A Tribute to Miles
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| A Tribute to Miles | ||
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| Tribute album by Herbie Hancock | ||
| Released | 1994 | |
| Recorded | 1994 | |
| Genre | Jazz | |
| Label | Qwest | |
| Herbie Hancock chronology | ||
|---|---|---|
| Perfect Machine (1988) |
A Tribute to Miles (1994) |
Dis Is Da Drum (1994) |
A Tribute to Miles is the thirty-eighth album and first tribute album by Herbie Hancock. It also featured Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Ron Carter. This was the tribute album to pay homage to the then recently departed mentor of the above men, Miles Davis who died in September 1991. Playing the part of Davis, was young trumpet player Wallace Roney.
This album won all five men, a Grammy award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual Or Group. This marked Hancock's third overall Grammy award.
Two of the songs were recorded live, on their national tour honoring their fallen mentor.
[edit] Track listing
- "So What (Live)"
- "RJ"
- "Little One"
- "Pinocchio"
- "Elegy"
- "Eighty One"
- "All Blues (Live)"
