But it might have given McQueen a more direct tribute, and emphasise more clearly his authorial and creative status.
In a direct tribute to the new jack swing of the 1980's, 'N Sync remakes Johnny Kemp's 1988 hit "Just Got Paid" with its original producer, Teddy Riley.
She also paid direct tribute to her father, Roebuck (Pops) Staples, with a rousing charge through the Staple Singers' "Freedom Highway," and then again with their epochal "I'll Take You There".
Now, in a more direct tribute, Mr. Connelly is the executive producer of a forthcoming documentary film, "Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Project," that aims to shed light on Mr. Morgan's resilience as well as his hardship.
TLC sings its direct tribute to Lopes not on "3D" (Arista) but on Ms. Elliott's album, where "Can You Hear Me" envisions Lopes and Aaliyah conversing in the afterlife.
Ms. Estefan's new album, "90 Millas" ("90 Miles"), is named for the distance between Cuba and the United States, and its her latest direct tribute to Cuban music (something she has done occasionally since "Mi Tierra" in 1993).
When Mr. Ruffins lent his band to back up other guests, it easily handled gospel, "Li'l Liza Jane," "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans" and "What a Wonderful World," a direct tribute to Armstrong sung and played by Mr. Andrews.
Now the artist-turned-naturalist wants to create a direct tribute in honor of the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birth on February 12 , 2009
This progress is a direct tribute to the core team who has been working on integration, and also to the fact that we have two businesses that complement one another so well.
The album was a direct tribute to him as well and was inspired by her "unabashed valentine" for Penn.
