Edith And The Kingpin

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Edith And The Kingpin

from the album River: The Joni Letters Song details Performer: Herbie Hancock First Released: 25 September 2007 - River: The Joni Letters album Album(s): River: The Joni Letters Writer(s): Joni Mitchell Producer(s): Herbie Hancock and Larry Klein Live Appearances First and last live appearance: This track is not known to have been performed by Prince Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: none

Edith and the Kingpin is the second track on Herbie Hancock’s 2007 album River: The Joni Letters on which he covers and pays tribute to Joni Mitchell. The song originally appeared on Mitchell’s 1975 album The Hissing of Summer Lawns. This 2007 cover features Tina Turner, and has an uncredited guitar part by Prince. It is not clear where and when Prince contributed his part. In 2016, Kat Dyson said that Herbie Hancock and Prince met on 20 March 2005 during the 36th NAACP Image Awards ceremony afterparty thrown by Prince at his rented 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 or after Tina Turner’s vocals which were recorded at the NJP Studios AG, in Zürich, Switzerland Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info Spring 2005 (assumed) Avatar Studio, New York, NY, USA (assumed) Tracking Spring 2005 (assumed) NJP Studios AG, Zürich, Switzerland Tina Turner vocal recording Spring 2005 (assumed) Unknown, possibly Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA or 3121 Antelo Rd., Los Angeles, CA, USA (assumed) Prince guitar part recording Recording Personnel Herbie Hancock - piano Tina Turner - vocals Wayne Shorter - saxophone Dave Holland - bass Lionel Loueke - guitar Vinnie Colaiuta - drums Prince - guitar (uncredited) Herbie Hancock - Producer Larry Klein - producer Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Edith And The Kingpin 6:34 River: The Joni Letters Studio

Additional Information See also Trivia River: The Joni Letters album The song originally appeared on Mitchell’s 1975 album The Hissing of Summer Lawns which was cited by Prince in the 1985 Rolling Stone Magazine interview as 'the last album he loved all the way through' at that time. References Podcast: No Guitar Is Safe - Episode 25 — Kat Dyson (w/Mike Scott) by Jude Gold (Soundcloud: 29 April 2016). Album liner notes: River - The Joni Letters album liner notes.

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