Herbie Hancock’s “The Imagine Project” Tour Schedule | Starting June 24th, 2010

HERBIE HANCOCK’S “THE IMAGINE PROJECT” SET FOR RELEASE

JUNE 22^nd; CD AND ACCOMPANYING VIDEO RECORDED AROUND THE GLOBE AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY EXTENSIVE TOUR DATES TO COINCIDE WITH HANCOCK’S 70^TH BIRTHDAY

Hancock joined by Anoushka Shankar, Seal, Pink, John Legend, Juanes, Jeff Beck,

Konono No l, Lionel Loueke, Céu, Dave Matthews, Lisa Hannigan, Derek Trucks,

Susan Tedeschi, Chaka Khan, Tinariwen, The Chieftains, Marcus Miller, Wayne Shorter, Oumou Sangare, Los Lobos, India.Arie, James Morrison, Toumani Diabete and more

Birthday Tribute Concerts Taking Place June 24^th at Carnegie Hall and September 1^st at the Hollywood Bowl

Los Angeles, California.  Herbie Hancock’s “The Imagine Project”, the new CD from multiple Grammy-winning artist and musical pioneer Herbie Hancock, is an unprecedented international recording and video 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, footage from each recording session has been shot in each locale to be included in an EPK and planned documentary.  With veteran music producer Larry Klein serving as one of the album’s producing consultants.  “The Imagine Project” is set for release June 22^nd via Hancock Records/RED and will be accompanied by extensive tour dates both in the U.S. and abroad.

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, New York and Los Angeles featuring Pink and John Legend, “Imagine” with Seal, Pink, Konono No l, Jeff Beck, Oumou Sangare, India.Arie, Lionel Loueke  and Marcus Miller recorded in Paris, London and Los Angeles; “Tamatant Tilay/Exodus” featuring Tinariwen and Los Lobos, “The Times, They Are A’ Changin’” featuring The Chieftains, Toumani Diabete, Lionel Loueke and Lisa Hannigan recorded in Ireland; “Tomorrow Never Knows” featuring Dave Matthews,  “Space Captain” with Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, “La Tierra” recorded with Latin superstar Juanes in Miami, “A Change Is Gonna Come” with James Morrison and a track with Brazilian singer-songwriter Céu, “Tempo de Amour,” 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 Herbie Hancock’s “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/documentary without borders, both a celebration and a call to action.  

Herbie Hancock’s “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). It is anticipated that “The Imagine Project” will take numerous forms — from traditional album to potential “webisodes,” film/documentary, real-time performances, and special concert touring dates including birthday tributes at Carnegie Hall on June 24^th and the Hollywood Bowl September 1^st, both of which will feature special guests. 

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. 

While the CD and film will stand, on one level, as powerful testaments for the goals of world peace, humanity and tolerance along with respect for our planet,  Herbie Hancock’s “The Imagine Project” shall remain, at its core, entertainment content that is creatively and emotionally deeply fulfilling.

Confirmed tour dates are as follows with additional shows being added in Europe and the Pacific Rim this Fall:

June 15 Rochester Jazz Festival, Rochester, NY

June 16 Portsmouth, NH

Jimmy Fallon – June 22nd

Today Show – June 23rd

June 24 Carnegie Hall, NYC

June 25 Ottawa

June 26 Toronto

June 27 Montreal Jazz Festival

June 30 Villa Arconati, Milan, Italy

July 1 Cavea Hall, Rome, Italy

July 3 Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark

July 5 Vienna State Opera House, Vienna, Austria

July 6 Incheba, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

July 9 Auditorio de Peniscola, Peniscola, Spain

July 10 North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam, Holland

July  l2 Theatre De La Mer, Sete, France

July 14 Schloss Park, Neu Hardenberg, Germany

July 15 Volkspark, Mainz, Germany

July 16 Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland

July 17 Umbria Jazz Festival, Perugia, Italy

July 21 Nice Jazz Festival, Nice, France

July 22 Molde Jazz Festival, Molde, Norway

July 24 Jardines de Cap-Roig, Cap-Roig, Spain

July 25 Escenario Puerta Del Angel, Madrid, Spain

Aug. 6 Buffalo Place Rocks The Harbor, Buffalo, NY,

Aug. 7 Lowell Summer Music Series, Lowell, MA

Aug. 8 Jazz Fest -Ft. Adams State Park –Newport, RI

Aug. 9 Tanglewood Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lennox, MA

Aug. 10 Spaulding Auditorium, Hanover, NH

Aug. 13 Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Aug. 18 Chene Park Music Theater, Detroit, MI

Aug. 20 Potawatomi Bingo Casino, Milwaukee WI

Aug. 21 Symphony Center, Chicago IL

Aug. 22 Ryman Auditorium, Nashville TN

Aug. 25 Vilar Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek, CO

Aug. 26 Center for the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY

Aug. 28 Mt. Baker Theater, Bellingham, WA

Aug. 29 Woodland Park Zoo Amphitheatre, Seattle, WA

Sept. 1 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA