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| Herbie Hancock's New Album Herbie Hancock's highly anticipated duets album, "Possibilities, " is being co-released by Starbucks Hear Music, Hancock Music and Vector Recordings on August 30 in the U.S. and Canada. The album features the Jazz master collaborating with world renowned musicians including Sting, Christina Aguilera, John Mayer and Carlos Santana. Hancock Music, Vector Recordings and Starbucks Hear Music today announced the availability of their co-release, Herbie Hancock's new duets album, Possibilities, at Starbucks (Nasdaq:SBUX) Company-operated locations and traditional music retail stores throughout the U.S. and Canada. Additionally, and through a distribution agreement with Warner Music International, Hancock's Possibilities is being released globally the week of August 29 at traditional music retail and select Starbucks locations. Today's announcement marks the first time Starbucks has made a CD available simultaneously at Company-operated locations in the U.S. and select international markets, including Australia, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom. Co-released by Hancock Music, Vector Recordings and Starbucks Hear Music, and produced by Herbie Hancock and Alan Mintz, the genesis of the album was Hancock's vision of collaborating in studio to create music with some of the artists he most admires. Herbie Hancock describes Possibilities this way: "This is real collaboration that we're doing here. It's all been decided at the session." For example, John Mayer came to his recording session with a simple guitar phrase from which he and Hancock created a fully arranged song, replete with lyrics and a rhythm section of drums, bass and keyboards. Sting and Hancock freshly reinterpret Sting's song "Sister Moon, " from the album Nothing Like the Sun. "Herbie Hancock has been an iconic figure in my personal pantheon for many, many years, " said Sting. "Long before I was fortunate enough to work with him I had followed his startling trajectory from his work with Miles Davis, the Headhunters and up to the present day. While the core of his work has always been jazz, his openness to new ideas, technological as well as musical, has bestowed on him an ageless and natural 'hipness' that sits well with his playful genius. A deeply spiritual and delightful human being, Herbie rocks!" "Pairing Herbie's legendary talents with such an unprecedented array of duet partners has resulted in an event album, " said Ken Lombard, president of Starbucks Entertainment. "Every element of Possibilities is a result of unique collaboration -- from Herbie's studio sessions with each of the artists and the work between the labels, to the promotion of the album globally by traditional retailers and Starbucks. We are honored to bring this special music experience to our customers around the world." "We have always admired Herbie Hancock for his immense and continued contribution to music. When we first learned that we might have an opportunity to work with him, we jumped at the chance, " said Vector co-principal, Jack Rovner. Ken Levitan, Rovner's partner in Vector, added, "Possibilities is a truly unparalleled collection of collaborations. The album is everything we knew it could be." write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |