{"product_id":"traveling-miles","title":"Traveling Miles","description":"Amazon.com\n\nCassandra Wilson's tribute to Miles Davis, Traveling Miles, is nothing if not ambitious--easily on par with the other slew of Davis tribs. Covering the great trumpeter's long career is alone quite a challenge, but Wilson sets her goals even higher by writing new lyrics and arrangements that make these tunes her own. The result is a pleasure that ends up capturing Wilson's spirit as well as Davis's. Never one to hew to traditional jazz's formats, Wilson adds acoustic and slide guitars, percussion, harmonica, and other instruments that give the album an enormously varied feel. \"Right Here, Right Now,\" with its strummed and slide guitars, wouldn't sound out of place on a Joni Mitchell album, and her intriguing cover of Cyndi Lauper's \"Time After Time\" (covered by Davis in 1985 on You're Under Arrest), is delicately mournful. Not that Wilson has left jazz behind: the swinging version of \"Seven Steps to Heaven,\" with guest solos by violinist Regina Carter and vibraphonist Stefon Harris, whose 1998 debut was one of the year's promising releases, is a highlight. And Wilson's version of the Davis classic \"Blue in Green\" (here titled \"Sky and Sea\"), is just plainly beautiful. Her deep and soulful voice remains as compelling as ever through the many moods and colors, deepening the uniqueness of her take on the Miles songbook. Exactly the way Miles would have wanted it. --Ezra Gale\n\nProduct description\n\nWILSON CASSANDRA TRAVELING MILES\n\nReview\n\nThe album, though ultimately disappointing as a whole, opens with its most appealing cut, \"Run the Voodoo Down,\" in which Ms. Wilson has set lyrics to the piece from Davis's hit late-60's album Bitches Brew. Traveling Miles also closes with a version of the song, featuring a beautiful, tightly harmonized duet with the Benin singer Angelique Kidjo. -- New York Times\n\nWilson skirts standard definitions of jazz singing, and her Miles Davis tribute is expectedly unexpected, a gentle, dreamy thing. -- Entertainment Weekly\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B00000I8UE\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B00000I8UE.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Cassandra Wilson\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41510555156538,"sku":"DBV.B00000I8UE.G","price":7.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B00000I8UE-0.jpg?v=1783447063","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/traveling-miles","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}