Editing Herbie Hancock (section)

=== 2000 to 2009 ===
In 2001, Hancock recorded ''[[Future2Future]]'', which reunited Hancock with Laswell and featured doses of [[electronica]] as well as [[turntablist]] [[Rob Swift]] of [[the X-Ecutioners]]. Hancock later toured with the band, and released a concert DVD with a different lineup, which also included the "Rockit" music video. Also in 2001 Hancock partnered with Brecker and [[Roy Hargrove]] to record a live concert album saluting Davis and [[John Coltrane]], ''[[Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall]]'', recorded live in [[Toronto]]. The threesome toured to support the album, and toured on-and-off through 2005.

[[File:Herbie Hancock 2006.jpg|thumb|left|Hancock performing at the  [[Tollwood Festival]] in [[Munich|Munich, Germany]], July 2006]]
A duet album called ''[[Possibilities]]'' was released in 2005. It featured duets with [[Carlos Santana]], [[Paul Simon]], [[Annie Lennox]], [[John Mayer]], [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], and others. In 2006, ''Possibilities'' received nominations for Grammy Awards in two categories: "A Song for You" (featuring Aguilera) was nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance]], and "Gelo No Montanha" (featuring [[Trey Anastasio]] on guitar) was nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance]], although neither nomination resulted in an award.

Also in 2005, Hancock toured Europe with a new quartet that included [[Benin]]ese guitarist [[Lionel Loueke]] and explored textures ranging from [[ambient music|ambient]] to straight jazz to [[African music]]. During the summer, Hancock re-staffed the Headhunters and went on tour with them, including a performance at the [[Bonnaroo]] Music and Arts Festival. The lineup did not consist of any of the original Headhunters musicians. The group included [[Marcus Miller]], Carrington, Loueke, and Mayer. Hancock also served as the first artist in residence for [[Bonnaroo]] in [[Manchester, Tennessee]], that summer.

[[File:Herbie Hancock.jpg|thumb|Hancock playing a [[Roland Corporation|Roland]] AX-7 [[keytar]], at [[The Roundhouse]]<nowiki/>in [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]], London, November 2006]]

In 2006, [[Sony BMG Music Entertainment]] (which bought out Hancock's old label, Columbia Records) released the two-disc retrospective ''[[The Essential Herbie Hancock]]''. This set was the first compilation of his work at Warner Bros., Blue Note, Columbia and [[Verve Records|Verve]]/[[Polygram Records|Polygram]]. This became Hancock's second major compilation of work since the 2002 Columbia-only ''The Herbie Hancock Box'', which was released at first in a plastic 4&nbsp;×&nbsp;4 cube then re-released in 2004 in a long box set. Also in 2006, Hancock recorded a new song with [[Josh Groban]] and Eric Mouquet (co-founder of [[Deep Forest]]), "Machine", which featured on Groban's album ''[[Awake (Josh Groban album)|Awake]]''. Hancock also recorded and improvised with guitarist Loueke on Loueke's 1996 debut album ''Virgin Forest'', on the [[ObliqSound]] label, resulting in two improvisational tracks – "Le Réveil des agneaux (The Awakening of the Lambs)" and "La Poursuite du lion (The Lion's Pursuit)".

Hancock, a longtime associate and friend of [[Joni Mitchell]], released a 2007 album, ''[[River: The Joni Letters]]'', that paid tribute to her work, with [[Norah Jones]], [[Tina Turner]], and [[Corinne Bailey Rae]] adding vocals to the album.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/hancock.html |title=Key figure: An interview with jazz legend Herbie Hancock |first=Andre |last=Mayer |date=June 18, 2007 |access-date=September 11, 2007 |work=CBC News}}</ref> [[Leonard Cohen]] contributed a spoken piece set to Hancock's piano. Mitchell herself also made an appearance. The album was released on September 25, 2007, simultaneously with the release of Mitchell's album ''[[Shine (Joni Mitchell album)|Shine]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jonimitchell.com/ |title=The Official Website of Joni Mitchell |publisher=Jonimitchell.com |access-date=April 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406121328/http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2000/04/04/mitchell/index.html |archive-date=April 6, 2011  }}</ref> ''River'' won the 2008 Album of the Year Grammy Award. The album also won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, and the song "[[Both Sides Now (song)|Both Sides Now]]" was nominated for Best Instrumental Jazz Solo, which made it only the second time in history that a jazz album won those two Grammy Awards.

On June 14, 2008, Hancock performed with others at Rhythm on the Vine at the South Coast Winery in [[Temecula, California]] for [[Shriners Hospitals for Children]]. The event raised $515,000 for Shriners Hospital.<ref name="aboutrotv">Shriners Hospitals for Children, [http://www.rhythmonthevine.org/index.cfm/id/2/About-ROTV/ "About Rhythm on the Vine"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228092600/http://www.rhythmonthevine.org/index.cfm/id/2/About-ROTV/ |date=December 28, 2010 }}, Rhythm on the Vine, 2008.</ref> On January 18, 2009, Hancock performed at the [[We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial|We Are One concert]], marking the start of [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|inaugural]] celebrations for American President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-people-who-love-this-country-can-change-it/ |title=Obama: People Who Love This Country Can Change It |work=Foxnews |access-date=February 9, 2009 |date=January 18, 2009}}</ref> Hancock also performed ''[[Rhapsody in Blue]]'' at the 2009 [[Classical BRIT Awards]] with classical pianist [[Lang Lang]]. Hancock was named as the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]]'s creative chair for jazz for 2010–12.<ref>Haga, E. [http://jazztimes.com/articles/24981-herbie-hancock-named-l-a-philharmonic-s-next-creative-chair-for-jazz Herbie Hancock Named L.A. Philharmonic's Next Creative Chair for Jazz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814202336/http://jazztimes.com/articles/24981-herbie-hancock-named-l-a-philharmonic-s-next-creative-chair-for-jazz |date=August 14, 2009 }}, ''Jazz Times'', August 5, 2009.</ref>