Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 18 ga Janairu, 2009, Hancock ya yi a, alamar farkon
bikin rantsar da shugaban Amurka Barack Obama. Hancock kuma ya yi Rhapsody in Blue a 2009 Classical BRIT Awards tare da mawaƙin piano na gargajiya Lang Lang. An kira Hancock a matsayin kujerar kirkiro na Los Angeles Philharmonic don jazz don 2010<unk>12.