''Traveling Miles'' is the thirteenth studio 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

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. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award as Best Jazz Vocal Performance.

Reception

Jeff Simon of '' The Buffalo News'' wrote, "Cassandra Wilson is, paradoxically, very much her own woman at the same time that she may be overly in thrall to her friends. The results are bound to be some discs where her extraordinary gifts fail to connect as they should. "Travelling Miles" is one of them. It's never less than interesting but seldom more than that." A reviewer of

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stated: "Cassandra Wilson's tribute to Miles Davis – a pretty brave and ambitious move, writing lyrics to classic Miles compositions – and a winning one! Wilson produced the record, too, and her genuine love of the material makes it worth – as does her fairly earthy, timeless production. Made in the late 90s, and it honestly hasn't aged a day. Very impressive!"

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of AllMusic wrote: "A tribute album by Cassandra Wilson to Miles Davis seems like a very logical idea, but this CD is actually less than one would expect... her interpretations smooth down most of the melodies, robbing them of their personality."

Track listing

#" Run the Voodoo Down" ( Miles Davis, Cassandra Wilson) – 4:36 * #"Traveling Miles" (Wilson) – 4:52 #"Right Here Right Now" (

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, 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 #"

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) – 3:53 #"Never Broken" ( Wayne Shorter, Wilson) – 5:13 #"Resurrection Blues ( Tutu)" (

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, Wilson) – 6:11 * #"Sky & Sea (

Blue in Green "Blue in Green" is the third tune on Miles Davis' 1959 album, ''Kind of Blue''. One of two ballads on the LP (the other being "Flamenco Sketches"), the melody of "Blue in Green" is very modal, incorporating the presence of the Dorian, Mixolydi ...

)" (Davis, Wilson) – 5:24 * #"Piper" (Wilson) – 5:03 #"Voodoo Reprise" (Davis, Wilson,

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) – 4:15 ;Japanese Bonus Track #

"Prancing" (Davis, Wilson) – 6:24 * 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 *

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, Kevin Breit – acoustic, electric, resophonic & e-bow guitars, electric mandolin, mandocello, bazouki * Lonnie Plaxico – acoustic bass * Marcus Baylor – drums, percussion *

– acoustic, classical & electric guitars, bazouki *

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– percussion *

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– drums *

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– harmonica * Dave Holland – bass * Olu Dara – cornet *

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– alto sax * Pat Metheny – classical guitar *

– vocals * Regina Carter – violin *

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– vibraphone *Cecilia Smith - vibraphone and marimba

Charts

References

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