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On paper, River sounds like a match made in several versions of heaven. Legendary pianist Herbie Hancock re-imagines Joni Mitchell with his hand-picked, star-studded band--including saxophonist Wayne Shorter--in tow. Luminary guests lend vocals to a song apiece: Norah Jones ("Court and Spark"), Tina Turner ("Edith and the Kingpin"), Corinne Bailey Rae ("River"), Luciana Souza ("Amelia"), Leonard Cohen (with an unsettlingly sanguine version of "The Jungle Line"), even Mitchell herself ("Tea Leaf Prophecy"). In the event, though, a few fundamental elements go awry. Hancock plays with almost saccharine understatement throughout, and even Shorter's seminal "Nefertiti" and Duke Ellington's "Solitude" fall into the album's presiding, somnolent surface, though to a lesser degree does the instrumental version of Mitchell's "Sweet Bird." But girding, and in some measure, saving, the proceedings, the lyrics here testify to a subtler wisdom guiding Hancock's set list. The mix includes a continuum from intrepid classics to dusty, fans-only fare, but a distinct reverence for Joni Mitchell the Poet threads them together, and, in the end, this album works best as a sleepy window into one fan's giddy and particular love affair with his source material. Fans of Hancock win out. --Jason Kirk
| ARTIST: | Herbie Hancock |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Verve |
| FEATURES: | Special Edition |
| TYPE: | Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Jazz, Jazz-Pop, Modern Creative, Pop |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Court and Spark featuring Norah Jones, Edith and the Kingpin featuring Tina Turner, Both Sides Now, River featuring Corinne Bailey Rae, Sweet Bird, Tea Leaf Prophecy featuring Joni Mitchell, Solitude, Amelia featuring Luciana Souza, Nefertiti, The Jungle Line featuring Leonard Cohen, All I Want featuring Sonya Kitchell (Exclusive Bonus Track), A Case of You (Exclusive Bonus Track) |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 602517477544 |
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Customer Review of River: The Joni Letters (with Bonus Tracks) - Amazon.com Exclusive
 Tina Turner steals the show!
I have been a fan of Tina Turner all my life. I have seen her sing R&B,Blues,Country,Pop, and Rock. I was nervous when I heard she was going to perform a jazz track. When I heard it was with Herbie Hancock I was relieved, he is music royalty also. I read that Herbie flew to Tina Turner's home in Switzerland to get her to record Edith & Kingpin. Wow, was that flight worth it. I am entranced by this song. Tina's delivery is spot on. Her emotion, her sensuality, her slow gentle persuasion is like no other "Turner" sound you have heard before. I say this track is worth the price of the CD, heck even worth the price of a flight to her home in Switzerland.
 Wonderful production, mixing and mastering = Best Album Grammy
It's funny that so many people were surprised when River won the Grammy. I certainly was not. First of all, the Grammy awards is NOT a owned by top 40 hits, like most of the other awards. The Grammy awards are based on what your peers think about your work. Granted, it appears that most of the time top 40 wins out, but not all of the time.
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>Then, there's Kayne West. Graduation was sure to get the most votes in teh Hip/Hop R&B vote, so you knew that he was in. Then, there was the return of Joni Mitchell with Shine. Here is an artist who quit because, ironically, she felt that the big records companies were paying too much attention to rap and Hip hop and not enough attention to more thoughtful music. Then, there were the two tribute CDs that came out for Mitchell: One of them River: The Joni Letters. Herbie Hancock and friends and the other, A Tribute To Joni Mitchell, featuring the likes of Prince, Elvis Costello, James Taylor, Emmylou Harris, Anne Lennox, Sarah MaLachlan to name a few.
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>But then again, it's not so much about sales anyway and it should not be. It is about quality and this time, quality won out. Hey, two years in a row!!!
 For Join Mitchell fans from WAY back: this stinks *BAD* !
If you want to hear a *very special* artists best songs **mangled**, or are *high* on something from outer space: buy this.
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