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]

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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.

v t e Wallace Roney
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Verses (1987) Intuition (1988) The Standard Bearer (1989) Obsession (1990) Seth Air (1991) A Tribute to Miles (with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams, 1992 & 1994) Munchin' (1993) Crunchin' (1993) Mistérios (1994) The Wallace Roney Quintet (1995) Village (1996) No Room for Argument (2000) Prototype (2004) Mystikal (2005) Jazz (2007) Home (2010) Understanding (2012) A Place in Time (2016) Blue Dawn-Blue Nights (2018)
Live albums	If Only for One Night (2009)
Related articles	The Jazz Messengers Superblue Antoine Roney (brother) Geri Allen (wife)

v t e Herbie Hancock
Discography (As a sideman)
Studio albums	Takin' Off My Point of View Inventions & Dimensions Empyrean Isles Maiden Voyage Speak Like a Child The Prisoner Fat Albert Rotunda Mwandishi Crossings Sextant Head Hunters Dedication Thrust Man-Child Secrets Third Plane Herbie Hancock Trio Sunlight Directstep The Piano Feets, Don't Fail Me Now Monster Mr. Hands Magic Windows Herbie Hancock Trio Lite Me Up Quartet Future Shock Sound-System Village Life Perfect Machine A Tribute to Miles Dis Is da Drum The New Standard 1+1 Gershwin's World Future 2 Future Possibilities River: The Joni Letters The Imagine Project
Live albums	Hear, O Israel - A Prayer Ceremony in Jazz Flood V.S.O.P. The Quintet (V.S.O.P.) Tempest in the Colosseum (V.S.O.P.) An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert CoreaHancock V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (V.S.O.P.) Jazz Africa Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall Live: Detroit/Chicago
with Bob Brookmeyer	Bob Brookmeyer and Friends
with Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams	Out of This World (Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet) Chant Royal Flush Free Form A New Perspective
with Miles Davis	Seven Steps to Heaven My Funny Valentine Four & More E.S.P. Miles Smiles Sorcerer Nefertiti Miles in the Sky Water Babies Filles de Kilimanjaro In a Silent Way Jack Johnson On the Corner Big Fun Get Up with It
with Jack DeJohnette and Pat Metheny	Parallel Realities
with Joe Farrell	Moon Germs Penny Arcade Upon This Rock Night Dancing
with Freddie Hubbard	Hub-Tones Straight Life Red Clay
with Joe Zawinul	Zawinul
Compilations	Treasure Chest (Herbie Hancock album) The Best of Herbie Hancock Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock The Essential Herbie Hancock
Compositions	"Watermelon Man" "Cantaloupe Island" "Maiden Voyage" "Chameleon" "Rockit"
Soundtracks	Blow-Up Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert The Spook Who Sat by the Door Death Wish A Soldier's Story Round Midnight Action Jackson

v t e Tony Williams
Albums as leader or co-leader	Life Time (1965) Spring (1966) Emergency! (1969) Turn It Over (1970) Ego (1971) Believe It (1975) Million Dollar Legs (1976) The Joy of Flying (1978) The Story of Neptune (1992) A Tribute to Miles (1994)
The Great Jazz Trio albums (with Hank Jones and Ron Carter)	I'm Old Fashioned (album) (with Sadao Watanabe, 1976) Love for Sale (1976) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1977) Kindness Joy Love & Happiness (1977) Milestones (1978) New Wine in Old Bottles (with Jackie McLean, 1978) Direct from L.A. (1978) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again (2000, recorded in 1977)
Arcana albums (with Bill Laswell and Derek Bailey)	The Last Wave (1996) Arc of the Testimony (1997)
Related articles	Miles Davis Quintet The Tony Williams Lifetime Trio of Doom Arcana

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