The Sun Don't Lie
1993 studio album by Marcus Miller
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The Sun Don't Lie is an album by Marcus Miller, released in 1993 on PRA Records.[1] The album reached No. 10 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.[2] The album "is dedicated to the memory of Miles Davis."[3]
- Camel Island (New Jersey)
- Axis Studios, Power Station, Right Track Recording, East Hill Studios and Soundtrack Studios (New York City, New York)
- Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California)
- Bill Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, California)
- Summa Studios (West Hollywood, California)
- Mankind Studios (Encino, California)
- Battery Studios (London, UK)
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| Released | November 1993 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 60:25 | |||
| Label | PRA | |||
| Producer | Marcus Miller | |||
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Accolades
The Sun Don't Lie was Grammy nominated in the category of Best Contemporary Jazz Performance.[4]
Critical reception
Gary Booth of the Financial Times declared "The sonorous and often foundation shaking bass guitar of Miller leads jazz funk/rock statesmen such as David Sanborn, Wayne Shorter and Omar Hakim through his own dark compositions."[6] J. D. Considine of the Baltimore Sun also wrote "Great bass players rarely show off. It isn't that they don't have the chops – more often than not, what they lack is opportunity, an appropriate place to strut their place. But Marcus Miller has found his, and it's on The Sun Don't Lie. Alternating between fusion funk and moody jazz, Miller moves easily between solo and accompaniment."[7]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Marcus Miller; except where noted.
- "Panther" – 6:02
- "Steveland" – 7:21
- "Rampage" – 5:48
- "The Sun Don't Lie" – 6:29
- "Scoop" – 5:59
- "Mr. Pastorius" – 1:25
- "Funny (All She Needs Is Love)" (Miller, Boz Scaggs) – 5:26
- "Moons" – 4:52
- "Teen Town" (Jaco Pastorius) – 4:55
- "Juju" (Miller, Wayne Shorter) – 6:03
- "The King Is Gone (For Miles)" – 6:05
Personnel
- Marcus Miller – keyboards (1–5, 7, 8, 10, 11), rhythm guitars (1, 3, 7), first half guitar solo (1), bass guitar (1–5, 7–11), drum programming (1, 3, 5, 8), bass clarinet (1, 2, 5, 7–9, 11), percussion programming (2, 5, 8, 10), bass guitar solo (6), vocals (7), guitars (10)
- Jason Miles – sound programming (1–3), additional sound programming (7)
- Eric Persing – sound programming (4, 7, 10, 11)
- Joe Sample – acoustic piano (4)
- Philippe Saisse – keyboards (9), additional sound programming (10)
- Christian "Wicked" Wicht – additional keyboards (10)
- Dean Brown – lead guitar (1, 7), second half guitar solo (1)
- Jonathan Butler – guitars (2)
- Vernon Reid – guitars (3)
- Paul Jackson, Jr. – rhythm guitar (5)
- Hiram Bullock – guitars (9)
- Poogie Bell – drums (1, 7, 10)
- Will Calhoun – drums (3)
- Michael White – drums (4), drum fills (10)
- Steve Ferrone – hi-hat (9), sidestick (9), bass drum (9)
- Omar Hakim – snare drum (9), bass drum (9), cymbals (9)
- Tony Williams – drums (11)
- Lenny White – percussion (1), drums (2)
- Don Alias – percussion (2), congas (9)
- Paulinho da Costa – additional percussion (2), percussion (4, 9)
- Andy Narell – steel drums (4, 9)
- Steve Thornton – percussion (7)
- David Sanborn – alto saxophone (2)
- Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone (2, 11), soprano saxophone (11)
- Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone (5)
- Everette Harp – soprano saxophone (7), alto saxophone (10)
- Kirk Whalum – tenor saxophone (10)
- Miles Davis – trumpet (3)
- Sal Marquez – additional trumpet (3)
- Michael "Patches" Stewart – trumpet (7)
- Maurice White – vocal samples (5)
- Jonathan "Juice" Miller – funky count off (10)
- Julian "Juju" Miller – funky count off (10)
Production
- Marcus Miller – producer
- Bibi Green – production coordinator
- John Heiden – art direction, design
- Lorinda Sullivan – front cover photography
- Judith Farber – children's photography
- Patrick Rains & Associates – management
Technical credits
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
- Ray Bardani – mixing (1–3, 6, 8–10), recording
- Bill Schnee – mixing (4, 7, 11)
- Goh Hotoda – mixing (5)
- Ray Blair – recording
- Peter Doell – recording
- Leslie Ann Jones – recording
- Ron McQuaig – recording
- Yan Memmi – recording
- Bruce Miller – recording
- Marcus Miller – recording
- Brian Sperber – recording
- Vittorio Zammarano – recording
- Kurt Anderson – assistant engineer
- Thom Cadley – assistant engineer
- Scott Canto – assistant engineer
- Todd Childress – assistant engineer
- Ryan Dorn – assistant engineer
- Jim Giddens – assistant engineer
- Aaron Kropf – assistant engineer
- Jimmie Lee – assistant engineer
- Roger Lian – assistant engineer
- Chrystin Nevarez – assistant engineer
- Rich Novak – assistant engineer
- Brian Pollack – assistant engineer
- Chris Rich – assistant engineer
- Rob Rives – assistant engineer
- Frank Vialy – assistant engineer
- Todd Whitelock – assistant engineer