The Sun Don't Lie
The Sun Don't Lie is an album by Marcus Miller, released in 1993 on PRA Records. The album reached No. 10 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. The album "is dedicated to the memory of Miles Davis."
Accolades
The Sun Don't Lie was Grammy nominated in the category of Best Contemporary Jazz Performance.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." 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."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 " – 5:26
- "Moons" – 4:52
- "Teen Town" – 4:55
- "Juju" – 6:03
- "The King Is Gone " – 6:05
Personnel
- Marcus Miller – bass guitar, bass clarinet, rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals, programming, drum programming
- Don Alias – percussion, conga
- Poogie Bell – drums
- Dean Brown – lead guitar
- Hiram Bullock – guitar
- Jonathan Butler – guitar
- Will Calhoun – drums
- Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Steve Ferrone – high hat, sidestick, bass drum
- Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone
- Omar Hakim – snare drum, bass drum, cymbals
- Everette Harp – alto and soprano saxophone
- Paul Jackson, Jr. – rhythm guitar
- Sal Marquez – additional trumpet
- Andy Narell – steel drums
- Eric Persing – programming
- Vernon Reid – guitar
- Philippe Saisse – keyboards, programming
- Joe Sample – piano
- David Sanborn – alto saxophone
- Wayne Shorter – soprano and tenor saxophone
- Michael "Patches" Stewart – trumpet
- Steve Thornton – percussion
- Kirk Whalum – tenor saxophone
- Lenny White – percussion, drums
- Maurice White – vocal samples
- Michael White – drums
- Christian "Wicked" Wicht – additional keyboards
- Tony Williams – drums
Production
- Marcus Miller – producer, engineer
- Ray Bardani – engineer, mixing
- Thom Cadley, Scott Canto, Todd Childress, Ryan Dorn, Jim Giddens, Aaron Kropf, Jimmie Lee, Roger Lian, Chrystin Nevarez, Brian Pollack, Chris Rich, Rob Rives, Frank Vially, Todd Whitelock – assistant engineer
- Peter Doell, Leslie Ann Jones, Bruce Miller, Yan Memmi, Vittorio Zammarano – engineer
- Bibi Green – production coordination
- John Heiden – art direction, design
- Goh Hotoda, Bill Schnee – mixing
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Jason Miles – programming
- Lorinda Sullivan – front cover photography