Gershwin's World is the thirty-seventh studio album by the American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock.
It contains songs written by George and Ira Gershwin, and their contemporaries. It features several prominent musicians, including Joni Mitchell, Kathleen Battle, Stevie Wonder, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, James Carter, Cyro Baptista, Kenny Garrett, Stanley Clarke, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
Track listing "Overture (Fascinating Rhythm)" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "The Man I Love" (feat. Joni Mitchell) "Here Come De Honey Man" "St. Louis Blues" (feat. Stevie Wonder) "Lullaby" "Blueberry Rhyme" "It Ain't Necessarily So Interlude" "Cotton Tail" "Summertime" (feat. Joni Mitchell) "My Man's Gone Now" "Prelude In C# Minor" "Concerto For Piano And Orchestra In G, 2nd Movement" (Maurice Ravel) "Embraceable You"
Personnel
Alex Al– upright bass Toby Appel – viola Cyro Baptista – percussion Kathleen Battle – soprano, vocals Ronnie Bauch – violin Martha Caplin – concert master, violin Terri Lyne Carrington – drums, production assistant James Carter – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone Susannah Chapman – cello Catherine Cho – violin Sarah Clarke – principal viola Stanley Clarke – bass Ira Coleman – bass, production assistant Chick Corea – piano Charles Curtis – cello Nicolas Danielson – violin Marji Danilow – bass Madou Dembelle – djembe Matthew Dine – English horn Massamba Diop – talking drum Karen Dreyfus – viola Jennifer Frautschi – violin Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone Marlon Graves – guitar, mixing, percussion Michael Finn – principal bassoon Brian Greene – oboe Bireyma Guiye – percussion Herbie Hancock – arranger, liner notes, organ, piano Eddie Henderson – flugelhorn, trumpet Cynde Iverson – bassoon Gene Jackson – drums Joanna Jenner – violin Renee Jolles – violin Eastman School of Music Chris Komer – horn Bakithi Kumalo – bass, guitar Elizabeth Mann – flute Cheik Mbaye – percussion Melissa Meel – cello Joni Mitchell – vocals Katherine Murdock – viola Charles Neidich – clarinet, E flat clarinet Ahling Neu – viola Donald Palma – principal bass Ellen Payne – violin Todd Phillips – violin Nardo Poy – viola William Purvis – principal horn Richard Rood – violin Eriko Sato – principal violin Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone David Singer – clarinet Mina Smith – cello Clavin Wiersman – violin Peter Winograd – violin Stevie Wonder – arranger, harmonica, vocals Asmira Woodward-Page – violin Eric Wyrick – violin Naoko Tanaka – violin
Production
David Charles Abell – consultant Robi Banerji – assistant engineer Istvan Banyai – artwork, illustrations Thom Cadley – assistant engineer Dave Darlington – engineer Rob Eaton – audio engineer, engineer Steve Genewick – assistant Clark Germain – audio engineer, engineer Fred Hedemark – assistant engineer Pete Karam – assistant engineer Jimmy Katz – photography, session photographer Theodora Kuslan – release coordinator Ron Martinez – assistant engineer Andreas Meyer – digital editing James Minchin – cover photo, photography Pedro Moreira – assistant, music assistant Melinda Murphy – production coordination Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Darcy Proper – digital editing Rob Rapley – digital editing, engineer Robert Sadin – arranger, audio production, drum programming, liner notes, percussion programming, producer, programming Doug Sax – mastering Al Schmitt – surround mix Bill Airey Smith – digital editing Jason Stasium – assistant engineer Brett Swain – assistant engineer Rich Breen – tracking engineer (Cottontail) Bruce Swedien – mixing David Swope – assistant engineer Kayo Teramoto – assistant engineer Camille Tominaro – production coordination Tom Truslow – production coordination Brian Vibberts – mixing Todd Whitelock – audio engineer, engineer Mark Wilder – mastering Robert Zuckerman – session photographer
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