All Blues (Live) - 15:17 (Miles Davis)

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Remarks

  1. ↑ CD booklet from A Tribute to Miles
  2. ↑ Some titles had already been recorded with the second Miles Davis quintet: RJ , Little One , on ESP (1965) and Pinocchio on Nefertiti (1968). All Blues and So What were already on the Miles Davis album Kind of Blue in 1959 , before the time of the second Miles Davis Quintet, but were also performed by this.
  3. ^ Cook, Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz . 2nd Edition.
  4. ↑ Hans Sterner: CD review. steroplay.de, March 15, 1994