To work with these musicians, Mr. Hancock confronted a language barrier of his own. Mr. Martin’s generation builds on challenging harmonic and rhythmic languages that Mr. Hancock helped establish. Mr. Hancock guards the details of his new project like a state secret. Mr. Hancock has appeared on their albums, and he thinks they represent a new movement. Mr. Hancock, who has 14 Grammy statues of his own, has enlisted Mr. Martin to produce and play on his follow-up to 2010’s “Imagine,” a double Grammy winner.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 07, 2016 18:00 UTC