SATELLITE INTERVIEW NOTIFICATION

DATE & TIME OF SATELLITE INTERVIEWS: Wednesday, August 31: 11:00AM TO 1:00PM ET

GUEST:  10-TIME GRAMMY WINNING Music Legend

HERBIE HANCOCK

HANCOCK’S COLLABORATIONS PROJECT, POSSIBILITIES, TO BE RELEASED AUGUST 30 BY HANCOCK MUSIC, VECTOR RECORDINGS & STARBUCKS HEAR MUSIC.  ALBUM FEATURES DUETS WITH

JOHN MAYER, DAMIEN RICE, STING,

B-ROLL WILL INCLUDE EXTRAORDINARY STUDIO FOOTAGE -- FEATURING THE ACTUAL RECORDING SESSIONS:  HERBIE HANCOCK COLLABORATING IN STUDIO WITH STING, JOHN MAYER, AND CHRISTINA AGUILERA.

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HERBIE HANCOCK WILL TALK ABOUT:

n  HIS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED UPCOMING ALBUM -- POSSIBILITIES.

Possibilities has all the elements of a landmark recording. Possibilities is sure to have broad appeal across numerous demographics and promises to be one of the year’s most anticipated & celebrated releases.

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 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. Possibilities will be released simultaneously at Starbucks Company-operated locations &  traditional retail stores by Hancock Music,Vector Recordings & Starbucks Hear Music beginning August 30, 2005. 

As with the multi-platinum, eight GRAMMY®-winning Ray Charles' Genius Loves Company, Starbucks will participate in all facets of the project's lifecycle-from facilitating production to distribution and marketing of the album, which will be sold in traditional retail outlets as well as at Starbucks locations.

n SUCCESSFUL CAREER.

CD, b-roll and press kit will be sent to all participating stations.

TO ARRANGE A SATELLITE INTERVIEW WITH HERBIE HANCOCK, CONTACT LAUREN JAGNOW/DMS AT 212-727-1802.