plained. “Luckily my husband was
very meticulous. He was a perfec-
tionist, so whatever he had chosen
was the best take. Even though
there were a lot of choices to be
made, the basic sound and feel of
every tune was already there. After
they had digitized everything and
put everything in order, they had
to find musicians to play.”
Their search led to an all-star cast
including Chuck Mangione on
flugelhorn, Steve Gadd on drums,
Will Lee on bass, Larry Goldings on
organ, and James Taylor on rhythm
guitar and background vocals on
one track. For the film, Michael
McDonald of The Doobie Brothers
came on to do the narration.
“Luckily there wasn’t a whole lot
of people actually doing the parts
before I had decided to make a
film to chronicle it,” said Jeanie.
“I don’t think I actually thought
of making a documentary as
much as just having somebody
in there to make sure it was seen
because it was such an amazing
thing. I feel it was such an organic
process, what else could I do but
film it?”
The film offers an amazing look
at how they produced the album.
They not only had a myriad of
computer files to go through, but
had to match outdated technol-
ogy and software with those used
today. In one example of the
lengths they went to, Jeannie had
recorded one of the songs, “You
Got Me Too” in 1999. She said
Miles took the original reel-to-reel
Listen to Coleman Mellet perform a duo with Viterle
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