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Gershwin's World

1998 studio album by Herbie Hancock

Gershwin's World
Studio album by Herbie Hancock
Released	October 20, 1998[1]
Recorded	March–June, 1998
Genre	Jazz
Length	1:07:08
Label	Verve, Polygram
Producer	Robert Sadin
Herbie Hancock chronology
1+1 (1997) Gershwin's World (1998) Future 2 Future (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	(favorable)[2]
AllMusic	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[4]
Tom Hull	B[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[6]

Gershwin's World is a thirty-seventh studio album by the American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock.

It contains songs written by George and Ira Gershwin, and their contemporaries. It features several prominent musicians, including Joni Mitchell, Kathleen Battle, Stevie Wonder, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, James Carter, Cyro Baptista, Kenny Garrett, Stanley Clarke, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

Track listing[edit]

1. "Overture (Fascinating Rhythm)"
2. "It Ain't Necessarily So"
3. "The Man I Love" (feat. Joni Mitchell)
4. "Here Come De Honey Man"
5. "St. Louis Blues" (feat. Stevie Wonder)
6. "Lullaby"
7. "Blueberry Rhyme"
8. "It Ain't Necessarily So Interlude"
9. "Cotton Tail"
10. "Summertime" (feat. Joni Mitchell)
11. "My Man's Gone Now"
12. "Prelude In C# Minor"
13. "Concerto For Piano And Orchestra In G, 2nd Movement" (Maurice Ravel)
14. "Embraceable You"

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