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Herbie HancockHerbie Hancock has released more details about his next CD, The Imagine Project, which will be released on June 22 through the pianist’s own Hancock Records. The CD is the follow-up to 2008’s River: The Joni Letters, which won the 2008 album of the year Grammy Award.

Hancock is traveling the globe to create Imagine Project. He’s recording songs in the countries of more than a dozen musicians, including to Mumbai, India, for “The Song Goes On” with Anoushka and Ravi Shankar, which also features Chaka Khan, saxophonist Wayne Shorter and a group of Indian musicians.

Hancock and Shorter reunited in London to record a cover of Peter Gabriel’s “Don’t Give Up” with Jeff Beck, Pink and Seal. Other stops included Paris for sessions with Beck and African musicians Tinariwen, Oumou Sangare, Lionel Louke and Kinono No. 1; Dublin with the Chieftains; Miami with Juanes; and Sao Paulo with Brazilian singer Ceu. Rocker Dave Matthews and married blues guitarists Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi are also featured.

Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney (Taxi To The Dark Side) shot footage for potential online and documentary features.

Hancock plans an extensive world tour to support the CD, with stops already announced for New York’s Carnegie Hall on June 24 and the Hollywood Bowl on Sept. 1.
 
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