River: The Joni Letters (2007) - Grammy Winner!

Product Summary Label: Universal Music Group UPC: 00602517448261 Release Date: 9/25/2007 Buy.com Sku: 205600362 Item#: M3SKED Buy.com Sales Rank: 24321 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Court And Spark - (with Norah Jones) ~ Herbie Hancock 2. Edith And the Kinpin - (with Tina Turner) ~ Herbie Hancock 3. Both Sides Now ~ Herbie Hancock 4. River - (with Corinne Bailey Rae) ~ Herbie Hancock 5. Sweet Bird ~ Herbie Hancock 6. Tea Leaf Prophecy - (with Joni Mitchell) ~ Herbie Hancock 7. Solitude ~ Herbie Hancock 8. Amelia - (with Luciana Souza) ~ Herbie Hancock 9. Nefertiti ~ Herbie Hancock 10. Jungle Line, The - (with Leonard Cohen) ~ Herbie Hancock (P) 2007 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. (C) 2007 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Wayne Shorter (soprano); Dave Holland (bass guitar); Vinnie Colaiuta (drums). Additional personnel: Corinne Bailey Rae, Joni Mitchell, Norah Jones, Tina Turner, Leonard Cohen, Luciana Souza. Any doubts about the incongruity of jazz icon Herbie Hancock covering singer-songwriter extraordinare Joni Mitchell will be obliterated on the first journey through RIVER: THE JONI LETTERS. For starters, the premise is not especially incongruous. Hancock has had a long, adventurous career in which he's traversed genres and masterfully blended styles, while Mitchell has always been deeply influenced by jazz as both a composer and a singer. RIVER features many of Mitchell's finest songs, stunning in their own right and reinterpreted beautifully by Hancock, plus a stellar assortment of musicians and guest vocalists. Mitchell's pop and folk tendencies have been assimilated into the arrangements; the album plays like a vocal jazz outing. Hancock is joined by fellow Miles Davis alums Wayne Shorter and Dave Holland, among others, and the guest vocalists include Norah Jones, Tina Turner, Corinne Bailey Rae, Leonard Cohen, and--on one track--Mitchell herself. Sophisticated, soulful, and gorgeous, RIVER is a must for fans of Mitchell, classic jazz, adult contemporary artists like Norah Jones--and, well, just about everyone. Producer: Herbie Hancock; Larry Klein Musical Guests Joni Mitchell Leonard Cohen Corinne Bailey Rae Tina Turner   Compilation Appearances Jingle Bell Jazz Color & Light-Jazz Sketches On Jazz To The World Little Girl Blue Wave-The Antonio Carlos Jobim Twist Of Jobim Gershwin's World Best Blue Note Album In The Wo Soul Sauce! Streetsoul (Explicit Version) Ken Burns Jazz-Story Of America Zoolander SOLID STEEL Musical Biography Scratchology Untinted Madlib'ssources Nea Jazz Masters Love, Q Greatest Hits Of The 80's Soul Hits Of 80s Vice City(box Set) 1002 Weekend Jazz Bistro Creepin With Cats Rewind: Best Of The 80's (w/Bonus DVD)(w/ Bonus DVD) Hand On The Torch (bonus Cd) (bonus Tracks) Best Blue Note Album In The World Pieta Man Alive Chromeo Presents Un Joli Mix Pour Toi Chromeo Presents Un Joli Mix Pour Toi Ultimate Easy Album Blue Note Trip Martha Stewart Living Music: The Holiday Collection Martha Stewart Living Music: Jazz For the Holidays Best Of Breakdance And Electric Boogi Mastercuts Jazz Cafe Givin It Up Awake Any Way The Wind Blows / O.s.t. Diggin Deeper V2 We All Love Ennio Morricone Cosmic Lounge Vol 1 Essential Jaco Pastorius In The Mind Of Now We Are Ten 2008 Grammy Nominees Now That's What I Call Music: 80's Hear O Israel:prayer Ceremony In Jazz Smooth Jazz Mastercuts Legends:quincy Jones Herbi Bar Funk So Red The Rose Tribute Steps   Associated Artists and Works Artists, Various Mastercuts Legends [Box] ~ Brown, James Corea, Chick Corea, Chick Ears, Rabbit Elias, Eliane Eric Dolphy Quintet Hampton, Lionel Heath, Albert "Tootie" Jones, Quincy Jones, Quincy Jones, Quincy McBride, Christian Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack Rabbit Ears Rabbit Ears Various Artists Various Artists Hear, O Israel: A Prayer Ceremony in Jazz ~ Various Artists Hancock Island: The Music Of Herbie Hancock ~ White, Lenny   Technical Info Release Date : 09/25/2007 Original Release Date : 2007 Catalog ID : 00383 Label : Verve (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 67m : 49s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602517448261   Professional Reviews JazzTimes (p.88) - "This is Hancock's finest album since GERSHWIN'S WORLD....RIVER inspires complex reflections on the wonders of Joni, the renewable and re-workable nature of great art..." No Depression (p.94) - "RIVER: THE JONI LETTERS puts real jazz into Mitchell's bohemian oeuvre..."    Related Videos Randy Jackson: Randy Jack...