Whether jazz legend Herbie Hancock's latest release, “The Imagine Project”, was a labor of love is open to debate. However, what is certain is that there was a great deal of labor involved.
Hancock, who turned 70 in April, will bring the sounds of “The Imagine Project”, along with a career and a half’s worth of hits, to the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek Wednesday evening, August 25, for a special 8 p.m. show. The Beaver Creek performance marks the lone Colorado stop for Hancock on a nationwide tour that features venues that include Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl, along with festivals such as Montreaux Jazz and Newport Jazz.
"The Imagine Project" was the hardest record I've ever made,” Hancock told Billboard.com., “and not just because of the music. Playing the 10 tracks was easy compared to what it took to put (the album) together."
The album features a wealth of guest performers, including Dave Matthews, Seal, Pink, Jeff Beck, the Chieftains, Toumani Diabete, Wayne Shorter, Chaka Khan and others, as well as recording sessions in several countries such as the U.S., India, England, France, Ireland and Brazil.
"Every song on the record was like putting a whole new album together," noted Hancock, who worked on the album with Larry Klein, co-producer of 2007's Grammy Award-winning ‘River/The Joni Letters’. "It's that kind of experience. You had to completely retool for each song. Normally you don't have to do that.”
"It's a record that's basically about peace," Hancock added, crediting his attorney with inspiring the concept. "To me, the path towards peace is through global collaboration, so the heart of this record is the idea of making a global record or an international record, in multiple languages and in a variety of places."
Tickets for Herbie Hancock and “The Imagine Project” are priced at $98 and $128 and are available HERE, by phone at (970) 845-TIXS (8497) or in person at the Vilar Center box office in Beaver Creek.
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