Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz
The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz is a nonprofit education organization with a mission to offer the world’s most promising young musicians college level training by internationally acclaimed jazz masters and to present public school music education programs for young people around the world. The Institute preserves, perpetuates and expands jazz as a global art form, and utilizes jazz as a means to unite people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities. All of the Institute’s programs are provided free of charge to students, schools and communities worldwide. The Institute’s programs use jazz as the medium to encourage imaginative thinking, creativity, a positive self-image, and a respect for one’s own and others’ cultural heritage. Founded in 1986 as the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, the organization began operating as the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz in January 2019 in recognition of Mr. Hancock’s commitment to the Institute since its establishment, his expert guidance as Institute Chairman, and his immense contributions to and impact on music, education and humanity.www.hancockinstitute.org
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Oct 4, 2026
T.S. MonkGUEST
My sister was Barbara.
T.S. MonkGUEST
My sister was the one that said, we got to form a foundation, which ultimately turned into the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and all that kind of thing.
T.S. MonkGUEST
And unfortunately, she passed away.
T.S. MonkGUEST
from breast cancer, okay? And the family kind of looked at me and said, all right, man, you gotta do this thing.
Leslie KarrasCORRESPONDENT
That's East of the Sun by Joshua Redman.
Leslie KarrasCORRESPONDENT
Redman himself has influenced a generation of saxophonists since 1991, when he won the annual competition given by the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz.
Leslie KarrasCORRESPONDENT
Since then, he has recorded some two dozen albums in a career spanning more than three decades.
Leslie KarrasCORRESPONDENT
In the fall, he will release a new album that salutes his hero, Sonny Rollins, who passed away in May at the age of 95.