Combine two influential musicians from jazz history, Herbie Hancock (piano) and Wayne Shorter (soprano sax) and the result is an intriguing CD: "1 + 1". This CD contains contemplative and impressionist jazz, which reflect the lived emotions of Hancock and Shorter. The pieces provide an inner story. This CD contains ten compositions, all but one written by Hancock and Shorter. The only composition
… by someone else is Memory of enchantment by the Dutchman Michiel Borstlap. Borstlap has received the BMI Composers Award for this song, which is awarded by the Thelonious Monk Institute. This institute asked Hancock to play this composition together with Shorter at the gala evening around the presentation of the Thelonious Monk Award. So happened and this duo was born, which also resulted in Borstlap's composition on this CD. Other songs include: Meridianne - A wood sylph, Sonrisa, Visitor from nowhere and Manhattan Lorelei. 1 + 1 is one of the most beautiful, fascinating and most important duets to be released in recent times. (JW) _more
