| Product Summary | | Label: Uni/verve | | UPC: 00731455779721 | | Release Date: 10/20/1998 | | Buy.com Sku: 60350590 | | Item#: M9C3MF | Format:  CD |
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(P) 1998 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
(C) 1998 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Notes & Personnel Info | | GERSHWIN'S WORLD won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual Or Group. "St. Louis Blues" won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s). | | Personnel: Herbie Hancock (piano, organ); Stevie Wonder (vocals, harmonica); Joni Mitchell, Kathleen Battle (vocals); Bakithi Kumalo (guitar, bass instrument); Marlon Graves (guitar, percussion); Charles Curtis (cello); James Carter , Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Kenny Garrett (alto saxophone); Eddie Henderson (trumpet); Chick Corea (piano); Ira Coleman, Alex Al (bass instrument); Terri Lyne Carrington (drums); Massamba Diop (talking drum); Madou Dembelle (djembe); Cyro Baptista, Bireyma Guiye, Cheik Mbaye (percussion); Robert Sadin (programming); Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. | | Liner Note Author: Robert Sadin. | | The epitome of a 20th Century musician, Herbie Hancock has always traversed wildly divergent stylistic paths, finding his way easily into jazz, funk, fusion, dance-pop and more. His ability to make valid individual statements in all these genres is part of what makes his compositions and performances so rich. So it doesn't seem at all incongrous for Hancock to interpret the work of George Gershwin, redefining much of the Gershwin canon in the process (with assistance from some world-class compatriots). Hancock's stated aim for GERSHWIN'S WORLD is to get inside the pieces, illustrating their essence rather than knocking off rote versions of these standards. Towards that end, "St. Louis Blues" is transmogrified by the soulful vocals and funky chromatic harmonica of Stevie Wonder; "It Ain't Necessarily So" becomes an ominous, angular jazz vamp, with saxmen James Carter and Kenny Garret trading arch, sly interjections. Another genre-buster, Joni Mitchell, makes a case for a potential career as a jazz vocalist via her performance on "The Man I Love" and "Summertime." |
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| | Associated Artists and Works | | Artists, Various | | Mastercuts Legends ~ Brown, James | | Carter, Ron | | Corea, Chick | | Corea, Chick | | Corea, Chick | | Ears, Rabbit | | Elias, Eliane | | Eric Dolphy Quintet | | Jazz Duo:lionel Hampton/Herbie Hancock ~ Hampton, Lionel | | Headhunters (Jazz) (The) | | Headhunters (The) | | Baraka ~ Heath, Albert "Tootie" | | Hubbard, Freddie | | Jones, Quincy | | Jones, Quincy | | Jones, Quincy | | McBride, Christian | | Mitchell, Joni | | Mobley, Hank | | Moreira, Airto | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Orquestra Was | | Rabbit Ears | | Rabbit Ears | | Shorter, Wayne | | Sly & Robbie | | Various Artists |
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