There are those albums that creep up on you. You press play without really expecting anything. You have heard nothing of it. There are no preconceived ideas of what it will sound like. There are no egos, no back story, no tabloid fodder that predisposses you to interacting with it positively or negatively. You go into it as a blank canvas for the musician to paint whatever they deem fit on you. It is - simply - about the music. Herbie Hancock's The Imagine Project is such an album. Herbie Hancock's career as musician started about 50 years - and over 40 albums - ago and, in that time, he has...

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