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 Recording Studios, 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

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).

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