Gershwin's World

Gershwin's World
Gershwin's World
Studio album by Herbie Hancock
Released	October 20, 1998
Recorded	March–June, 1998
Genre	Jazz
Length	1:07:08
Label	Verve, Polygram
Producer	Robert Sadin
Herbie Hancock chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	(favorable)^[2]
AllMusic	^[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A−^[4]
Tom Hull	B^[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[6]

Gershwin's World is a 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

References

^ "Herbie Hancock : Discography : Gershwin's World". The Verve Music Group. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
^ Bailey, Michael (2011). "Herbie Hancock | Gershwin's World". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
^ Newsom, Jim (2011). "Gershwin's World - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
^ Woodard, Josef (2011). "Gershwin's World Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Herbie Hancock". Tom Hull. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 644. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] "Herbie Hancock : Discography : Gershwin's World". The Verve Music Group. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

[2] Bailey, Michael (2011). "Herbie Hancock | Gershwin's World". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.

[3] Newsom, Jim (2011). "Gershwin's World - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.

[4] Woodard, Josef (2011). "Gershwin's World Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2011.

[5] "Tom Hull: Grade List: Herbie Hancock". Tom Hull. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

[Penguin-6] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 644. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Herbie Hancock
Discography (As a sideman or guest artist)
Studio albums	Takin' Off My Point of View Inventions & Dimensions Empyrean Isles Maiden Voyage Speak Like a Child The Prisoner Fat Albert Rotunda Mwandishi Crossings Sextant Head Hunters Dedication Thrust Man-Child Secrets Third Plane Herbie Hancock Trio Sunlight Directstep The Piano Feets, Don't Fail Me Now Monster Mr. Hands Magic Windows Herbie Hancock Trio Lite Me Up Quartet Future Shock Sound-System Village Life Perfect Machine A Tribute to Miles Dis Is da Drum The New Standard 1+1 Gershwin's World Future 2 Future Possibilities River: The Joni Letters The Imagine Project
Live albums	Hear, O Israel - A Prayer Ceremony in Jazz Flood V.S.O.P. The Quintet (V.S.O.P.) Tempest in the Colosseum (V.S.O.P.) An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert CoreaHancock V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (V.S.O.P.) Jazz Africa Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall Live: Detroit/Chicago
with Bob Brookmeyer	Bob Brookmeyer and Friends
with Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams	Out of This World (Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet) Chant Royal Flush Free Form A New Perspective
with Miles Davis	Seven Steps to Heaven My Funny Valentine Four & More E.S.P. Miles Smiles Sorcerer Nefertiti Miles in the Sky Water Babies Filles de Kilimanjaro In a Silent Way Jack Johnson On the Corner Big Fun Get Up with It
with Jack DeJohnette and Pat Metheny	Parallel Realities
with Joe Farrell	Moon Germs Penny Arcade Upon This Rock Night Dancing
with Freddie Hubbard	Hub-Tones Straight Life Red Clay
with Joe Zawinul	Zawinul
Compilations	Treasure Chest (Herbie Hancock album) The Best of Herbie Hancock Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock The Essential Herbie Hancock
Compositions	"Watermelon Man" "Cantaloupe Island" "Maiden Voyage" "Chameleon" "Rockit"
Soundtracks	Blow-Up Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert The Spook Who Sat by the Door Death Wish A Soldier's Story Round Midnight Action Jackson

v t e George Gershwin
Albums	Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls
Ballets	An American in Paris Gershwin Piano Concerto Three Preludes Who Cares?
Operas	Blue Monday (1922) Porgy and Bess (1935)
Orchestral works	Rhapsody in Blue (1924) Concerto in F (1925) An American in Paris (1928) Second Rhapsody (1931) Cuban Overture (1932) Strike Up the Band (1934) Hoctor's Ballet (1937)
Piano compositions	Three Preludes (1926) French Ballet Class (1937)
Songs	"Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did?" "(I've Got) Beginner's Luck" "Bidin' My Time" "Blah Blah Blah" "Boy Wanted" "Boy! What Love Has Done to Me!" "But Not for Me" "By Strauss" "Clap Yo' Hands" "Do It Again" "Doin' Time" "Embraceable You" "Fascinating Rhythm" "A Foggy Day" "For You, For Me, For Evermore" "Funny Face" "'The Half of It, Dearie' Blues" "He Loves and She Loves" "How Long Has This Been Going On?" "I Can't Be Bothered Now" "I Got Rhythm" "I Was Doing All Right" "I've Got a Crush on You" "Isn't It a Pity?" "Just Another Rhumba" "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" "Let's Kiss and Make Up" "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" "Looking for a Boy" "Lorelei" "Love Is Here to Stay" "Love Is Sweeping the Country" "Love Walked In" "The Man I Love" "My Cousin in Milwaukee" "My One and Only" "Nice Work If You Can Get It" "Of Thee I Sing" "Oh, Lady Be Good!" "Oh, So Nice!" "The Real American Folk Song (is a Rag)" "'S Wonderful" "Sam and Delilah" "Slap That Bass" "Somebody from Somewhere" "Somebody Loves Me" "Someone to Watch Over Me" "Soon" "Stairway to Paradise" "Stiff Upper Lip" "Strike Up the Band" "Summertime" "Swanee" "That Certain Feeling" "They All Laughed" "They Can't Take That Away from Me" "Things Are Looking Up" "Tra-la-la" "Treat Me Rough" "Walking the Dog" "Who Cares?" "You've Got What Gets Me"
Tribute albums	Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin By George Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book Ella Sings Gershwin Gershwin Live! Gershwin's World The Glory of Gershwin Ira, George and Joe Nice Work If You Can Get It Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin
Related articles	Gershwin Prize Ira Gershwin (brother) Arthur Gershwin (brother) Frances Gershwin (sister) Gershwin Theatre
List of compositions by George Gershwin Category:George Gershwin