River: The Joni Letters is the forty-fifth studio album by American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released on September 25, 2007 by Verve.It is a tribute album featuring cover songs of music written by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. The album peaked at number five on the US Billboard 200, enjoying a huge post-Grammy winning sales boost.Upon its release, River. 4K♫ 1974 Death Wish. Herbie Hancock № 01 - 'Death Wish Main Title' 6:11; 4K♫ 1974 Death Wish. Herbie Hancock № 02 - 'Joanna's Theme' 4:45; 4K♫ 1974 Death Wish. Herbie Hancock № 03 - 'Do A Thing' 2:13 4K♫ 1974 Death Wish. Herbie Hancock № 06 - 'Suite Revenge'.
“Herbie Hancock extends the reach of his Head Hunters – vintage electric music into the soundtrack field, with some switchbacks to earlier styles and old-fashioned movie suspense music thrown into the eclectic mix. Jerry Peters provides the requisite orchestral backgrounds, and the wah-wah guitar licks give some indication as to where Herbie’s funk music would be going in the future. The main title music is the best track — tense, streaked with Hancock’s echo-delayed electric piano and understated orchestrations…..the results are, in general, more intriguing than usual for the film genre.” – Allmusic Review
“In the spring of 1974, Hancock received a call from film director Michael Winner, who asked him to compose the score for Death Wish, a film in which an architect (played by Charles Bronson) takes to vigilantism after a gang of thugs murders his wife and rapes his daughter. Winner’s girlfriend had recommended Hancock for the job on the basis of the omnipresent LP Head Hunters. This was his third film score after Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow Up (1966) and Ivan Dixon’s The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973).
The personnel on the recording date included the Head Hunters members and a group of distinguished session musicians. Among them was guitarist Melvin Ragin, also known as Wah Wah Watson, whom Hancock had first met at the recording sessions for Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On, and who went on to play on a number of later Hancock albums. Parts of the score were arranged and conducted by fellow keyboarder and composer Jerry Peters.” – Bob Belden, 2013 Sony Box Set Liner Notes
Herbie Hancock Death Wish
- A Paramount Release - Dino De Laurentiis presents Charles Bronson in a Michael Winner Film 'Death Wish'. Music Composed, Conducted and Performed by Herbie Hancock. Co-starring Vincent Gardenia, William Redfield and Hope Lange. From the novel 'Death Wish' by Brian Garfield. Screenplay by Wendell Mayers. Produced by Hal Landers and Bobby Roberts.
- 4K♫ 1974 Death Wish. Herbie Hancock № 01 - 'Death Wish Main Title'.
- Herbie Hancock biography Herbert Jeffrey 'Herbie' Hancock - Born April 12, 1940 (Chicago, USA) With a career that covers half of the 20th Century, and shows no sign of slowing down as we move further into the 21st, Herbie Hancock is one of the major music figures of our time.
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| Released | October 11, 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 40:28 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | David Rubinson & Herbie Hancock | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Death Wish is a soundtrack album by Herbie Hancock featuring music composed for Dino De Laurentiis' film Death Wish released on October 11, 1974 on Columbia Records.
Track listing[edit]
- 'Death Wish (Main Title)' - 6:14
- 'Joanna's Theme' - 4:46
- 'Do A Thing' - 2:13
- 'Paint Her Mouth' - 2:17
- 'Rich Country' - 3:46
- 'Suite Revenge: (a) Striking Back, (b) Riverside Park, (c) The Alley, (d) Last Stop, (e) 8th Avenue Station' - 9:25
- 'Ochoa Knose' - 2:08
- 'Party People' - 3:33
- 'Fill Your Hand' - 6:16
- All compositions by Herbie Hancock
Personnel[edit]
- Herbie Hancock: piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner D-6 Clavinet, ARP Odyssey, ARP Soloist, ARP 2600, ARP String Ensemble, conductor, arranger
- Jerry Peters: conductor, arranger (tracks 1, 2, 5, and 6b)
The Headhunters Band with Wah Wah Watson
References[edit]
- ^Ginell, Richard S.. Death Wish at AllMusic
- ^Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 94. ISBN0-394-72643-X.
- ^Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 644. ISBN978-0-141-03401-0.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)