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Beyond category or idiom, audacious in its very idea, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter perform a little over an hour of spontaneous improvised duets for grand piano and soprano sax. That's all -- no synthesizers, no rhythm sections, just wistful, introspective, elevated musings between two erudite old friends that must have made the accountants at PolyGram reach for their Mylanta. Hancock's piano is long on complex harmonies of the most cerebral sort, occasionally breaking out into a few agitated passages of dissonance. His technique in great shape, Shorter responds with long-limbed melodies, darting responses to Hancock's lashings, and occasional painful outcries of emotion. The leadoff track, "Meridianne -- A Wood Sylph," clearly takes off from a base of Satie to set the reflective mood for nearly the whole CD; only the final, brief "Hale-Bopp, Hip-Hop" offers a hint of comic relief. All of the tunes, save for Michiel Borstlap's "Memory of Enchantment," are Hancock or Shorter originals; some, like Hancock's "Joanna's Theme" (from the film Death Wish) and Shorter's "Diana," date back to the '70s. As avidly as this music was awaited and as wildly as it was acclaimed by critics, it doesn't really touch the emotions as deeply as the best of the pair's work together and apart. It stands as a graceful, high-minded anomaly in the output of both, but not something you would expect to pull off the shelf to hear too often.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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HERBIE HANCOCK, Producer, MainArtist - Wayne Shorter, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
HERBIE HANCOCK, Producer, MainArtist - Wayne Shorter, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
HERBIE HANCOCK, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wayne Shorter, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1997 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
HERBIE HANCOCK, Producer, MainArtist - Wayne Shorter, Producer, MainArtist - Michiel Borstlap, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
HERBIE HANCOCK, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wayne Shorter, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
HERBIE HANCOCK, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wayne Shorter, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1997 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
HERBIE HANCOCK, Producer, MainArtist - Wayne Shorter, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
HERBIE HANCOCK, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wayne Shorter, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
HERBIE HANCOCK, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wayne Shorter, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
HERBIE HANCOCK, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Wayne Shorter, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1997 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Beyond category or idiom, audacious in its very idea, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter perform a little over an hour of spontaneous improvised duets for grand piano and soprano sax. That's all -- no synthesizers, no rhythm sections, just wistful, introspective, elevated musings between two erudite old friends that must have made the accountants at PolyGram reach for their Mylanta. Hancock's piano is long on complex harmonies of the most cerebral sort, occasionally breaking out into a few agitated passages of dissonance. His technique in great shape, Shorter responds with long-limbed melodies, darting responses to Hancock's lashings, and occasional painful outcries of emotion. The leadoff track, "Meridianne -- A Wood Sylph," clearly takes off from a base of Satie to set the reflective mood for nearly the whole CD; only the final, brief "Hale-Bopp, Hip-Hop" offers a hint of comic relief. All of the tunes, save for Michiel Borstlap's "Memory of Enchantment," are Hancock or Shorter originals; some, like Hancock's "Joanna's Theme" (from the film Death Wish) and Shorter's "Diana," date back to the '70s. As avidly as this music was awaited and as wildly as it was acclaimed by critics, it doesn't really touch the emotions as deeply as the best of the pair's work together and apart. It stands as a graceful, high-minded anomaly in the output of both, but not something you would expect to pull off the shelf to hear too often.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:39
- Main artists: Wayne Shorter Herbie Hancock
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve
- Genre: Jazz
© 1997 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1997 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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