Tales (album)

Tales
Studio album by Marcus Miller
Released	1995
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	63:08
Label	Dreyfus Jazz
Producer	Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller chronology
The Sun Don't Lie (1993) Tales (1995) Live & More (1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Tales is a 1995 studio album of Marcus Miller.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album with 4 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states: "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."^[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Marcus Miller; except where indicated

1. "The Blues" – 5:35
2. "Tales (Intro)" (Miller, Allen Toussaint) – 0:12
3. "Tales" (Miller, Allen Toussaint) – 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)" (Abel Meeropol) – 1:46
10. "Strange Fruit" (Abel Meeropol) – 2:02
11. "Visions" (Stevie Wonder) – 5:37
12. "Tales (Reprise)" – 2:34
13. "Forevermore (Intro)" – 0:32
14. "Forevermore" – 4:59
15. "Infatuation" – 5:08
16. "Come Together" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 5:30

Personnel

• Poogie Bell – Drums
• Dean Brown – Guitar
• Hiram Bullock – Guitar
• Kenny Garrett – Alto Saxophone
• Lalah Hathaway – Vocals
• Jason Miles – Programming
• Marcus Miller – Organ, Synthesizer, Flute, Guitar, Piano, Clarinet (Bass), Bass, Rhythm guitar, Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Engineer, Sampling
• Meshell Ndegeocello – Synthesizer, Vocals
• Q-Tip – Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
• Joshua Redman – Tenor Saxophone
• 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

References

1. Yanow, Scott. Tales at AllMusic
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review: Tales accessed 31 March 2013