The Sun Don't Lie is the third studio album by Marcus Miller, released in November 18, 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 (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 Musicians
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) Philippe Saisse – keyboards (9), additional sound programming (10) Dean Brown – lead guitar (1, 7), second half guitar solo (1) Poogie Bell – drums (1, 7, 10) Michael White – drums (4), drum fills (10) 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) Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone (2, 11), soprano saxophone (11) Everette Harp – soprano saxophone (7), alto saxophone (10) Jonathan Butler – guitars (2) David Sanborn – alto saxophone (2) Vernon Reid – guitars (3) Will Calhoun – drums (3) Miles Davis – trumpet (3) Sal Marquez – additional trumpet (3) Joe Sample – acoustic piano (4) Paul Jackson, Jr. – rhythm guitar (5) Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone (5) Maurice White – vocal samples (5) Steve Thornton – percussion (7) Michael "Patches" Stewart – trumpet (7) Hiram Bullock – guitars (9) Steve Ferrone – hi-hat (9), sidestick (9), bass drum (9) Omar Hakim – snare drum (9), bass drum (9), cymbals (9) Christian "Wicked" Wicht – additional keyboards (10) Kirk Whalum – tenor saxophone (10) Jonathan "Juice" Miller – funky count off (10) Julian "Juju" Miller – funky count off (10) Tony Williams – drums (11)
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
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