Traveling Miles

Infobox Album


Name = Traveling Miles
Type = tribute
Longtype =
Artist = Cassandra Wilson‎
Released = March 23, 1999
Recorded =
Genre = Jazz
Length = 62:21
Label = Blue Note
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ulu06jpo71l0 link]
* Rolling Stone Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/cassandrawilson/albums/album/220861/review/5941272/traveling_miles link]
Last album = "Blue Moon Rendezvous"
(1998)
This album = "Traveling Miles"
(1999)
Next album = "Belly of the Sun"
(2002)

"Traveling Miles" is the thirteenth overall album by American jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson. Released on the Blue Note label in 1999, it is a tribute to Miles Davis, taking many of its cues from Davis' catalog of recordings with Columbia Records.

Track listing

# "Run the Voodoo Down" (Miles Davis, Cassandra Wilson) — 4:36 *
# "Traveling Miles" (Wilson) — 4:52
# "Right Here Right Now" (Marvin Sewell, Wilson) — 5:57
# "Time After Time" (Rob Hyman, Cyndi Lauper) — 4:08
# "When The Sun Goes Down" (Wilson) — 6:05
# "Seven Steps" (Victor Feldman, Davis) — 6:44
# "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) — 3:53
# "Never Broken" (Wayne Shorter, Wilson) — 5:13
# "Resurrection Blues (Tutu)" (Marcus Miller, Wilson) — 6:11 *
# "Sky & Sea (Blue in Green)" (Davis, Wilson) — 5:24 *
# "Piper" (Wilson) — 5:03
# "Voodoo Reprise" (Davis, Wilson, Angelique Kidjo) — 4:15
# "Prancing" (Davis, Wilson) - 6:24 (Bonus on Japanese edition)

* Links for these tracks are to original Miles Davis recordings, from which Wilson's recordings adapt and take inspiration.

Personnel

*Cassandra Wilson - vocals, acoustic guitar
*Doug Wamble - acoustic guitar
*Eric Lewis - piano
*Jeffrey Haynes, Kevin Breit - acoustic, electric, resophonic & e-bow guitars, electric mandolin, mandocello, bazouki
*Lonnie Plaxico - acoustic bass
*Marcus Baylor - drums, percussion
*Marvin Sewell - acoustic, classical & electric guitars, bazouki
*Mino Cinelu - percussion
*Perry Wilson - drums
*Vincent Henry - harmonica
*Dave Holland - bass
*Olu Dara - cornet
*Steve Coleman - alto sax
*Pat Metheny - classical guitar
*Angelique Kidjo - vocals
*Regina Carter - violin
*Stefon Harris - vibraphone