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River - The Joni Letters
Herbie Hancock
River - The Joni Letters
Verve
B0010063-02
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1. Court and Spark featuring Norah Jones 7:35
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Wayne Shorter – Soprano and Tenor Saxophone
Dave Holland – Bass
Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
Lionel Loueke - Guitar
2. Edith and the Kingpin featuring Tina Turner 6:32
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Wayne Shorter – Soprano and Tenor Saxophone
Dave Holland – Bass
Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
Lionel Loueke - Guitar
3. Both Sides Now 7:38
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Wayne Shorter – Soprano and Tenor Saxophone
Dave Holland – Bass
Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
Lionel Loueke - Guitar
4. River featuring Corrine Bailey Rae 5:25
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Wayne Shorter – Soprano and Tenor Saxophone
Dave Holland – Bass
Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
Lionel Loueke - Guitar
5. Sweet Bird 8:15
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Wayne Shorter – Soprano and Tenor Saxophone
Dave Holland – Bass
Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
Lionel Loueke - Guitar
6. Tea Leaf Prophecy [Joni Mitchell-Larry Klein] featuring Joni Mitchell 6:34
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Wayne Shorter – Soprano and Tenor Saxophone
Dave Holland – Bass
Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
Lionel Loueke - Guitar
7. Solitude [Edgar De Lange – Duke Ellington – Irving Mills] 5:42
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Wayne Shorter – Soprano and Tenor Saxophone
Dave Holland – Bass
Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
Lionel Loueke - Guitar
8. Amelia featuring Luciana Souza 7:26
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Wayne Shorter – Soprano and Tenor Saxophone
Dave Holland – Bass
Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
Lionel Loueke - Guitar
9. Nefertiti [Wayne Shorter] 7:30
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Wayne Shorter – Soprano and Tenor Saxophone
Dave Holland – Bass
Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
Lionel Loueke - Guitar
10. The Jungle Line featuring Leonard Cohen 7:26
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Wayne Shorter – Soprano and Tenor Saxophone
Dave Holland – Bass
Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
Lionel Loueke - Guitar
Bonus Tracks:
11. A Case of You 7:42
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Wayne Shorter – Soprano and Tenor Saxophone
Dave Holland – Bass
Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
Lionel Loueke - Guitar
12. All I Want featuring Sonya Kitchell 4:13
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Wayne Shorter – Soprano and Tenor Saxophone
Larry Klein – Bass
Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
Lionel Loueke – Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa – Percussion
Dean Parks – Guitar
All music and lyrics by Joni Mitchell except where noted
Produced and Arranged by Larry Klein and Herbie Hancock
Dave Holland appears courtesy of Dare2 Records
Lionel Loueke appears courtesy of Blue Note Records
Norah Jones appears courtesy of Blue Note Records
Tina Turner appears courtesy of EMI Records Group
Corrine Bailey Rae appears courtesy of Good Grove Recording / EMI Records Limited
Joni Mitchell appears courtesy of Hear Music
Sonya Kitchell appears courtesy of Velour Recordings
Leonard Cohen appears courtesy of SonyBMG (Canada)
Wayne Shorter is a Verve recording artist
Luciana Souza is a Verve recording artist
Executive producer: Dahlia Ambach Caplin
Engineered and mixed by Helik Hadar
Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York City and Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, CA, except tracks 11 and 12 at Paramount Recording Studios, CA
Assistant engineers: Brian Montgomery, Justin Gerrish (Avatar), and Wesley Seidman (Ocean Way)
Corrine Bailey Rae’s vocal recorded by Steve Chrisanthou at 600ft., Yorkshire, England
Tina Turner’s vocal recorded by Helik Hadar at NJP Tonstudio, Zurich, Switzerland
Mixed at Market Street, Santa Monica, CA
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA
Production Coordination: Cindi Peters for Worlds End (America) Inc. and Melinda Murphy for Hancock Music Co.
A&R Coordination: Evelyn Morgan
Art Direction: Hollis King
Photography: Kwaku Alston
Graphic Design: Philip Manning
Release Coordination: John Newcott, Cameron Mizell, and Lisa Hansen
Wardrobe Stylist: Yohanna Logan
Groomer: Marcia Hamilton
Painted Backgrounds: William Attaway
Herbie Hancock and Larry Klein would like to thank Joni for her poetic songs and for showing us what artistic commitment means, Tina for her incaomparable voice and generosity, Leonard for his gravitas and generosity, Luciana for her skillful and deft navigation, Norah for her courageous honesty and humility, and Corrine for her fresh spirit and grace, Dahlia Ambach Caplin for help and trust and Wayne, Dave, Vinne and Lionel for their patience and commitment to going deep beneath the words.
Larry Klein would like to thank Sandy Roberton for his help and tireless tenacity, and Herbie for giving me the chance to weave together many threads of my life.
Herbie Hancock would like to thank Larry Klein, Gigi Hancock, Jessica Hancock, Melinda Murphy, Barry Marshall, Brian McCullough, Cesar Mejia, Caroline Shorter, Phil Daniels, Ken Hertz and everyone at Goldring, Hertz & Lichtenstein, Ken Soden & Frank Randazzo for VIP Travelers, David Jackel, Adriene Hibbert, Allen Catalasan and everyone at Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman, Jerry Kovarsky, Jack Hotop and everyone at Kor, Sujatry Reisinger, Gobor Reisinger and Jim Luce at Klavierhaus NY, Louis Holland, Toni Hoard and Megumi Homma at Yohji Yamamoto NY, and everyone at Fazioli Pianoforti (Paolo Fazioli, Rick Baldassin, John Barrus, and Steve Witowski)
Special thanks Kate Markowitz, Lauren Kinham, Tino Passante at Avatar, Kelly Erwin at Ocean Way, Roland Frei at NJP, Cindi Peters and Pierre Julia at Pierre’s Fine Pianos for allowing all of us to invade your store for the entire day!
Publicity: Shore Fire (718) 522-7171 info@shorefire.com
Hancock Management: Melinda Murphy and Herbie Hancock hhmusicco@herbiehancock.com
