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George Gershwin

Gershwin's World

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

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
Composer
George Gershwin