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| I Remember Miles | 
 enlarge | Artist: Shirley Horn
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music
List Price: $14.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (14 reviews)
Sales Rank: 24640
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 557199
UPC: 731455719925
EAN: 0731455719925
ASIN: B000007OWQ
Release Date: June 23, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | My Funny Valentine - Shirley Horn, Rodgers, Richard | | • | I Fall in Love Too Easily - Shirley Horn, Cahn, Sammy | | • | Summertime - Shirley Horn, Gershwin, George | | • | Baby Won't You Please Come Home - Shirley Horn, Warfield, Charles | | • | This Hotel - Shirley Horn, Quine, Richard | | • | I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - Shirley Horn, Gershwin, George | | • | Basin Street Blues - Shirley Horn, Williams, Spencer | | • | My Man's Gone Now - Shirley Horn, Gershwin, Ira | | • | Blue in Green - Shirley Horn, Davis, Miles |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Shirley Horn is a talented jazz vocalist/pianist who has been recording since the early 1960s. Her delicate voice was an inspiration to Miles Davis, who performed three standards on his disc, Seven Steps to Heaven after hearing Horn's evocative interpretations. On I Remember Miles, Horn pays tribute to the late trumpeter by singing those standards ("Basin Street Blues," "Baby Won't You Please Come Home," and "I Fall in Love Too Easily") and reprising a trio of tunes from Porgy And Bess. Accompanied by trumpeter Roy Hargrove and harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans as well as Davis alumni Ron Carter on bass and Al Foster on drums, Ms. Horn displays all the nuance and style that endeared Miles to her in the first place. A moving homage. --Mitch Myers
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
slow masterpiece November 29, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
It seems to me that the slower the tempo of Jazz songs, the more meaning and emotional content they contain.
And Shirley Horn really loved that slow tempo that she could pour herself into, that she could ring every drop of meaning out of songs, even songs that usually are faster. Jazz is often full of players with great technique who play at breakneck speeds and leave little of themselves in the groove. Soul is an overused term. This heart-wrenchingly slow music has a palpable sense of spirituality. Real soul.
Miles Davis himself did all his most emotionally involving work before 1964. Then he started to zip through his older songs...
Well. Shirley Horn so impressed Miles Davis in 1963 with her slowed tempos that three of the songs of his "Seven Steps to Heaven" were done as Shirley Horn did them! Shortly after she dropped out for almost two decades, to raise a family.
This CD is Always Wonderful, involving, thoughtful. Late night, romantic listening. A reflection of how early Miles would have did them. Roy Hargrove does an excellent job of phrasing his lines as MD would.
I'm sorry to have only found out about this major DC area talent after her recent death. I would have loved to have heard her do these songs live!
The Tribute to a contemporary March 31, 2004
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
A pivotal release which captures the essence of Miles' projects. Shirley Horn applies a remarkable sense of dynamics and sensitivity to the material. Expressive, flowing surreal... listen to the howl in "My Man Is Gone" it comes across like a aural painting, downtrodden, addicted, vanquished... What an amazing artist. Her piano styling is sparse, necessary, acute, and pointedly "on." Shirley Horn does not disappoint. This is what talent is all about!
Absolute Masterpiece October 19, 2002
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Shirley Horn gives here an absolute masterpiece. I would classify this album among my top 10 jazz cds of all time. She revisits the compositions of Miles Davis with her own style, talent and velvet tone. She knows how to play with silences, in the very tradition of Miles. She takes time to set-up the tune and melody and let it drive you into this other world, hers. She definitely brings you to the stars... A sophisticated, and relaxing album, a must in a discotheque, jazz fan or not. She used to be the favourite singer of Miles Davis indeed. No wonder why.
VP, Jazzman
A Forceful Formula: A Powered Trio + A Soloist and the Voice July 8, 2000
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
Tune the grand jazz piano, call her trio (bass & drums longtime mates). Then invite a great soloist in - one of those Ms.Horn is used to allowing. Simple like this. You'll need nothing else to get one of the best albums on GAS and jazz vocals. The environment is calmly perfect, touchy. She just re-built Gershwin's "I Got Plenty of Nothing". When listening to "My Funny Valentine" it immediately comes to mind the Miles Davis'rendition. And then the doubt: who has influenced who? Extraordinaire. - P.S.: Also pick Miles Davis' "My Funny Valentine" album and compare. - P.S.: Don't forget a bottle of "beaujoulais". Half the lights on. Now, silence. Perfect.
Powerful March 26, 2000
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Shirley Horn is a Musical Genius.Her Piano Playing is tight and Her voice is Amazing on this set.it's only fitting that She does Miles Justice considering that he has alot of Respect for Her Music Ability.This Disc comes straight from the Heart and has alot of Soul.The Chemistry Works here.very Powerful.
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