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− | It is not clear where and when [[Prince]] contributed his part to [[Edith And The Kingpin]]. In 2016, [[Kat Dyson]] said that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock Herbie Hancock] and [[Prince]] met on [[20 March 2005-am|20 March 2005]] during the [[19_March_2005|36th NAACP Image Awards]] ceremony afterparty thrown by [[Prince]] at his | + | It is not clear where and when [[Prince]] contributed his part to [[Edith And The Kingpin]]. In 2016, [[Kat Dyson]] said that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock Herbie Hancock] and [[Prince]] met on [[20 March 2005-am|20 March 2005]] during the [[19_March_2005|36th NAACP Image Awards]] ceremony afterparty thrown by [[Prince]] at his [[Location: 3121 Antelo Road|3121 Antelo Rd.]] rented house in Los Angeles, California to discuss this idea. It is likely that the recording took place shortly afterwards. It is not known if [[Prince]]'s guitar part was recorded before of after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Turner Tina Turner]'s vocals which were recorded at the [https://www.njp.ch/welcome NJP Studios AG], in Zürich, Switzerland |
His contribution to [[Edith And The Kingpin]] marks the first known studio track to feature both [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock Hancock] and [[Prince]], before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Moura Ana Moura]'s [[Dream Of Fire]] released in 2012 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock Herbie Hancock] had appeared on stage with [[Prince]] in [[17_January 2005-am|2005]], however, as well as on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton]'s [[Paisley Park Records]] album [[Album:_Hey_Man..._Smell_My_Finger|Hey Man... Smell My Finger]]). | His contribution to [[Edith And The Kingpin]] marks the first known studio track to feature both [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock Hancock] and [[Prince]], before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Moura Ana Moura]'s [[Dream Of Fire]] released in 2012 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock Herbie Hancock] had appeared on stage with [[Prince]] in [[17_January 2005-am|2005]], however, as well as on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton]'s [[Paisley Park Records]] album [[Album:_Hey_Man..._Smell_My_Finger|Hey Man... Smell My Finger]]). | ||
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'''Promotion''' | '''Promotion''' | ||
− | Bonus tracks were added to the digital version on iTunes (''Harlem In Havana'' and ''I Had A King'') and Amazon (''A Case Of You'' and ''All I Want '') but no single was issued to promote the album.<br>On 10 February 2008, | + | Bonus tracks were added to the digital version on iTunes (''Harlem In Havana'' and ''I Had A King'') and Amazon (''A Case Of You'' and ''All I Want '') but no single was issued to promote the album.<br>On 10 February 2008, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock Herbie Hancock] won the Grammy Award for the Album Of The Year and for the Best Contemporary Jazz Album. |
The album met with great success and reached number 5 on the US Billboard 200, and number 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums Chart.<br> | The album met with great success and reached number 5 on the US Billboard 200, and number 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums Chart.<br> | ||
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|production = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock Herbie Hancock] - Producer<br> | |production = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock Herbie Hancock] - Producer<br> | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Klein Larry Klein] - producer | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Klein Larry Klein] - producer | ||
− | |thanks = | + | |thanks = Herbie Hancock and Larry Klein would like to thank Joni for her poetic songs and for showing us what artistic commitment means, Tina for her incomparable voice and generosity, Leonard for his gravitas and generosity, Luciana for her skilful and deft navigation, Norah for her courageous honesty & humility, and Corrine for her fresh spirit and grace, Dahlia Ambach Caplin for help and trust and Wayne, Dave, Vinnie and Lionel for their patience and commitment to going deep beneath the words. |
+ | *Larry Klein would like to thank Sandy Robertson for his help and tireless tenacity, and Herbie for giving me the chance to weave together many threads of my life. | ||
+ | *Herbie Hancock would like to thank Larry Klein, Gigi Hancock, Jessica Hancock, Melinda Murphy, Barry Marshall, Brian McCullough, Cesar Mejia, Caroline Shorter, Phil Daniels, Ken Hertz and everyone at Goldring, Hertz & Lichtenstein, Ken Soden & Frank Randazzo for VIP Travelers, David Jackel, Adriane Hibbert, Allan Catalasan and everyone at Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman, Jerry Kovarsky, Jack Hotop and everyone at Korg, Sujatry Reisinger, Gabor Resinger & Jim Luce at Klavierhaus NY, Louise Holland, Toni Hoard & Megumi Homma at Yohji Yamamoto NY, and everyone at Fazioli Pianoforti (Paolo Fazioli, Rick Baldassin, John Barrus & Steve Witowski) | ||
+ | *Special thanks: Kate Markowitz, Lauren Kinhan, Tino Passante at Avatar, Kelly Erwin at Ocean Way, Roland Frei at NJP, Candi Peters & Pierre Julia at Pierre's Fine Pianos for allowing all of us to invade your store for the entire day! | ||
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|singles = *None | |singles = *None | ||
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− | |references = <b>Podcast</b>: [https://soundcloud.com/guitar-player-magazine/episode-25-kat-dyson-wmike-scott '''No Guitar Is Safe - Episode 25 | + | |references = <b>Podcast</b>: [https://soundcloud.com/guitar-player-magazine/episode-25-kat-dyson-wmike-scott '''No Guitar Is Safe - Episode 25 – Kat Dyson (w/Mike Scott)''' by ''Jude Gold'' (Soundcloud: 29 April 2016)]. |
* <b>Album liner notes</b>: [http://albumlinernotes.com/River_-_The_Joni_Letters.html '''River - The Joni Letters album liner notes''']. | * <b>Album liner notes</b>: [http://albumlinernotes.com/River_-_The_Joni_Letters.html '''River - The Joni Letters album liner notes''']. | ||
* <b>Website</b>: [http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=1612 '''Herbie Hancock's "River: The Joni Letters" Set For Release on September 25th''' from ''HerbieHancock.com'' (jonimitchell.com: 1 August 2007)]. | * <b>Website</b>: [http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=1612 '''Herbie Hancock's "River: The Joni Letters" Set For Release on September 25th''' from ''HerbieHancock.com'' (jonimitchell.com: 1 August 2007)]. |
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