Gershwin's World

Gershwin’s World från 1998 är ett musikalbum av den amerikanske jazzpianisten Herbie Hancock^[1]. Det är en hyllningsskiva till kompositören George Gershwin men också låtar av Maurice Ravel, W.C. Handy och Duke Ellington finns med. På skivan medverkar gäster som Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, sopranen Kathleen Battle och saxofonisten Wayne Shorter.

Låtlista

1. Overture (Fascinatin' Rhythm) (George Gershwin) – 0:55
2. It Ain't Necessarily So (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin) – 4:47
3. The Man I Love (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin) – 5:57
4. Here Come De Honey Man (George Gershwin) – 3:59
5. St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy) – 5:50
6. Lullaby (George Gershwin) – 11:03
7. Blueberry Rhyme (James P. Johnson) – 3:31
8. It Ain't Necessarily So (Interlude) (George Gershwin) – 1:25
9. Cotton Tail (Duke Ellington) – 4:44
10. Summertime (George Gershwin/DuBose Heyward) – 4:41
11. My Man's Gone Now (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin/DuBose Heyward) – 1:56
12. Prelude in C Sharp Minor (George Gershwin) – 4:46
13. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G (sats II) (Maurice Ravel) – 9:12
14. Embraceable You (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin) – 4:39

Medverkande

• Herbie Hancock – piano, orgel
• Stevie Wonder – munspel (spår 5, 10), sång (spår 5)
• Joni Mitchell – sång (spår 3, 10)
• Kathleen Battle – sopran, sång (spår 12)
• Wayne Shorter – sopransax (spår 10), tenorsax (spår 3, 9)
• James Carter – sopransax (spår 4), tenorsax (spår 2)
• Kenny Garrett – altsax (spår 2, 4, 8)
• Eddie Henderson – trumpet (spår 2)
• Chick Corea – piano (spår 7)
• Charles Curtis – cello (spår 12)
• Bakithi Kumalo – bas (spår 11), gitarr (spår 12)
• Marlon Graves – gitarr (spår 4), slagverk (spår 11)
• Ira Coleman – bas (spår 2, 3, 8–10, 12)
• Alex Al – bas (spår 5)
• Terri Lyne Carrington – trummor (spår 2, 3, 5, 9)
• Madou Dembelle – djembe (spår 1, 2)
• Cyro Baptista – slagverk (spår 1, 4, 8, 11, 12)
• Massamba Diop – slagverk (spår 1, 2)
• Bireyma Guiye – slagverk (spår 1)
• Cheik Mbaye – slagverk (spår 1)
• Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (spår 6, 13)

Källor

George Gershwin Album Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls Baletter An American in Paris · Gershwin Piano Concerto · Three Preludes · Who Cares? Operor Blue Monday (1922) · Porgy och Bess (1935) Orkestrala verk 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) Pianokompositioner Three Preludes (1926) · French Ballet Class (1937) Musikaler i urval La La Lucille · Morris Gest Midnight Whirl · George White's Scandals (1920–1924, däribland Blue Monday) · Our Nell · The Rainbow · Sweet Little Devil Sånger "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" Hyllningsalbum 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 Relaterat Gershwin Prize · Ira Gershwin (bror) · Frances Gershwin (syster) · Gershwin Theatre · Delicious · Får jag lov? · En flicka i knipa · Goldwyn follies · Skandalflickan · Rhapsody in Blue · En amerikan i Paris · 8249 Gershwin Kategori