''Possibilities'' is the forty-fifth studio album by American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

pianist

Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he hel ...

, released on August 30, 2005, by Hear Music and Vector Recordings.

Background

The album features a variety of guest musicians such as

Trey Anastasio Ernest Joseph "Trey" Anastasio III (born September 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Phish, which he co-founded in 1983. He is credited by name as composer of 152 Phish o ...

John Mayer John Clayton Mayer ( ; born October 16, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Born and raised in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Mayer attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, but left and moved to Atlanta in 1997 wit ...

and

Carlos Santana Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist who rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Santana, which pioneered a fusion of Rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Its sound feature ...

. It earned Hancock two nominations at the 2006 Grammy Awards:

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals The Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality pop songs on which singers c ...

for "

A Song for You "A Song for You" is a song written and originally recorded by rock singer and pianist Leon Russell for his first solo album '' Leon Russell'', which was released in 1970 on Shelter Records. A slow, pained plea for forgiveness and understand ...

" (featuring

Christina Aguilera Christina María Aguilera (; ; born December 18, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. Known for her four-octave vocal range and ability to sustain high notes, she has been referred to as the " Voice of ...

) and

Best Pop Instrumental Performance The Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by m ...

for "Gelo na Montanha" (featuring Anastasio). A motion picture entitled ''Herbie Hancock: Possibilities'', released on DVD-Video on April 18, 2006, depicts the recording of this album in many different discussions and performances with the collaborating artists. The DVD-Video also includes a demo CD with four of the 10 songs on the album.

Track listing

CD Notes: * signifies a co-producer * signifies an additional producer DVD-Video (2006) # Introduction # Christina Aguilera "A Song for You" # Opening Credits/John Mayer "Stitched Up" # Raul Midón "I Just Called to Say I Love You" # Trey Anastasio "Gelo na Montanha (Ice On The Mountain)" # Damian Rice & Lisa Hannigan "Don't Explain" # Carlos Santana & Angélique Kidjo "Safiatou" # Wayne Shorter #

Paul Simon "I Do It for Your Love"

# Brian Eno # Annie Lennox "Hush, Hush, Hush" # Jonny Lang & Joss Stone "When Love Comes to Town" # Sting "Sister Moon" # Hiroshima, Japan # Nagasaki, Japan # End Credits

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References

2005 albums Albums recorded at Capitol Studios Albums recorded at Record Plant (Los Angeles) Hear Music albums Herbie Hancock albums Vector Recordings albums {{2000s-jazz-album-stub