1+1 (Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter album)
1997 studio album by Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter
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1 + 1 is a duet studio album by pianist Herbie Hancock and soprano saxophonist Wayne Shorter.[3]
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| Released | July 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Studio | Garage Sale, LA | |||
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| Length | 61:35 | |||
| Label | Verve Polygram | |||
| Producer | Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Overview
Hancock and Shorter perform 10 compositions on the album, including the Grammy Award-winning "Aung San Suu Kyi", named after the Burmese pro-democracy activist of the same name; "Joanna's Theme", which originally was on Hancock's original soundtrack to the film Death Wish; and "Diana", originally recorded for Shorter's album Native Dancer. It is Hancock's forty-first album and Shorter's twenty-first.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Meridianne â A Wood Sylph" | Shorter | 6:09 |
| 2. | "Aung San Suu Kyi" | Shorter | 5:45 |
| 3. | "Sonrisa" | Hancock | 6:26 |
| 4. | "Memory of Enchantment" | Michiel Borstlap | 6:20 |
| 5. | "Visitor from Nowhere" | Hancock, Shorter | 7:44 |
| 6. | "Joanna's Theme" | Hancock | 5:22 |
| 7. | "Diana" | Shorter | 5:32 |
| 8. | "Visitor from Somewhere" | Hancock, Shorter | 9:04 |
| 9. | "Manhattan Lorelei" | Hancock, Shorter | 7:22 |
| 10. | "Hale-Bopp, Hip-Hop" | Hancock | 1:51 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Herbie Hancock â grand piano
- Wayne Shorter â soprano saxophone
Production
- Herbie Hancock â producer
- Wayne Shorter â producer
- Tomoo Suzuki â recording, mixing
- Dave Hampton â studio technician
- Mitch Robertson â studio technician
- Doug Sax â mastering
- Kathy Lucien â production coordinator, liner notes
- Melinda Murphy â production coordinator
- Camille Tomonaro â production coordinator
- Nate Herr â release coordinator
- Giulio Turturro â art direction, design
- Michael O'Neill â photography
- Theodora Kuslan â liner notes
- Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).