“I absolutely loved the music of Slumdog. It combines the influence of several
cultures,” says Jazz player Herbie Hancock, a Grammy award winner.
A.R. Rahman and Herbie Hancock will get together for a mega musical performance
based on the motto of nonviolence in Chennai on the 24th of February
2009.Hancock who is part of the official US delegation accompanying Martin
Luther King III on a 11-day tour of India would perform on a special
composition by Rahman the theme of non violence.
Performing with Hancock include a vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewaters, artist Chaka
Khan and grand piano player George Duke.