Herbie Hancock

from the Press Release: Herbie Hancock has remained seminal and innovative through four decades of music making, having won ten GRAMMY® Awards, an Academy Award and countless other accolades for his various and influential work. The diverse lineup of artists who accepted Hancock's invitation to create and record music with him for his forthcoming duets album, Possibilities, is a testament to the breadth and magnitude of his impact. The genesis of the album was Hancock's vision of collaborating in studio to create music with some of the artists he most admires. The final list of collaborators is a diverse group of world renowned musicians who represent genres of music well beyond the world of jazz, including: John Mayer, Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan, Sting, Annie Lennox, Joss Stone and Johnny Lang, Paul Simon, Carlos Santana and Angelique Kidjo, Christina Aguilera and Trey Anastasio.

Herbie Hancock describes Possibilities this way: “This is real collaboration that we're doing here. It's all been decided at the session,” and calls the album, “a record without borders, woven like a tapestry with many colors.” John Mayer came to his 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.