1+1 (Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter album)

1 + 1 is a duet studio album by pianist Herbie Hancock and soprano saxophonist Wayne Shorter.^[3]

1 + 1
Studio album by Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter
Released	July 1997
Recorded	1997
Studio	Garage Sale, LA
Genre	Post-bop free improvisation
Length	61:35
Label	Verve Polygram
Producer	Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock chronology
The New Standard (1995) 1 + 1 (1997) Gershwin's World (1998)
Wayne Shorter chronology
High Life (1995) 1 + 1 (1997) Footprints Live! (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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
1.	"Meridianne – 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 – grand piano
• Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone

Production

• Herbie Hancock – producer
• Wayne Shorter – producer
• Tomoo Suzuki – recording, mixing
• Dave Hampton – studio technician
• Mitch Robertson – studio technician
• Doug Sax – mastering
• Kathy Lucien – production coordinator, liner notes
• Melinda Murphy – production coordinator
• Camille Tomonaro – production coordinator
• Nate Herr – release coordinator
• Giulio Turturro – art direction, design
• Michael O'Neill – photography
• Theodora Kuslan – liner notes
• Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).