River

Herbie Hancock · 2007 · feat. Corinne Bailey Rae

Context

Joni Mitchell song sung by Corinne Bailey Rae on River: The Joni Letters, Herbie Hancock's tribute to Joni Mitchell, co-produced with Larry Klein. The album, released by Verve in September 2007, won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2008, the third jazz record to receive that award.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Memory of Enchantment (1997)
• Rockit (1983)
• Actual Proof (1974)
• Chameleon (1973)
• Sly (1973)
• Main Title from Blow Up (1966)

Sources

• EN: River: The Joni Letters

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