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River: The Joni Letters (CD)

By: Herbie Hancock (Artist)

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DISC 1 for River: The Joni Letters (CD) Album By Herbie Hancock (Artist)
1   Court And Spark - (with Norah Jones)
2   Edith And the Kinpin - (with Tina Turner)
3   Both Sides Now
4   River - (with Corinne Bailey Rae)
5   Sweet Bird
6   Tea Leaf Prophecy - (with Joni Mitchell)
7   Solitude
8   Amelia - (with Luciana Souza)
9   Nefertiti
10   Jungle Line, The - (with Leonard Cohen)
 

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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..."

Title Note

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.

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5 out of 5 stars *****, February 20, 2008
By Mark
It is without a doubt that Herbie Hancock is one of the best Jazz Musicians in the world. River: The Joni is yet another opus that this great Jazz legend has blessed us with.

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