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Tales

 

  • Artist: Marcus Miller
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1994
  • Total Time: 63:25
  • Genre: Jazz

Review

It is obvious from the music of his group that Marcus Miller badly misses Miles Davis. The funky grooves he uses on this CD sound like a continuation of Davis' later band, Michael "Patches" Stewart contributes muted trumpet in Davis' style, altoist Kenny Garrett is among Miller's sidemen, and Miles Davis himself (along with the voices of several other notables in very brief moments) pops up twice on Miller's release. Marcus Miller's electric bass is a major force throughout the music. Samples are used intelligently, a tribute is paid to the late guitarist Eric Gale (Hiram Bullock starts off his solo sounding uncannily like Gale), "Strange Fruit" (a feature for Miller's bass clarinet) gets a revamping, and all of the music is both danceable and full of development. A few songs (especially later in the program) ramble on a bit and one wishes that Marcus Miller would drop the funk now and then for variety's sake, but in general his set holds one's interest. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
The Blues Marcus Miller Marcus Miller (5:45)
Tales (Intro) Marcus Miller, Allen Toussaint Marcus Miller (:30)
Tales Allen Toussaint, Marcus Miller Marcus Miller (5:46)
Eric Marcus Miller Marcus Miller (6:16)
True Geminis Marcus Miller Marcus Miller (5:35)
Rush Over Marcus Miller, Me'Shell Ndegéocello Marcus Miller (5:00)
Running Through My Dreams (Interlude) Marcus Miller Marcus Miller (1:27)
Ethiopia Marcus Miller Marcus Miller (5:15)
Strange Fruit (Intro) Lewis Allan Marcus Miller (1:20)
Strange Fruit Lewis Allen, Lewis Allan Marcus Miller (2:14)
Visions Stevie Wonder Marcus Miller (5:36)
Tales (Reprise) Marcus Miller, Allen Toussaint Marcus Miller (2:34)
Forevermore (Intro) Marcus Miller Marcus Miller (:31)
Forevermore Marcus Miller Marcus Miller (4:58)
Infatuation Marcus Miller, Lalah Hathaway Marcus Miller (5:08)
Come Together Paul McCartney, John Lennon Marcus Miller (5:30)

Credits

Marcus Miller (Organ), Bernard Wright (Synthesizer), Q-Tip (Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part), Joshua Redman (Sax (Tenor)), Lenny White (Drums), Bruce Miller (Engineer), Marcus Miller (Producer), Ray Bardani (Engineer), Kenny Garrett (Sax (Alto)), Jonathan Miller (Engineer), Lalah Hathaway (Vocals), Bernard Wright (Synthesizer Bass), Bernard Wright (Organ), Hiram Bullock (Guitar), Bernard Wright (Clavinet), Jason Miles (Programming), Marcus Miller (Programming), Marcus Miller (Guitar (Bass)), Michael "Patches" Stewart (Trumpet), Marcus Miller (Engineer), Goh Hotoda (Engineer), Dean Brown (Guitar), Marcus Miller (?), Marcus Miller (Guitar), Roland Alvarez (Engineer), Me'Shell Ndegéocello (Synthesizer), Marcus Miller (Synthesizer), Marcus Miller (Guitar (Rhythm)), Poogie Bell (Drums), Marcus Miller (Keyboards), Marcus Miller (Flute), Dave Ward (Programming), David I Ward II (Engineer), Marcus Miller (Sampling), David Ward II (Engineer), Me'Shell Ndegéocello (Vocals), Marcus Miller (Piano), Marcus Miller (Clarinet (Bass))
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Tales
Studio album by Marcus Miller
Released 1995
Genre Jazz fusion
Length 63:08
Producer Marcus Miller
Professional reviews
Marcus Miller chronology
The Sun Don't Lie
(1993)
Tales
(1995)
Live & More
(1998)

Tales is a 1995 studio album of Marcus Miller.

Track listing

  1. "The Blues" – 5:35
  2. "Tales (Intro)" – 0:12
  3. "Tales" – 5:42
  4. "Eric" – 6:16
  5. "True Geminis" – 5:36
  6. "Rush Over" – 4:57
  7. "Running Through My Dreams (Interlude)" – 1:27
  8. "Ethiopia" – 5:15
  9. "Strange Fruit (Intro)" – 1:46
  10. "Strange Fruit" – 2:02
  11. "Visions" – 5:37
  12. "Tales (Reprise)" – 2:34
  13. "Forevermore (Intro)" – 0:32
  14. "Forevermore" – 4:59
  15. "Infatuation" – 5:08
  16. "Come Together" – 5:30

Personnel

  • Poogie Bell – Drums
  • Dean Brown – Guitar
  • Hiram Bullock – Guitar
  • Kenny Garrett – Sax (Alto)
  • Lalah Hathaway – Vocals
  • Jason Miles – Programming
  • Marcus Miller – Organ, Synthesizer, Flute, Guitar, Piano, Clarinet (Bass), Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Rhythm), Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Engineer, Sampling
  • Meshell Ndegeocello – Synthesizer, Vocals
  • Q-Tip – Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
  • Joshua Redman – Sax (Tenor)
  • Michael "Patches" Stewart – Trumpet
  • Dave Ward – Programming
  • Lenny White – Drums
  • Bernard Wright – Organ, Synthesizer, Clavinet, Synthesizer Bass

Production

  • Roland Alvarez – Engineer
  • Ray Bardani – Engineer
  • Goh Hotoda – Engineer
  • Bruce Miller – Engineer
  • Jonathan Miller – Engineer
  • David Ward II – Engineer



 
 

 

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