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Track Listings
| 1. Imagine (Featuring Pink, Seal, India Arie & Jeff Beck) |
| 2. Don t Give Up (Featuring Pink and John Legend) |
| 3. Tempo De Amor (Featuring Ceu) |
| 4. Space Captain (Featuring Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks) |
| 5. The Times, They Are A Changin (Featuring The Chieftains and Lisa Hannigan) |
| 6. La Tierra (Featuring Juanes) |
| 7. Tamitant Tilay/Exodus (Featuring K Naan and Los Lobos) |
| 8. Tomorrow Never Knows (Featuring Dave Matthews) |
| 9. A Change is Gonna Come (Featuring James Morrison) |
| 10. The Songs Goes On (Featuring Chaka Khan, Anoushka Shankar and Wayne Shorter) |
Editorial Reviews
Herbie Hancock s Imagine Project is an unprecedented international recording and film project featuring collaborations between music legend Herbie Hancock and a dozen superstars from every region of the planet. It utilizes the universal language of music to express its central themes of peace and global responsibility. The album combines Herbie s genre defying musical vision with the local musical identities of cultures from around the world.
Herbie s last two eforts, 2008 S Gramy Album of the Year River: The Joni Letters sold over 750,000 units worldwide, and 2005 S Possibilities sold over one milion units INTERNATIONALLY.
Herbie s last two eforts, 2008 S Gramy Album of the Year River: The Joni Letters sold over 750,000 units worldwide, and 2005 S Possibilities sold over one milion units INTERNATIONALLY.
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29 of 33 people found the following review helpful
By Bodhi Heeren
Format:Audio CD
It's not always projects studded with superstars are artistically frugal and satisfying. But here Herbie Hancock and producer/bassist Larry Klein have collected a host of renowned singers and musicians for a truly creative and impressive album. And a CD with an uplifting message of love, peace and understanding. In many ways refelecting Hancock's years long immersion in Buddhism.
In the vein of Joe Zawinul or Santana this is really a melting pot of world music influences, putting an African spin on the title track, while Dylan's "The Times They Are A changing" is presented as a fascinating mix of Irish - vocalist Lisa Hannigan and The Chieftains - with a surprise African finish by the intricate guitarist Lionel Loueke.
There is pure Brazilian jazz-pop with Céu, a surprisingly psychedelic "Tommorow Never Knows" with Dave Matthews. A grooving take on the old Joe Cocker hit "Space Captain" with Susan Tedeschi and her husband guitar star Derek Trucks . While the closing track "The Song Goes On", recorded in Mumbai, is in a beautiful Indian space, Hancock and old friend Wayne Shorter teaming up with sitar goddess Anoushka Shankar while Chaka Khan and K. S. Chitra shares the vocals.
Pink, Seal, Jeff Beck, Alex Acună, India.Arie, Marcus Miller, Los Lobos and a host of others contribute to the fun. And lots of praise for Klein's once again superb production: multi layered and crystal clear and yet with a certain warmth and 'live feeling'. And ofc over and around it all the impressive piano and keyboard work of the man himself.
In the vein of Joe Zawinul or Santana this is really a melting pot of world music influences, putting an African spin on the title track, while Dylan's "The Times They Are A changing" is presented as a fascinating mix of Irish - vocalist Lisa Hannigan and The Chieftains - with a surprise African finish by the intricate guitarist Lionel Loueke.
There is pure Brazilian jazz-pop with Céu, a surprisingly psychedelic "Tommorow Never Knows" with Dave Matthews. A grooving take on the old Joe Cocker hit "Space Captain" with Susan Tedeschi and her husband guitar star Derek Trucks . While the closing track "The Song Goes On", recorded in Mumbai, is in a beautiful Indian space, Hancock and old friend Wayne Shorter teaming up with sitar goddess Anoushka Shankar while Chaka Khan and K. S. Chitra shares the vocals.
Pink, Seal, Jeff Beck, Alex Acună, India.Arie, Marcus Miller, Los Lobos and a host of others contribute to the fun. And lots of praise for Klein's once again superb production: multi layered and crystal clear and yet with a certain warmth and 'live feeling'. And ofc over and around it all the impressive piano and keyboard work of the man himself.
22 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
"Possibilities" and the Grammy winning "River: The Joni letters" found Herbie Hancock collaborating with artists as diverse as Joss Stone, Corinne Bailey Rae, Tina Turner, John Mayer, Angelique Kidjo, and Carlos Santana on songs that were mostly covers.
"The imagine project" continues that but with a concept of love and world unity, and different sounds from around the world. "Imagine" features India.Arie, Seal, Pink, Jeff Beck (on guitar) and some African chanting as well as Hancock's delicate tinkling of the ivories. The atmospheric "Don't give up" features John Legend and Pink.
"Tempo de amor" features Céu and has a Latin feel (of course) and some great guitar and bass. The Bluesey organ-driven "Space captain" has an anthemic Gospel-style chorus and features the soulful Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks. "The times, they are a' changing" features The Chieftains and Lisa Hannigan (who was on the absolutely gorgeous "Don't explain" on "Possibilities") and is a slow shuffle with sprinklings of horns and sitar.
"La tierra" features Juanes and is a beautiful Tango, "Tamitant Tilay/Exodus" is desert Blues with an Arabic touch featuring K'naan, Los Lobos and Tinariwen and sampling Bob Marley's "Exodus".
"Tomorrow never knows" has a psychedelic Middle Eastern feel and features The Dave Mathews Band, "A change is gonna come" is slowed down even more than the original and features James Morrison, and closing is the sitar-drenched "The song goes on" featuring Chaka Khan, Anoushka Shankar and Wayne Shorter giving an Indian sound.
"The imagine project" continues that but with a concept of love and world unity, and different sounds from around the world. "Imagine" features India.Arie, Seal, Pink, Jeff Beck (on guitar) and some African chanting as well as Hancock's delicate tinkling of the ivories. The atmospheric "Don't give up" features John Legend and Pink.
"Tempo de amor" features Céu and has a Latin feel (of course) and some great guitar and bass. The Bluesey organ-driven "Space captain" has an anthemic Gospel-style chorus and features the soulful Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks. "The times, they are a' changing" features The Chieftains and Lisa Hannigan (who was on the absolutely gorgeous "Don't explain" on "Possibilities") and is a slow shuffle with sprinklings of horns and sitar.
"La tierra" features Juanes and is a beautiful Tango, "Tamitant Tilay/Exodus" is desert Blues with an Arabic touch featuring K'naan, Los Lobos and Tinariwen and sampling Bob Marley's "Exodus".
"Tomorrow never knows" has a psychedelic Middle Eastern feel and features The Dave Mathews Band, "A change is gonna come" is slowed down even more than the original and features James Morrison, and closing is the sitar-drenched "The song goes on" featuring Chaka Khan, Anoushka Shankar and Wayne Shorter giving an Indian sound.
25 of 31 people found the following review helpful
By Michael
Format:Audio CD
When I first heard about this project, I envisioned a collaboration of different musical styles from around the world creating something new and completely different. This is just a pop recording with artists from around the globe sitting in, not a musical hybrid of something totally new. As a pop record, its okay, but Mr. Hancock's gift is his incredible talent as a composer (Speak Like a Child), and of course, as a pianist. The pop diversion is cool Mr Hancock, but enough already...can you please get back to giving the world some more JAZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
The title says it all!
There is always a surprise around the corner with this album. Great music to relax to sitting in your favourite chair in the sunshine! Read more
Published 3 days ago by SUE MAYRHOFER
5.0 out of 5 stars
Muy bueno
Hermoso cd, una recopilacion envidiable, bellas canciones, hermosa presentacion, sonido muy bueno. Totalmente recomendada la compra . Muy buen producto.
Published 2 months ago by Osny
4.0 out of 5 stars
Herbie the best...loved it when he won best record grammy for Joni...
Lennon cuts...doesnt get much better than this
Why make me say any more that that? I'm confused at best...yes yes
Why make me say any more that that? I'm confused at best...yes yes
Published 2 months ago by kimberly c wilmarth
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fine Album
I bought this because PINK and John Legend render Imagine so beautifully, but the whole album is fantastic. I love it.
Published 5 months ago by Rayn
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the Best!
I first heard this CD on a Delta flight. Immediately on my return home, I purchased it for myself from Amazon. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Pamela V. Brown
3.0 out of 5 stars
Music is a universal language (as if we didn't know it): some nice...
"The Imagine Project" can be viewed as the most ambitious, epic, over-reaching endeavor ever undertaken by a musician--using seminal musicians from seven countries and requiring... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Samuel Chell
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Imagine Project
One of the best CD's I've purchased this year. I's very hard to take it off my CD player.Good buy.
Published 17 months ago by Mandla Phakathi
5.0 out of 5 stars
Herbie Hancock - Imagine Project
This CD presents and amazing collection of artists and musicians very much like the last Quincy Jones project. This is certainly worth having and keeping in your collection.
Published 20 months ago by E. May
4.0 out of 5 stars
Jazz-less moments of brilliance
Although Herbie Hancock's influence on jazz is considerable and undeniable, it seems in his old age he feels more comfortable playing music that he guesses will reach more people... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Eric C. Sedensky
2.0 out of 5 stars
safe wallpaper muzak holds little interest for jazz/fusion fans
I got this as a new 2 x LP set after seeing Herbie play some of it live.This record is has its moments but overall it is quite bland, overproduced and reminds me of the really... Read more
Published on May 22, 2011 by carl marks
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