A Tribute to Miles

A Tribute to Miles is a tribute album recorded by the then surviving members of the Miles Davis "Second Great" Quintet: pianist Herbie Hancock, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams. Taking the Davis role was trumpeter Wallace Roney.^[1]

This album won all five men the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards.^[3]

Track listing

"So What" (Live) (Miles Davis) - 10:20
"RJ" (Ron Carter) - 4:06
"Little One" (Herbie Hancock) - 7:20
"Pinocchio" (Wayne Shorter) - 5:44
"Elegy" (Tony Williams) - 8:42
"Eighty One" (Miles Davis, Ron Carter) - 7:31
"All Blues" (Live) (Miles Davis) - 15:14

Source:^[1]

Personnel

Musicians

Herbie Hancock – piano, calliope
Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Wallace Roney – trumpet
Ron Carter – bass
Tony Williams – drums

Production

Herbie Hancock – producer
Wayne Shorter – producer
Ron Carter – producer
Tony Williams – producer, liner notes
Suzy Gaal – associate producer
Tony Meilandt – executive producer
James Heffernan – executive producer

Bob Skye – engineer (live recording: tracks 1, 7)
Tomoo Suzuki – engineer (studio recording: tracks 2-6, mixing)
Allen Sides – engineer (mixing)
Bernie Grundman – engineer (mastering)
Manny LaCarrubba – assistant engineer
Tom Hardisty – assistant engineer
Dave Hecht – assistant engineer
Eric Rudd – assistant engineer
Mark Gilbeault – assistant engineer
Rall Rogut – assistant engineer

Hiroyuki Arakawa – photography
Yohji Yamamoto – costume design
Maxine Van-Cliffe Arakawa – art direction
Takashi Ohmura – hair & make-up
Dirk Walter – package design, illustration

References

^ a b c Yanow, Scott. "A Tribute to Miles". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 643. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ "1994 Grammy Winners". grammy.com. Recording Academy. Retrieved October 25, 2020.