Herbie Hancock “River: the Joni Letters” 2xLP

River: the Joni Letters puts the focus on piano and keyboards moving between hard bop, modal jazz, fusion, funk, and electronic texture.

• Hancock reimagines Joni Mitchell's writing with a jazz ensemble and guest vocalists rather than simply reproducing the original arrangements.
• Wayne Shorter is a key voice on saxophone, while singers including Norah Jones, Tina Turner, Corinne Bailey Rae, and Mitchell herself appear across the project.
• The album won the Grammy for Album of the Year, an unusually high-profile recognition for a jazz-centered record.

For fans of Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, and Chick Corea.

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