Herbie Hancock Announces Imagine Project Guest Stars

Birthday tribute concerts will take place on June 24 at Carnegie Hall and September 1 at the Hollywood Bowl. Tour dates for The Imagine Project will be announced for the fall.

The Imagine Project is the next step in Hancock's extraordinary ground-breaking career, and builds upon his recent successes and recognition. (2007 Grammy for Album of the Year - "River/The Joni Letters", Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World, multiple award-winning album/film, "Possibilities", Jazz Chair for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, amongst many others). 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.

"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."

The Imagine Project
tracklisting:
1. "Imagine"featuring India Arie, Jeff Beck, Pink & Seal

2. "Don't Give Up" featuring Pink and John Legend

3. "Tempo De Amor" featuring C�u

4. "Space Captain" featuring Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks

5. "The Times, They Are A' Changin" featuring The Chieftans and Lisa Hannigan

6. "La Tierra" featuring Juanes

7. "Tamitant Tilay/Exodus" featuring K'Naan, Los Lobos and Tinariwen

8. "Tomorrow Never Knows" featuring Dave Matthews

9. "A Change is Gonna Come" featuring James Morrison