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(P) 2007 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
(C) 2007 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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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 | | |
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| | Associated Artists and Works | | Artists, Various | | 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 | | Shorter, Wayne | | Sly & Robbie | | Various Artists |
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| 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 |
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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..." |
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