iDREYFUSI

1. The Blues 5:45

2. Tales 5:46

3. Eric 6:16

4. True Geminis 5:35

5. Rush Over 5:18

6. Running Through My

Dreams (interlude) 1:27

7. Ethiopia 5:15

Strange Fruit 3:19

9. Visions 4:48

10. Brazilian Rhyme 5:01

11. Forevermore 5:07

12. Infatuation 5:08

13. Tales (Reprise) 2:34

14. Come Together 5:30

Produced by Marcus Miller Co-Produced and Recorded by David I. Ward li

Production Coordination by Bibi Green

Management: Patrick Rains & Associates,

Santa Monica, CA

?) & © 1995 PRA Records, Inc. *

distribution Sony Music France

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Keyboards and Samplers: AKAI MX looo Controller Keyboard, Ensoniq ASR lo Sampler, EMU III SX Sampler, Ensoniq TS 10 Keyboard, Mini-Moog Synthesizer, and AKAI MPC 3000 Drum Machine.

This album was edited on an AKAI DD 1000.

Voice recordings of Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington from the archives of Lewis Porter, PhD. Voice recordings of Lester Bowie and Joe Zawinul provided by Kristin Lorentzson. Voice recordings of Miles Davis provided by the Miles Davis estate and Peter Shukat, and by Kristin Lorentzson. Voice recording of Eric Gale provided by PRA Productions.

This album is dedicated to the memory of Richard Tee and Eric Gale.

THE BLUES (Marcus Miller) (Thriller Miller Music/MCA Music Publishing, A Division of MCA Inc., ASCAP)

Mixed by Goh Hotoda

Marcus Miller: Bass Guitar, Wurlitzer Piano, Rhythm Programming, Vocal Samples (“Everybody git with the funky sound”) Bernard Wright: Synths, Organ Michael “Patches” Stewart: Trumpet Kenny Garrett: Alto Saxophone Poogie Bell: Drums

David “The Cat” Ward: Sound Programming: Bill Cosby: Vocal Samples (“That’s all there is to it”)

Intro Lester Young: “Everybody plays the blues...” Billie Holiday: “Blues to me is, like, sort of a mixed up thing — you have to feel it...” Charlie Parker: “There was nothing to do but play and we had a lot of fun trying to play, you know...” Joe Zawinul: “It’s hard to explain...” Charlie Parker: “Plenty of jam sessions...” Lester Bowie: “It’s hard to...It’s just hard to describe...” Joe Zawinul: “It’s hard to explain — everything you cannot explain because if you could, you wouldn’t have to play it...” Charlie Parker: “Plenty of jam sessions, but basically speaking, much poverty...” Lester Young: “Blues? Everybody plays the blues — and have ‘em too!” Miles Davis: “You know I play anything I feel like playing...” Duke Ellington: “As a result of a certain musician applied to a certain Instrument, you get a definite tonal character...”

“The Bill Cosby Intro” is sampled from the original Jackson 5 T.V. Soundtrack Album, “Goin’ Back To Indiana”, used courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P., under license from PolyGram Special Markets.

TALES (Marcus Miller, Allen Touss^int) (Thriller Miller Music/MCA Music Publishing, A Division of MCA Inc., ASCAP/Screen Gems/EMI Music Inc., BMI)

Mixed by Goh Hotoda

Marcus Miller: Bass Guitar, Synths, Rhythm Programming, Sound Programming Bernard Wright: Clavinet Michael “Patches” Stewart: Trumpet Kenny Garrett: Alto Saxophone . Poogie Bell: Drums David “The Cat” Ward: Sound Programming The Pointer Sisters: Vocal Samples (“Yes we can can”)

The Pointer Sisters vocal samples courtesy of MCA Records Inc.

ERIC (Marcus Miller) (Thriller Miller Music/MCA Music Publishing, A Division of MCA Inc., ASCAP)

Mixed by Ray Bardani

Marcus Miller: Bass Guitar, Wurlitzer Piano, Synths, Organ #1, Rhythm Guitar, Rhythm Programming, Sound Programming Bernard Wright: Organ #2 Kenny Garrett: Alto Saxophone Poogie Bell: Drums Lenny White: Drum Fills David “The Cat” Ward: Sound Programming Eric Gale: Voice Recording

, Featured Soloist: 1 Hiram Bullock: Lead Guitar

TRUE GEMINIS (Marcus Miller) (Thriller Miller Music/MCA Music Publishing, A Division of MCA Inc., ASCAP)

Mixed by Ray Bardani

Marcus Miller: Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Bass Clarinet, Guitar, Rhythm Programming, Sound Programming Michael “Patches” Stewart: Trumpet Kenny Garrett: Alto Saxophone Jason Miles: Additional Sound Programming Miles Davis: Voice Recording Featured Soloist: Joshua Redman: Tenor Saxophone

RUSH OVER (Marcus Miller, Me’Shell NdegeOcello) (Thriller Miller Music/MCA Music Publishing, A Division of MCA Inc., ASCAP, Revolutionary Jazz Giant/Nomad Noman Music adm. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI)

Mixed by Goh Hotoda

Marcus Miller: Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Bass Clarinet, Sound Programming Poogie Bell: Drums Featured Soloist: Me’Shell NdegeOcello: Vocals, Synth Solo

RUNNING THROUGH MY DREAMS (INTERLUDE) (Marcus Miller) (Thriller Miller Music/MCA Music Publishing, A Division of MCA Inc., ASCAP)

Mixed by Ray Bardani

Marcus Miller: Bass Guitar, Keyboards, African Flute, Rhythm Programming, Sound Programming David “The Cat” Ward: Sound Programming

ETHIOPIA (Marcus Miller) (Thriller Miller Music/MCA Music Publishing, A Division of MCA Inc., ASCAP)

Mixed by Ray Bardani

Marcus Miller: Bass Guitar, Synths, Bass Clarinet, Rhythm Programming Bernard Wright: Marimbas, Funky Synth Lines Michael “Patches” Stewart: Trumpet Kenny Garrett: Alto Saxophone Poogie Bell: Drum Fills Bashiri Johnson: Percussion Samples (taken from “The Supreme Beats” Percussion Library)

STRANGE FRUIT (Lewis Allan) (Edward B. Marks Music Co., BMl)

Mixed by Goh Hotoda

Marcus Miller: Bass Clarinet, Synths, Sound Programming David “The Cat” Ward: Sound Programming

VISIONS (Stevie Wonder) Oobete Music Co., Inc. & Black Bull Music, ASCAP)

Mixeo by Ray Bardani

Marcus Miller: Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Bass Clarinet, Rhythm Programming, Sound Programming Michael “Patches” Stewart: Trumpet Kenny Garrett: Alto Saxophone Poogie Bell: Drums David “The Cat” Ward: Sound Programming

BRAZILIAN RHYME (Maurice White) (EMI April Music Inc., ASCAP)

Mixed by Goh Hotoda

Marcus Miller: Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Sound Programming Bernard Wright: Synth Bass, Synths Michael “Patches” Stewart: Trumpet Kenny Garrett: Alto Saxophone Poogie Bell: Drums David “The Cat” Ward: Sound Programming Featured Soloist: Lalah Hathaway: Vocals

FOREVERMORE (Marcus Miller) (Thriller Miller Music/MCA Music Publishing, A Division of MCA Inc., ASCAP)

Mixed by Ray Bardani

Marcus Miller: Voice Recording, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Rhythm Programming, Sound Programming Michael “Patches” Stewart: Trumpet Poogie Bell: Drums David “The Cat” Ward: Sound Programming

INFATUATION (Marcus Miller, Lalah Hathaway) (Thriller Miller Music/MCA Music Publishing, A Division of MCA Inc./Queen Of The Planet Publishing, ASCAP)

Mixed by Goh Hotoda

Marcus Miller: Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocal Samples, Rhythm Programming, Sound Programming Bernard Wright: Electric Piano Kenny Garrett: Alto Saxophone David “The Cat” Ward: Sound Programming Featured Soloist: Lalah Hathaway: Vocals

TALES (REPRISE) (Marcus Miller, Allen Toussaint) (Thriller Miller Music/MCA Music Publishing, A Division of MCA Inc., ASCAP/Screen Gems/EMi Music Inc., BMl)

Mixed by Goh Hotoda

Special Guest: joe Sample: Rap

COME TOGETHER Qohn Lennon, Paul McCartney) (EMI Blackwood Music Inc., under license from ATV Music (MACLEN), BMl)

Mixed by Goh Hotoda

Marcus Miller: Bass Guitar, Synths, Guitar, Vocal Samples, Rhythm Programming Dean Brown: Guitar Bernard Wright: Synth Bass Michael “Patches” Stewart: Trumpet Kenny Garrett: Alto Saxophone Poogie Bell: Drums juice and juju: Funky Intro David “The Cat” Ward: Sound Programming

Southern trees bear a strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black body swinging in the Southern breez Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees...

Strange Fruit, Billie Holiday (Lewis Allan)

©1940 Edward B. Marks Music Co. Lyrics reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. International copyright secured.

© & ® 1995 PRA Records Inc.

Tales Music is about telling stories. With his notes, a musician tells about what he’s seen — what he’s felt — what he’s dreamed about...with the hope that it’ll somehow ring familiar somewhere deep in your soul. I offer to you a new set of musical “tales” — a mirror to my world — with the hope that it might serve also as a mirror to yours. Peace...

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Produced by Marcus Miller Co-Produced and Recorded by David I. Ward II Mixed by Ray Bardani and Goh Hotoda Production Coordination by Bibi Green Additional Recording by Marcus Miller, Ray Bardani, Bruce Miller, Roland Alvarez, Goh Hotoda and Jonathan Miller Recorded at Camel Island and The Complex Studios, Los Angeles; Right Track Recording, New York Mixed at Skip Saylor Recording and A&M Recording Studios, Los Angeles Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles Assistant Engineers: jay Militscher, Eric Flickinger and Jim Labinski Management: Patrick Rains & Associates, Santa Monica, CA Art Designer: Norman Moore Front Cover and Insert Photography: William Claxton Back Cover and Additional Photography:

Hideo Oida Marcus Miller is wearing M*N«W Wardrobe, Massimo Nuhi Collection

Hiram Bullock appears courtesy of Big World Music Kenny Garrett and Joshua Redman appear courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Me’Shell NdegeOcello appears courtesy of Maverick Recording Company

Special thanks to my family. Bill, Bernice, Bruce, Jonathan, Julian, Mary Nicole and Corinne.

Extra special “from the heart” thanks to my “one and only” Brenda. Thanks for our incredible family and for sharing me with my music...! know it’s not easy. I love you “Forevermore”.

Thanks to Patrick Rains and everyone at PRA, Francis Dreyfus, Simon Andrews, Nancy West, David DeVore, Adam Dorn, Joel Dorn, Massimo Gardel, Bibi Green, Goh Hotoda, Ray Bardani, Lalah Hathaway, Kristin Lorentzson, Kaname Tajima, Sumio Jono, Aya Ohi, Luther Vandross, Me’Shell NdegeOcello, Bernard Wright (for laying the “Visions” and “Brazilian Rhyme” tapes on me), Brenda Miller (for laying the Billie Holiday CD on me). Jack and Terry Newsholme, Stephen Barnes, Barrie Marshall, William “Spaceman” Patterson, Loris Holland, Ava Gardner, Wayne Shorter, Lori-Ann Velez, Radio Registry, Ron Rutledge, Skip Saylor,

Ray Shields, Mary Ann Topper, Rick Saylor, Carol Ware, Cathleen Murphy, Donna Goldman, The Power Plant Rehearsal Studios, Candelaria Aguilar, Gloria Dina Avalos, Tanisa, Spencer, Quincy and Danesa Ward.

Thanks to the band: Bernard Wright, Dean Brownr-Kenny Garrett, Michael “Patches” Stewart, Poogie Bell and Lenny White. Thanks also to Everette Harp, Morris Pleasure, Foley, Philippe Saisse and David Delhomme for bringing their vibe when we needed it.

Thanks to the Marcus Miller road crew: Nelson “Stay Tuned” Hayes, Paul Mitchell, Brian Brown, Hadden Hippsley, Jill Hippsley and Jim Otell.

Thanks to David “Oh My Lawd!” Ward and Takamasa “This is Taka” Honda for all the positive vibes and all the long hours.

“Shout outs” to Wayman Tisdale, Buddy Williams, Weldon Irvine, Henri and Tony Moore, Bill Eaton, Ralph MacDonald, Bernie Drayton, Joe Sample, Reggie Hudlin; Verdine White, Maurice White and Phillip Bailey (Badiyah diyah diyah...), Djavan, and Bill Withers (for dropping the knowledge on me).

Accidentally erased bass solo courtesy of Jonathan Miller (age 5 1/2) Loud crashing noise during tender musical moment courtesy of Julian Miller (age 4)

Peanut butter on the bass strings courtesy of Mary Nicole Miller (age 2) General lack of sleep courtesy of Corinne Miller (age 8 months)

Thanks to Roger Sadowsky and Sadowsky Guitars; Joey Lauricella, Vinnie Fodera and Fodera Guitars; Mark Droge and DR Handmade String Co.; Steve Rabe and SWR Engineering; Jason Miles; Gerson and Medley Music; Sergio Schrier and SD Systems Microphones; Chris Martirano, Joe lerardi, Tom Dunn, Cathy Bates and Kurzweil; Jerry Kovarsky and Ensoniq Corp. (especially for the fly sounds!); Koh Suzuki, James Martin, Mike McRoberts, David Whittle and AKAI; The Sax Shop; Jay Black and The Fender Custom Shop; Dave Segimoto, Bob Lyons and VST Electronics; Michael White; Scott Esterson and Lexicon; Chris Schilling and Otari; Mike Troke and Micworks; Don Hannah and Alesis; Ellis Sorkin and Studio Referral Service; David Hampton, Kenny and Tracey Edmonds, Ricky Lawson, Ralph Lawson and Sean Lawson.

Basses: Marcus plays a 1977 Fender Jazz Bass (4 string fretted). He also plays a Sadowsky fretted 5 string (“Eric” and “Ethiopia”), a Fodera fretless 5 string (“Forevermore” and “Visions”), and a Modulus Graphite fretless 6 string (“True Geminis”).

/ 1 THE BLUES 5'45 I / 2 TALES 5'46 .

3ERIC6'16 / 4 TRUE GEMINIS 5'35 / 5 RUSH OVER 5'18 6 RUNNING THROUGH MY DR" (INTERLUDE) V27 7 ETHIOPIA 5'15 / 8 STRANGE FRUIT 3'19 ,7* 9 VISIONS 4 48 10 BRAZILIAN RHYME S'Ol ' ' j 11 FOREVERMORE 5'07 \ > " 12 INFATUATION 5'08 , Vq 13 TALES (REPRISE) 2'34 ^7 C 14 COME TOGETHER 5'30

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