Herbie Hancock The Imagine Project on 180g 2LP Set

Star-Studded Album Features Interpretations of Pop Classics from an International Cast

Guests Include Wayne Shorter, Pink, Jeff Beck, Derek Trucks, and More!

Album Ties in with Film to Call Attention to Music's Power to Generate Peace and Global Awareness

Splendid-Sounding Set Also Claims Production from Larry Klein

Herbie Hancock’s The Imagine Project is an unprecedented international recording and film project featuring collaborations between music legend Herbie Hancock and over a dozen superstars from every region of the planet. Utilizing the universal language of music to express its central themes of peace and global responsibility, the musical collaborations combine Hancock’s genre-defying musical vision with the “local” musical identity of cultures from around the world. Additionally, noted Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi To The Dark Side) is serving as one of the film’s producers with veteran music producer Larry Klein serving as one of the album’s producing consultants.

Tracks include “The Song Goes On” with Anoushka Shankar (sitarist daughter of Ravi Shankar), Chaka Khan, and Wayne Shorter, which was recorded in Mumbai, India, along with a stellar group of Indian musicians; “Don’t Give Up,” a duet recorded in London featuring Seal and Pink; “Imagine” with Konono No. l, Jeff Beck, Oumou Sangare, and Lionel Louke recorded in Paris and London; “Tamatant Tilay/Exodus” featuring Tinariwen; “Times They Are A Changin’” featuring The Chieftains, Lionel Loueke, and Lisa Hannigan recorded in Ireland; “Jackpot” with Dave Matthews and Marcus Miller; “Space Captain” with Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi; “Mi Tierra” recorded with Latin superstar Juanes in Miami, and a track with Brazilian singer-songwriter Ceu recorded in Sao Paulo.

“Music truly is the universal language,” says Hancock. "The Imagine Project will explore that concept across the globe, uniting a myriad of cultures through song and positive creative expression. My hope is that the music will serve as a metaphor for the actions taken by the inhabitants of this wonderful planet as a call for world harmony on all levels.”

A global musing on the power of song to bring people together, the recordings for The Imagine Project have taken place in each collaborator’s home territory whenever possible, and embody the spirit, hearts, sounds, colors and flavor of each locale – a complete sensory musical experience. The result is an album/film without borders, both a celebration and a call to action.

Award-winning producer Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Madeline Peyroux, Luciana Souza, Tracy Chapman, Melody Gardot, and Hancock’s collaborator on River) has served as producer on a number of the album’s tracks.

Herbie Hancock The Imagine Project Track Listing:

1.   Imagine featuring India Arie, Seal and Jeff Beck
2.   Don't Give Up featuring Pink and John Legend
3.   Tomorrow Never Knows featuring Dave Matthews
4.   The Song Goes On featuring Anoushka Shankar and Chaka Khan
5.   Tamatant Tilay/Exodus featuring Los Lobos and Tinariwen
6.   Times They Are A Changin' featuring Lisa Hannigan and The Chieftains
7.   Tempo De Amour featuring Ceu
8.   Space Captain featuring Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi
9.   La Tierra featuring Juanes
10.  A Change Is Gonna Come featuring James Morrison